Certainly you have heard about the negative news recently about the real estate market and the surplus of foreclosed homes on the market and Connecticut is no exception. You may be thinking that right now is a great time to take advantage of the low interest rates and purchase one of those forecl
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12/05/2009
Are you feeling overwhelmed by your mortgage payments? In Connecticut you are not alone. Maybe the rate on your adjustable rate mortgage has adjusted up and now you are having a hard time with the payment. Maybe you have had a decline in your income and the fixed rate loan you thought was a great
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12/03/2009
West Hartford Home Inspector. Excellent article about home inspections. Please, please get a home inspection done when you are buying a home. Great advice in the post below: Your home inspection is, without a doubt, going to reveal some items that need to be corrected. If they are minor, put
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12/01/2009
Bristol First Time Home Buyer Are you thinking of buying a home in Bristol, CT? Are you hoping to take advantage of the first time home buyer tax credit? Is it the affordable homes in Bristol, or the central location that has you interested in becoming a Bristol First Time Home Buyer? There are
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11/30/2009
I'm fielding a lot of questions about the homebuyer tax credit for repeat buyers and thought it worthwhile to answer individual questions as they come up. My last post in this "series" was to cover the question that you don't need to sell your home to qualify for the repeat homebuyer tax credit.T
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11/30/2009
"Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind." Mary Ellen Chase. What better way to get the children in the Christmas state of mind that a visit to Santa at the Enfield Square Mall? Santa will be arriving at the Enfield Square Mall (Target entrance) on November 21st at noon on a
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11/20/2009
Enfield HUD Foreclosures Have you been thinking about buying a HUD owned foreclosure? A HUD owned home is much like many other foreclosed homes in that the previous owners lost the ownership of the home through foreclosure. Like many other foreclosed homes the condition of a HUD owned foreclosur
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11/18/2009
As builders draw up blueprints for the house of the post-recession future, builders are struggling to distinguish among what home buyers need, what they want and what they can live without! Most builders say the post-crash buyers of new homes want smaller and simpler. I'm seeing they are attract
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11/18/2009
Thanks to Xerox sending out a Thank You card to our soldiers is simple, fast and free. At this time of the year we can take some time out to teach our children about giving thanks and living in gratitude. The best way of course to teach gratitude is by being a good example of being in a thank
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11/18/2009
The current real estate and foreclosure crisis began two or three years ago. Since then homeowners have been trying to modify their home loans. As a result, banks are overwhelmed with loan modification requests and short sale requests. Many banks were unprepared for the number of requests rece
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11/15/2009
