Q: My husband and I purchased our first home in 2011.The home is a four-story town house located in Washington, DC. First built in the 1880s, it has had many owners and updates. After purchasing the home and living in it, we notice the home shakes every time a truck drives down the street. The [...]
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I'm off this week! Enjoy an encore presentation from the May 6, 2012 Ilyce Glink Show. Your job is on the line. Unemployment figures released this week were nothing short of awful. What job advice can be given without serious worker growth? And as usual, providing personal finance advice, real estate advice and consumer advice [...]
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Q: I put an offer in at 20 percent above the asking price for a property in the neighborhood. The house was originally priced about $70,000 and then later reduced it to about $50,000. We don’t know why the owners reduced the price. We put in an offer at around $60,000 as the sellers called [...]
Home prices still falling and that continues to have an impact on the housing market. CoreLogic is interpreting the data positively but the implementation of the $26 billion dollar mortgage settlement means more foreclosures are coming to weigh down home values. CoreLogic a leading provider of housing market and real estate trend information released its [...]
Q: Does an IRS lien follow a homeowner or a property? We're selling our home and we can't get a straight answer from the bank. We consulted with another professional in the finance industry, and he says an IRS lien follows the property. The bank said the lien ended last month, but we don't have [...]
Q: My father’s property was sold in California a couple of years ago. I was recently contacted by the title company that assisted my father in the sale. They told me that there was a "typo" on the number of lots that were sold. The buyer of my father’s property has since built condos on [...]
Q: I have a second and third mortgage on my house. Can the lenders of my second and third mortgage foreclose on my house even if I make all my payments to my first mortgage lender in timely manner? Is there any way that I can short sell my house? A: Your letter reminds us [...]
