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Posted on 02 February 2012
This is getting tiresome. The latest housing initiative announced yesterday by President Obama is just more of the same old thing. This time the major change is that the program has been "expanded" to allow for FHA (i.e. taxpayer) backing to refinance loans that were previously not insured by FHA. Do the banks themselves write this stuff? Continue Reading...
Indiana is embroiled right now in a bitter controversy, which as of the date of this writing appears to have been resolved – for now. Put simply, the controversy is over the right of individuals to “contract” with businesses to work, without being compelled to contribute to or take part in union membership as a condition of employment.
The Smokefree Housing Law (SB 332) went into effect in California on January 1, 2012, giving multifamily property owners and managers the power to prohibit smoking in rental units. Like many of the public smoking bans in the areas across the United States, the Smokefree Housing Law is aimed at curbing secondhand smoke. Although many [...]
Many young professionals have found themselves being constantly frustrated in their efforts to get on the property ladder and buy their first home. As a result, we’re seeing more cases of parents stepping in to help them out.
It looks as if the Australian property market may have averted a US style housing crash as prices in some cities have begun to rise for the first time since 2010, and experts now think there are small signs of a revival which could begin to gather pace this year.
Investment means wealth creation. So, if you would like to increase the money that you have as of now, you will have to create an investment portfolio.