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2011 

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Where have all the home buyers gone? An  article by The Washington Post reporters Carol Morello, morelloc@washpost.com  and Ted Mellnik , mellnikt@washpost.com  provides some of the answers.  Difficult times have brought about in increase in extended family households.  In the Washington, DC metr...
08/18/2011

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Home Inspections Nashville professional home inspector and ActiveRain blogger Michael Thornton provides another good reason for home buyers to request a home inspection in their contract.  It is very easy to miss some items that will instantly be identified by an experience home inspector. We alw...
08/18/2011

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Longwood Gardens Flowers & Streamlined FHA 203(k) 8/18/11 What is a Streamlined FHA 203(k) mortgage? The Streamlined program is for the purchase of a home that has limited repairs that require relatively little expertise to manage. There is no consultant managing the project and that expense is s...
08/17/2011

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Do You Know About The Universal Default Clause?   Credit card companies do a great job disclosing all of their terms and conditions; even though it's in a hard to read font and very technical language. But failing to understand those terms can be costly. Most people know that when your bill arriv...
08/17/2011

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Prince George's County, Maryland Foreclosures Update Rev. 8/17/11  There are 4,300 active listings of homes for sale in Prince George's County MD.  500 (12%) of the homes for sale are lender owned foreclosures.  1,675 (39%) are short sale pre-foreclosures.  51% of the available properties are len...
08/17/2011

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Longwood Gardens Flowers & FHA 203(k) Financing - 8/17/11 Advantages of using FHA 203(k) mortgage financing for fix up properties: Perfect solution to Handyman Specials (utilities DO NOT have to be on) Close before repairs begin (home sellers love this) Only one closing, with money disbursed on a...
08/16/2011

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Washington County, MD Foreclosures & Short Sales Update Rev. 8/16/11 There are 868 homes for sale in Washington County, MD.  36 (4%) of the active listings are lender owned foreclosures and 122 (14%) are short sale pre-foreclosure offerings.   Loan Limit Reduction:  The "temporary" mortgage loan ...
08/16/2011

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Frederick County, MD Foreclosures & Short Sales Update - Rev. 8/16/11  There are 1,259 active listings of homes for sale in Frederick County, MD.  41 (3%) of the properties are lender owned foreclosures and 250 (20%) are short sale pre-foreclosures.   Mortgage interest rates are very low and ther...
08/16/2011

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Longwood Gardens Flowers & Condo Insurance - 8/16/11New Maryland Law Affects Condominium Owners:  Beginning in October, condominium associations in Maryland can require that all unit owners carry homeowner's insurance.  This addresses a common issue as to the responsibility for a problem in one u...
08/15/2011

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Print Pictures From Facebook Kodak provides many suggestions for real estate professionals.  In this post, Mark Walser at Kodak Real Estate Solutions shows us how we can print photographs directly from Facebook.  I am going to have to take a close look at the Kodak AiO Inkjet Printer!  Blooming f...
08/15/2011
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