7 Ways to Boost Your Home’s Value If you’re putting your home up for sale, you may be wondering which improvements will maximize the value of your property. Here are some of the most cost-effective improvements you can make – giving you the most bang for your home-improvement buck! 1 – Refinishing your hard wood […]
Homeowner’s Insurance: Saving Money
Homeowner’s Insurance: Saving Money Homeowner’s Insurance may be a necessary thing, but it doesn’t have to be expensive. Our money reporter Stacy Johnson explores ways to save money on your homeowners insurance. (Video runs 1:18) Questions or comments? We’d love to hear from you. Click the comment link below and sound off. Your email address will […]
Why Now is the Best Time to Buy a Home Ever
Why Now is the Best Time to Buy a Home Ever It’s no surprise to hear the term, “It’s a Buyer’s Market.” Buy now and get the first time home buyer tax credit! Best time to buy a home, EVER!” So what’s fueling this push to buy a home? What makes this the best time […]
Mortgages: What’s Wrong with Prepaying?
Mortgages: What’s Wrong with Prepaying? When it comes to mortgages, this may be the most asked question there is when it comes to savings, taxes and retirement – “Should I pay off my mortgage early?” Your home is not an asset like a car where you pay a certain amount, it depreciates, you pay it […]
Housing: How Can You Tell Where the Bottom Is?
Housing: How Can You Tell Where the Bottom Is? How do you know when the real estate turnaround is finally here? Our Money Editor Stacy Johnson offers up a couple of things you need to watch for: (Video runs 1:26) Questions or comments? We’d love to hear from you. Click the comment link below and […]
Home Prices Slide 14%
Home Prices Slide 14% According to the National Association of Realtors, the steep slide in home price accelerated at a record pace during the first three months of 2009. The national median home price of single family homes sold during the first quarter fell 13.8% to $169,000 year over year, and 6.2% compared with the […]
Foreclosure Filings See Record Jump
Foreclosure Filings See Record Jump March mortgage workout results announced recently by Hope Now – a coalition of mortgage lenders, servicers, investors and community groups put together to fight the foreclosure plague – were a decidedly mixed bag for the month. Lenders continued to rewrite troubled mortgages at a fast clip during March, but the […]
High End Mortgages Easier to Get
High End Mortgages Easier to Get Things are looking up for buyers and owners of higher-priced homes: The jumbo-loan freeze is thawing. After the bank scare began last fall, jumbos — mortgages bigger than what the government will buy or guarantee (between $417,000 and $729,750, depending on the location) — dried up. Jumbo rates have […]
Business Is Good – For Auctions
Business Is Good – For Auctions There’s one business that’s booming today… auctions. Can one person’s loss be your gain? Money Editor Stacy Johnson explains…(video runs 1:35) Questions or comments? Use the Comment link below and sound off. Your email address will never show up on our site… even though it’s needed to post a […]
Travel Insurance: Should You Consider It?
Travel Insurance: Should You Consider It? The recent outbreak of swine flu may have caused you to change or cancel your travel plans. AP Personal Finance Editor Trevor Delaney explains how insurance may help you out, and whether you should consider it if you’re traveling anytime soon. (Video runs 0:50) Questions or comments? Let us […]
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