Home Buying News

By Judy Wiley SPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN-STATESMAN Sunday, July 05, 2009 Gaze at a heart-stopping view of Lake Travis beyond stone columns rising high above a gleaming outdoor kitchen.

Should I establish the house as rental property or as a second home? - Harold A: If you treat the house as a second home, you can generally deduct mortgage interest and property taxes on your federal tax return.

Q: I recently read two of your books and have a question. My husband and I live on the East Coast and are trying to relocate to the Midwest.

When it comes to real estate investments or simple purchase of a residential house, most people do not factor in all the costs.

Low prices, low interest rates and the federal stimulus package have come together to help those who wish to purchase a home.

Inman News DEAR BENNY: We are in the final steps of completing a refinance of our barely year-old $410,000 mortgage.

The number of mortgages approved for house purchase rose for the fourth month in a row during May as buyers continued to return to the property market, figures showed today.

Julie Martinez-Smith and Kelly Leondelapaz were each looking for a sign. The two women didn't know each other, but both found their prayer answered in the other person.

Over the years, I've found that people end up in financial trouble not just because they don't have enough money.

When you are first considering buying a home there are a lot of things that you will want to take into consideration.

Los Angeles is the fifth-best American city to buy a house, Forbes magazine said in a new ranking of U.S. metro areas.

David and Nicole Lawrence never thought they'd be able to afford a new home. The family relies solely on one income; David works as a field tech for Cable One while his wife, Nicole, is going back to school.

Low interest rates and depressed real estate prices have affluent parents asking their financial advisers if buying their children a house could accomplish a one-two punch of moving assets out of their estate while snagging a good deal on property.

Last week, AutoVantage told us we're not such courteous drivers . This week, Forbes kicks us while we're down, telling us we're not such a good place for real estate investment .

In today's economy many of us are not thinking to purchase things. There just is no money to go around, we can barely afford our bills now.

Mortgage giant Fannie Mae, for example, issued a laundry list of tougher policies June 8 that could directly affect thousands of buyers in the coming months, especially those involved in job-related transfers.

If ever the real estate market favoured Nanaimo buyers, this would be the time. For those willing to take the time to kick the tires and get to know the market, the buying is good.

Posted By altnrg 3 hours, 27 minutes ago in Business & Finance > A contingency is basically a statement in your purchase agreement that you will buy a house if some specific conditions are met or some particular event happens.

Amy Winehouse is a 'tattooed reptile' who will bring 'untold human suffering' to St.

Home buying and mortgage refinancing are on the mind of many folks these days and I have upbeat and downbeat updates this week.