By Kenneth R. Harney, If you’re underwater and facing financial distress, what might Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s new short-sale reform policies mean for you? Potentially a lot — even if you are current on your mortgage payments and never imagined…
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Posted: Thursday, April 19, 2012 By BRIAN IANIERI Press of Atlantic City Staff Writer Beach-home seekers and unseasonably warm weather helped boost regional home sales in March from a year ago, even as sales declined nationally, according to Realtor sales…
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The Urban Land Institute released its Real Estate Consensus Forecast Wednesday morning, and overall, the 38 real estate economists and analysts surveyed projected broad improvements for the economy. With signs of improvement in the housing sector already emerging, participants expect…
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Posted: Sunday, November 13, 2011 By MICHAEL MILLER Staff Writer pressofAtlanticCity.com OCEAN CITY — Faced with increasing tax appeals in the wake of the national real estate bust, the city plans to reassess its highest-priced coastal properties this year and…
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Reuters is out with a new report on the state of real estate in Dubai. According to the report, prices in Dubai are expected to continue to decline. Here on the Jersey Shore in Cape May County, we are expecting…
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Posted: Saturday, October 22, 2011 By ROB SPAHR Press of Atlantic City Staff Writer SEA ISLE CITY — When Charles Landis founded Sea Isle City in the early 1880’s, his goal was to create a city on canals, similar to…
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Never a dull moment or a bad sunset on the island of Sea Isle City, NJ. What an unexpected pleasure stepping out on the bayfront at 80th Street. The colors were amazing and I had to share my peaceful evening…
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6 Good Reasons to Buy a Home Now Houses are more affordable than they’ve been in a decade. By Pat Mertz Esswein, Associate Editor From Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine, October 2011 1. Prices have nearly hit bottom. In most areas,…
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It’s Not Always a Physical Defect that Drives Away Homebuyers By Elizabeth Weintraub, Common knowledge dictates that if a home doesn’t sell, there must be something wrong with it. That’s a true statement. In a market that is moving, there is something wrong…
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