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6 Tips to Help You Purchase a Home Before Its Owner Releases It into the Market
After planning and researching the house you want to buy, it may be time to make your dream come true. You may have settled on the location you prefer, the street, or looking for the simplest wa...
A Helping Handout: Linn County's Rental Assistance Program Provides Temporary Relief but No Long-Term Solutions
Linn County's Emergency Rental Assistance Program aims to temporarily bandage a gaping wound. While the program offers short-term aid for renters facing ...
Miami Breaks Ground on $19m Housing Project
Since around the 1960s, under the "Great Society" initiatives, trillions upon trillions of dollars have been spent on tens of thousands of affordable housing projects, including everything from high-rise apartment buil...
Looking for a Mortgage During the Retirement Years? Here's What to Know
Conventional wisdom says that you should aim to pay off your mortgage before your retirement years. Getting rid of this significant monthly payment will be a huge benefit when you need to scale down...
Is Your House Up to Code? The Results of an Inspection May Surprise You
Most cities and municipalities in the US have established certain building codes that also apply to private homes. While most homeowners simply assume that their home is up to code, this is not necessar...
Corporations Claim There's a Housing Bubble
According to Forbes, Business Insider, Yahoo!, and other large publications, there's a housing bubble that's about to burst in America. Why are these corporate-owned media outlets all pushing the exact same news at the exact sam...
Fed Raising Rates Isn't Working for the Housing Market
Americans very recently learned that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) may have quite literally assassinated an American President because he wanted to get rid of the Federal Reserve (Fed). This isn't some f...
El Paso County Continuum of Care Receives $2.9 Million in Funding to Combat Homelessness Crisis
In a significant development to address the homelessness crisis in Southern Colorado, the El Paso County Continuum of Care has received a substantial grant of $2.9 million. ...
Where Will Mortgage Rates Head in 2020?
One of the things that helped the housing market forward in 2019 was the fact that interest rates dropped over the course of the year, making mortgages less expensive. Experts now predict that the good times will persist throughout 2020...
