All posts tagged "homeownership"

Mom faces jail time for an overgrown yard

(Housing News) If you've been avoiding doing your yard work, this story may have you reconsidering.

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Home prices rise 12.2%, homeownership hits 18 year low

Homeownership levels and home prices are changing as the housing sector begins the slow road to recovery, but great uncertainty remains due...

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Buying now cheaper than renting in most housing markets

Trulia reports that buying is cheaper than renting in most major metro areas, but tight lending conditions remain a challenge to housing's...

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Fannie, Freddie to let underwater homeowners out of mortgages

In an extremely controversial move, Fannie and Freddie have decided to allow underwater homeowners out of their mortgages if they continued to...

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Consumer optimism on homeownership rising

Consumer optimism about housing is improving, according to a new Trulia study, and signs of improvement are being forecast for 2013.

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Study: the effect of homeownership on children

Homeownership has been threatened in America in recent years, with staggering foreclosure rates, which has many wondering what role homeownership actually plays...

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Detroit homeowner forced to live with squatter in her house

After claiming ownership of what she says was an abandoned home, an odd story is spun by a woman who calls herself...

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Homeownership drops slightly, rental vacancies fall

Homeownership rates in America According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the homeownership rate in the second quarter fell to 65.5 percent from...

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Steps all storm damage victims should take

Thousands of homeowners have storm damage from Friday's storms, and are learning from the American Homeowners Foundation how to best recover.

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Millennials’ unique attitude toward homeownership

Millennials are often misunderstood, and projections of future behavior are not always on task - Trulia has separated out the data to...

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Young renters plan to buy, ‘accidental’ landlords on the rise

In two new studies, it is evident that the American Dream of homeownership and even owning multiple properties is alive and well,...

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Couple discovers the home they just bought is the wrong address

It is common to hear of banks foreclosing on the wrong address, but it is nearly unheard of that a purchased home...

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Design

How to screw up a dumpster rental when remodeling

As homeowners stay put for longer and remodeling is on the rise, an often overlooked detail is renting a dumpster which has...

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Supreme Court sides with property owners against the EPA

Six years after construction halted on their small home, this Idaho couple finally received a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court that...

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Americans oppose elimination of mortgage interest deduction

American voters and homeownership By an overwhelming margin, a new study about homeownership and housing policies shows that American voters would oppose...

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Trulia says America’s dream of homeownership is not dead, but changed

How has the dream of homeownership changed? As threats of a second recession loom, housing remains a critical wound to the economy...

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Inspector misses 60,000 bees, honey now oozing from walls & foundation

New homeowner’s nightmare Colorado homeowner, Debbie Hill recently noted a leak coming from her foundation. When purchased, the home had sat vacant...

Conflicting studies on American sentiment about homeownership

Comparing studies side by side We recently reported that Pew poll results revealed news that 81% of Americans view homeownership as the...

Has the American dream of homeownership been tainted by the economy?

The waning American dream? A recent Pew poll that phoned over 2,000 Americans last month revealed that Americans still have faith in...

Consumers are doubting that owning a home is a good investment

Today, Fannie Mae released their National Housing Quarterly Survey which polls thousands of Americans about their attitudes toward homeownership and the real...