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2011 

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Christmas means both red and green chilies Albuquerque, New Mexico real estate professional and ActiveRain blogger John McCormack tells us about Hatch, NM, the chile capital of the world and the southwest chile traditions. More good reasons to visit and enjoy New Mexico!  Life is good! If you liv...
08/23/2011

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Longwood Gardens Water Lilies & FHA 203(k) Mortgage Financing 8/23/11 FHA 203(k) work write-up A HUD approved 203(k) consultant is used when the proposed improvements to the home exceed the $35,000 maximum amount for a Streamlined FHA 203(k) mortgage loan. A work write-up is also required if stru...
08/23/2011

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Spiced Green Tomato Cake Recipe  Ingredients:  ·         2 1/4 cups sugar  ·         1 cup vegetable oil or melted shortening  ·         3 eggs  ·         2 teaspoons vanilla  ·         3 cups flour  ·         1 teaspoon salt  ·         1 teaspoon baking powder  ·         1 teaspoon cinnamon  ·  ...
08/22/2011

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Monarch Butterfly Albuquerque, NM real estate professional and ActiveRain blogger shares a photograph of a Monarch Butterfly in his back yard. The population of Monarch Butterflies has been declining and it is a good idea to include plants that will attract them.  Life is good! This beautiful Sun...
08/22/2011

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Rabbit nests in your yard? Collegeville/Reading, PA professional home inspector David Artigliere usually writes about home inspections and topics like FHA 203(k) mortgage financing.  In this post, he shares the story about Cottontail the Bunny in his garden.  Thanks, David, for the tips on what t...
08/22/2011

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Montgomery County, Maryland Foreclosures & Short Sales Update Rev. 8/22/11 103 (3%) of the 3,337 homes for sale in Montgomery County, MD are REO properties while 568 (17%) are short sale pre-foreclosures. Home buyers are facing multiple contract competition on some of the well price homes in pref...
08/22/2011

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Conforming Loan Limit Changes We received this email from a Maryland mortgage banker: Hi Everyone, I wanted to send out an important reminder about the Fannie Mae Conforming Loan Limits dropping on Sept. 30th.  Our bank is one of the few banks still taking new purchase deals for closing up to Fri...
08/22/2011

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Longwood Gardens Water Lilies & FHA 203(k) Mortgage Financing 8/22/11 FHA 203(k) Feasibility Study or Contractor Bids When the home buyers are using a Streamlined FHA 203(k) mortgage loan, a fixed price bid is obtained from a licensed contractor for the required repairs and the optional improveme...
08/21/2011

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Are you using ICE? San Jose real estate professional and ActiveRain blogger Kathleen Daniels offers a suggestion to help with identification and needed notifications if we are in an accident.  In case of an emergency, make sure the responders or the hospital will know whom to call.  Blooming for ...
08/21/2011

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Blooming For You, Kathy Streib Today is my birthday.  Yes, I am very old.  Kathy Streib decided that I should have an ActiveRain birthday party and it is taking place in her blog.  Thanks, Kathy. You are a very special person. Longwood Gardens - Dolores and I enjoy frequent visits to Longwood Gar...
08/21/2011
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