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Source: washingtonpost.com - Real Estate

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Protesters Call for Affordable Housing

More than a hundred people gathered in front of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's local field office on First Street NE yesterday in recognition of World AIDS Day and to protest a lack of affordable housing for District residents living with HIV and AIDS.


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Readers Shine Light on Credit Crunch, Real Estate Woes

My inbox is overstuffed with comments and suggestions from readers. Here's an edited sample.


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Lawsuit Paints Loan Crisis In Black, White and Brown

In what appears to be the first legal action of its kind, an association of community-based organizations has filed a federal civil rights complaint against two of the three largest Wall Street ratings agencies, charging that their inflated ratings on subprime mortgage bonds disproportionately ca...


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A Fiancee's Unknown Obligations

Q: My fiancee has her name on three mortgages for two commercial buildings with her ex-husband. According to the divorce decree, her ex-husband has until August 2009 to refinance the mortgages.


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Elizabeth Razzi's Local Address: A 10-Point Credit Checkup

Can you still count on the credit you thought you had? It's a fair question for everyone in this economy, including people who pride themselves on never missing a payment.


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Demand Drives Home Green Technology

LOS ANGELES -- Robert Mechielsen's designs for environmentally friendly homes often include cutting-edge features such as high-efficiency heating and cooling systems and solar panels to convert sunshine into electricity.


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In Va., Leafy Landscape Takes On Life of Its Own

An old white oak has become a focal point for the Black Oak Cluster neighborhood.


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The Fine Print of the Foreclosure Fight

You may have read about the latest public and private efforts to help financially distressed homeowners cope with their mortgage payments. But you might not have caught key details that could have an effect on you or people you know -- now or in the months ahead.


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Palladio's Influence Spans Centuries and More Than One Architectural Renaissance

Take a look at the exterior facades and interior walls of your house. There's a good chance that you will see elements -- roof gables, classically styled columns, crown moldings, perhaps an arched Palladian window -- whose prevalence in American architecture can be traced to Andrea Palladio, a Renaissance architect.


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Real Estate Live

The Post's Maryann Haggerty and columnist Elizabeth Razzi answer your questions about the local housing market.


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Housing Starts Sink Again To Lowest Level Since '59

New-home construction tumbled to a record low last month, according to government data released yesterday, further proof that the housing sector's woes keep deepening.


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FHA Relaxes Rules of Program for Troubled Homeowners

The Federal Housing Administration yesterday said that after less than two months it is relaxing terms of a program designed to help troubled mortgage borrowers because so far the effort has not been effective.


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The Littlest Victims Of the Mortgage Crisis

The long arm of the global financial crisis reached down into Morena Parada's preschool classroom, where a little girl named Joeli Arias-Lopez painted bright green and orange splotches on an oversize easel and pronounced it a house.


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The High-Stakes Game of Raffling Off Your House

In the casino of the housing market, Tom Walters is holding the wrong cards. He's a mortgage broker, so business has been slow, and on his own house, payments have risen to about $6,200 -- too much to handle.


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Make a Quick Buck Renting Out Your House on Inauguration Day, but Be Careful

With a crush of visitors expected this Inauguration Day, hundreds of area residents are advertising their homes as temporary -- and top-dollar -- rentals over the four days leading up to Jan. 20. It's a brilliant solution to the lodging shortage, but let's pause a moment to examine the potential ...


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Source: Baron Briefs

Real estate news and commentary from RealtyBaron.com

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Introducing the ListingHedge(TM)


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Tweet Your AgentRank(TM), Realtors


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ReferralAuction Scenario #2: Personal Referral


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ReferralAuction Scenario #1: Client Referral


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Four Reasons for Agents and Brokers to Use ReferralAuctions(TM)


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Introducing the ReferralAuction(TM)


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“My current Realtor raised her commission…


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Stockton, California: Epicenter for Foreclosure Start-Ups


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AgentRank(TM), Community Edition


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Source: About Home Buying / Selling

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Eight Great Reasons to Buy a Home Today Tuesday, December 2, 2008

There are many reasons to buy a home, but the most common is to have control of one's own space. The primary reason I bought my first home was to blast...
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How a Qualified Intermediary Facilitates a 1031 Exchange Sunday, November 30, 2008

To effect a successful 1031 tax-deferred exchange, many sellers engage the services of a qualified intermediary. Doing a 1031 exchange is not as difficult as it used to be many years...
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How to Write Off Uninsured Home Losses Thursday, November 27, 2008

Even if you buy a good homeowner's insurance policy, if disaster strikes, your may end up with uninsured home losses, which your insurance won't cover. I learned this the hard way...
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You Can Replace That Leaky Toilet Yourself Tuesday, November 25, 2008

You probably don't need to call a plumber to replace a toilet. Carolyn Tann-Starr is a real estate agent in Flushing, New York who, along with her husband, is raising two...
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How to Successfully Negotiate With Short Sale Banks Sunday, November 23, 2008

It's no news flash that many agents do not know how to negotiate short sales. Some real estate agents think negotiating a short sale means calling the lender and asking if...
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How to Find Businesses in Your New Neighborhood Thursday, November 20, 2008

It's easy to find neighborhood businesses after you move, but the question is are they reputable? The first business I set about looking for after I moved into my new neighborhood...
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Common Ways to Hold Title to Real Estate Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Don't wait until the last minute before you make a decision among the many ways to hold title. I can't count the number of closings I have attended when the matter...
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Weintraub's Top 10 Real Estate Predictions for 2009 Sunday, November 16, 2008

Readers have been asking for my Top 10 Real Estate Predictions for 2009. I try to write my annual real estate predictions at the same time every year, which is the...
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Do You Really Need a Real Estate Agent? Thursday, November 13, 2008

A potential home buyer confided in me last week that she was did not yet need a real estate agent. She wasn't quite certain what she wanted to buy, where she...
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Commuting Spouses Between Houses Tuesday, November 11, 2008

When the job market tightens, it becomes more common for married couples to find themselves in the role of commuting spouses. Nationally, the unemployment rate is 6.1%. Experts predict it will...
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