Blog Archive: July 2008
Welcome to Ilyce Glink's blog! Here you'll find Ilyce's latest insights on personal finance advice, real estate advice and consumer issues. Come back often for timely and interesting posts on a wide variety of topics.
Added July 26, 2008 by Ilyce R. Glink
I'll be a guest first-thing on Good Morning America Sunday morning. We'll be talking about the new housing bill, that passed the Senate on Saturday. President Bush is expected to sign the bill, although he first said he wouldn't.
Good for him. Good for us? That's really the question. How much will…
Topics:
personal finance advice,
housing market,
real estate market,
consumer advice
Added July 26, 2008 by Ilyce Glink
Folks, I'm back from the Inman Real Estate Connect conference and it was just terrific. There's a lot of cool stuff that I saw that that I'll share on the Ilyce Glink show Sunday morning.
Tune in to hear about new technologies, the housing bill, and all kinds of other cool stuff that we talked about…
Topics:
real estate,
housing market,
home technology
Added July 25, 2008 by Melanie G. Rogers
Homeowners in Atlanta's Lake City area may soon lose their home to foreclosure.
They were among the first to get their home remodeled on the TV show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," according to Atlanta area media.
Apparently they took out a $450,000 mortgage on the 5,500 square foot home to finance…
Topics:
mortgage,
mortgage loan,
foreclosure,
homeowners,
mortgage lenders
Added July 23, 2008 by Ilyce Glink
San Francisco -- At 8:30am PDT, Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate officially opened its doors. The company, which is part of the Realogy group in Parsippany, NJ, has licensed the BHG name from Meredith (publisher of Better Homes & Gardens Magazine) for 50 years, with a 50-year option to renew.
Led…
Topics:
real estate,
real estate agent,
selling,
real estate market,
home buying