Archive for the ‘Real Estate’ Category
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
I was spending time with a friend from church this past weekend. At one point the conversation turned onto the insane appreciation of our homes' values over the past few years. My friend said that he didn't earn all of that equity. That's exactly the right answer. I've said that ...
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Saturday, October 20th, 2007
(Geeky math stuff ahead. You've been warned!)
Get Rich Slowly posted on how to learn to love a house that isn't so big. They found out that they fit better in their first house, which had over 400 sq ft less than their current house.
As additional reading he talked ...
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Home builders around here are engaging in retalitory advertising. You know those little signs on the side of the road that point toward a subdivision for a particular homebuilder (Somerset, Ryland, etc.)? Well, they're sprouting up in clusters now -- there will be half a dozen different homebuilders advertising right ...
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Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
Jim told his readers about his experience with LendingTree and he was pretty impressed with it. I was also impressed with it when I did my mortgage refinance a couple of years ago.Jim's article is good (as always), but I disagree that the banks aren't competing for your business. On ...
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