Tips to stay on top of finances in 2008 As we wind down 2007, certain financial trends seem to be accelerating: As a nation, we’re still spending more than we earn. Credit, which has been the backbone of our ability to live beyond our means, appears to be tightening. And, home values have fallen nationally …
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Southeast Steady Performers
Southeast Steady Performers Since Southeast cities like Charlotte, N.C.; Raleigh, N.C. and Nashville, Tenn. didn’t really follow the condo boom, they’re not likely to experience the same fall-off as cities that did, industry observers agree. In fact, Integra Realty Resources, a real estate valuation and counseling firm, believes a number of key Southeast cities are …
Home prices may be leveling [Southwest Florida]
Home prices may be leveling [Southwest Florida] Southwest Florida’s sagging housing market showed signs of stabilization in November, with Sarasota-Bradenton agents selling twice as many existing single-family homes as Miami and with prices perking up from fall lows. “Our area was inflated for so long,” said Garrick Newman, a Re/Max agent in Bradenton. “But over …
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The Gardner Family
The Gardner Family Joann Gardner admits to feeling overwhelmed. Along with providing care each day for her elderly parents and 4-year-old great-niece, she worries about losing the family home. “I don’t know from one day to the next what’s going to happen,” she said. Gardner, an outgoing woman with a warm demeanor, seems increasingly deflated …
New York City real estate market immune to malaise; home values rise again
New York City real estate market immune to malaise; home values rise again None of the bad news about the U.S. housing market has seemed to matter to the big spenders lining up to buy homes and apartments in New York City. The average sales price for a Big Apple dwelling climbed to $782,000 (€531,178) …
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The Court House: How One Family Fought Foreclosure
The Court House: How One Family Fought Foreclosure Faced with the threat of foreclosure, many homeowners give up and abandon their homes. Then there’s Richard Davet. He and his wife, Lynn, lived in a six-bedroom home in this Cleveland suburb for nearly 20 years when, in 1996, he was served with a foreclosure lawsuit. Rather …
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