November 2010 - Posts
By STEVE BROWN / The Dallas Morning News stevebrown@dallasnews.com Dallas-area home prices are still ahead of where they were a year ago, but the rate of increase has dwindled from earlier in 2010. In June, home prices in Dallas area were up just 1.2
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By STEVE BROWN / The Dallas Morning News stevebrown@dallasnews.com Dallas-area home prices were basically unchanged from a year ago in the third quarter, according to the latest U.S. government estimate. The Federal Housing Finance Agency also said that
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By Jan Kaye and Doug Wells RISMEDIA, November 24, 2010—(MCT)—We recently consulted on a formerly white Cape Cod-style home in the Kansas City, Mo., suburb of Westwood that had just been painted in a pale gray. The owners already have ordered
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Building Homeownership Commentary by Brien McMahon RISMEDIA, November 24, 2010—During my years at PHH Mortgage and Realogy, I had the privilege to help build some of the most trusted brands in real estate, including Coldwell Banker, Century 21,
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By Charles Furlough RISMEDIA, November 24, 2010—For many homeowners, a shiny new car is as integral a part of the home as the roof and the door—and it’s often right next to both. That’s because many people go to great lengths to
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RISMEDIA, November 24, 2010—The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury released the November 2010 edition of the Obama Administration’s Housing Scorecard ( www.hud.gov/scorecard ). The
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By Stephanie Andre RISMEDIA, November 23, 2010—Thanksgiving week is here again and with it comes millions of Americans taking road trips, large and small. Drivers must be prepared for everything from snow and ice to sleep-deprived travelers. To
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By Elyse Umlauf-Garneau RISMEDIA, November 23, 2010—With demand rising for green home features, it’s no surprise that home stagers are starting to style sustainably to help prospective buyers see green when they’re shopping for property.
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RISMEDIA, November 23, 2010—Housing affordability remained near its highest level nationwide for the seventh consecutive quarter as interest rates dipped below 5 percent for the first time since the series was first compiled nearly two decades ago,
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RISMEDIA, November 23, 2010—The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has unveiled a new website (hud.gov/datamap) that consolidates a wide variety of economic and housing market data at the regional, state, metropolitan area and county
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By Kathleen Lynn RISMEDIA, November 23, 2010—(MCT)—When Scott Harris and Sarah Jack did a major renovation of their 1925 Teaneck, N.J., colonial in the summer of 2009, they kept the environment in mind—for example, choosing kitchen counters
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RISMEDIA, November 23, 2010—Within the next few years, more than 50% of searches will take place on a mobile device. There is enough talk out there about mobile technology to make your head spin. Smarter Agent has been working in mobile for a decade
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RISMEDIA, November 19, 2010—Driven by an increase in length of time from application to approval, the average timeline of the mortgage origination process has increased for a third consecutive year, while customer satisfaction has declined, according
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RISMEDIA, November 19, 2010—(MCT)—When Efrain Hernandez couldn’t seal a deal before the first-time home buyer tax credit expired earlier this year, he lost faith that he would ever own a house in a market where investors and all-cash
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RISMEDIA, November 17, 2010—Green homes offer a wide variety of benefits from reducing carbon footprints to saving money on utility bills to even improving the health of children. However, a recent Whirlpool Corp. and Habitat for Humanity survey
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RISMEDIA, November 17, 2010—Newly built homes, often in recently developed communities, are regaining popularity and are more affordable than in years past. New homebuilders are using desirable, open floor plans and are helping buyers get into new
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By Stephanie Andre RISMEDIA, November 16, 2010—With just a little more than a week before Thanksgiving, the stress of holiday travel is quickly approaching. However, with some advanced preparation and a bit more time packing, there’s no reason
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RISMEDIA, November 16, 2010--A new survey conducted by Relocation.com finds that 75 percent of Americans believe the most important factor in determining a neighborhood's safety is the up-keep of surrounding homes, especially the conditions of the
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By Rick Rothacker RISMEDIA, November 12, 2010—(MCT)—Union County, N.C., homeowner Barry Lancett signed two agreements with a national lender this year to modify the terms of his mortgage but still received a disturbing piece of paperwork:
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By Monica Eng RISMEDIA, November 12, 2010--(MCT)--As autumn settles in and we set back the clock, rake the leaves and stoke the furnace, we have a lot of assumptions about the most environmentally friendly ways to proceed. But are those assumptions right?
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By STEVE BROWN / The Dallas Morning News stevebrown@dallasnews.com November 5, 2010 Sometime in the next week, road crews will start building streets for the last phase of Dallas' Cityplace project. In 2000, when the West Village arose, new close-in
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November 2010 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Dallas, Dallas County - We invite everyone to visit our open house at 3606 Versailles Avenue S on November 21
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RISMEDIA, November 9, 2010--Mortgage rates revisited record lows this week, with the average rate on the benchmark conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rate returning to 4.42 percent, according to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey. The average 30-year
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RISMEDIA, October 15, 2010—(MCT)—In a new foreclosure crisis that has gone national, attorneys general in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia have launched a sweeping probe of the country’s lenders, even as new figures showed
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RISMEDIA, October 20, 2010—(MCT)—Home construction is one of those things that really hasn’t changed a whole lot for hundreds of years. For example, if you look at the houses in Colonial Williamsburg, they have pitched roofs with shingles,
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RISMEDIA, November 9, 2010—Home buyers today have affirmed a long-term view of home ownership, the typical seller is experiencing positive returns and the vast majority of home owners see their property as a good investment, according to the latest
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RISMEDIA, October 28, 2010—The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury released the October edition of the Obama Administration’s Housing Scorecard ( www.hud.gov/scorecard ). The latest
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RISMEDIA, October 29, 2010—(MCT)—Sales of new homes climbed 6.6% in September 2010, figures released by the federal government showed, representing the second straight month of gains, but still well below the pace when a tax credit existed.
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