Home Buying 101 Archive


Florida Offers Help to Some with Home Down Payment

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
RISMEDIA, July 2, 2009-(MCT)-Starting Wednesday, Florida hopes to stoke its real estate market by becoming one of the few states to offer $8,000
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Home Buyer Beware - 3 Little-Known Moving Scams

Monday, June 29th, 2009
RISMEDIA, June 30, 2009-With millions of Americans moving this summer-the busiest part of the moving season-it bears repeating: beware of unscrupulous moving companies. Relocation.com, the leading online consumer resource for moving services, identified some of the less familiar tricks to avoid and offers guidelines to prevent getting taken. ...
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Jewel-box Homes are Built Smaller, Smarter

Thursday, June 25th, 2009
RISMEDIA, June 26, 2009-(MCT)-They've been dubbed "jewel-box houses" - small homes designed with top-quality materials, upscale detailing and custom built-ins. ...
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May Existing-Home Sales Continue Rising Trend

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
RISMEDIA, June 24, 2009-Sales of existing homes showed another gain in May, benefiting from favorable affordability conditions and
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Zillow.com Adds New iPhone OS 3.0 Features to Zillow Application

Thursday, June 18th, 2009
RISMEDIA, June 19, 2009-Real estate website Zillow.com announced the availability of the second version of its Zillow app, which integrates features made possible by the release of iPhone OS 3.0 update. Search filtering and the ability to save favorite homes were among the features most requested by the 402,000 users ...
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Homeowners Foundation Highlights Dangers for Home Buyers

Thursday, June 18th, 2009
RISMEDIA, June 19, 2009-The American Homeowners Foundation (AHF), the independent national nonprofit consumer education organization serving American homeowners since 1984, has published a free guide to help home buyers avoid the many traps related to buyer representation. These traps have lead to thousands of lawsuits and caused many home buyers ...
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5 Pro Tips Designed to Help You Move

Monday, June 15th, 2009
RISMEDIA, June 16, 2009-(MCT)-How hard is it to move all your worldly possessions from one home to the next? So hard that even Clive Pearse of HGTV can get it wrong. ...
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