It's true: Bad neighbors can lower home values. Appraisers even have a term for bad neighborhoods and other troublesome hyperlocal issues that can affect property values: external obsolescence. "I've seen many situations where external factors, such as living near a bad neighbor, can lower home v
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02/16/2013
Anyone who is buying a house in the Tampa Bay area -- or even just checking up on the market -- is likely to find that some of the rules of the game seem to have shifted. Particularly anyone expecting to be deluged by the kind of amazing deals being offered in 2008 and 2009 should see what I mean
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02/16/2013
Reduce costs without sacrificing quality of life Many Americans are in the process of reassessing their spending patterns, and boomers and seniors are no exception. Seventy-three percent of adults over age 50 started saving more or cutting back on spending last year, compared to 2010, according t
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02/13/2013
