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• THE NEW AND IMPROVED HOME BUYER TAX CREDIT

  The Home Buyer’s Tax Credit has undergone another change for the better. It started out as a $7500 interest free loan for the Home Buyer, repaid at a rate of $502 a year for 15 years. That is the simplified explanation; there were other conditions Read More... Posted Friday, May 15, 2009 6:53 AM by Dolly OBrien | 0 Comments Filed under: Market Conditions, Finances, Buyer Information, FHA, Home Buyer Tax Credit, Home Buyer

• ARE WE THERE YET?

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• MY HOME WAS DEVALUED 38% BY A DRIVE BY BPO

  I am soooo mad!! I just opened my Equity Line statement, and found that the Mortgage Company had lowered my equity line by 65%. I have never been late, have only used it a few times, and had just paid it off. I had used it to buy a HUD home and rehab Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 28, 2009 3:45 PM by Dolly OBrien | 1 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Market Conditions, Finances

• WHAT IS OUR MONEY BEING USED FOR?

  I was watching the news this morning and saw a report on home foreclosure. This young couple bought their first home two years ago. At that time, they were both working. He lost his job. They, of course, fell behind. They contacted their mortgage company, Read More... Posted Saturday, November 08, 2008 8:25 AM by Dolly OBrien | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Market Conditions, Industry, Finances

• RAISING YOUR CREDIT SCORE

  I was watching Good Morning America Tuesday morning and Elizabeth Leamy reported on the obscure process of credit rescoring. So, if you are considering buying a home, you need to be prepared. Now is the time to examine your credit and make any fixes that Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 21, 2008 3:15 PM by Dolly OBrien | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Finances, Buyer Information

• IT’S NOT THE GREAT DEPRESSION, CHARLIE BROWN

  I was reading an article on Rismedia where Eric Tyson, author and co-author of Real Estate Investing for Dummies, Home Buying for Dummies, Taxes for Dummies and Personal Finance for Dummies, was discussing the Great Depression statistics among other things. Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 14, 2008 5:12 PM by Dolly OBrien | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Market Conditions, Finances