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Finance Tips

Housing Tax Break on the Cutting Block?

obama mortgage tax deduction

The tax deduction, which encourages homeownership, seems to ...

By Movoto Editors

April 24, 2012

Buying

Reverse Mortgages

Maybe you’ve been seeing commercials on late-night TV lately asking “Is a reverse mortgage right ...

By Movoto Editors

February 5, 2012

Real Estate

The Value of Designations

Those letters after your real estate agent’s name (his or her designation) can be telling. ...

By Dionis Papavramidis

February 2, 2012

Real Estate

When Nature Attacks

When a tree falls in a forest, does it make a sound? When a tree ...

By Movoto Editorial Team

February 1, 2012

Real Estate

To Flip or To Rent – That is the Question

With foreclosures still flooding the market and home prices hovering at affordable levels, it might ...

By Dionis Papavramidis

January 29, 2012

Finance Tips

Reduced Closing Costs and Other Discounts for Mortgage Borrowers

Free-falling mortgage rates are spurring many large banks and credit unions to try and lure ...

By Movoto Editorial Team

October 11, 2011

Finance Tips

Possible Elimination of the Mortgage Interest Tax Credit

Benefiting from the Mortgage Tax Credit For Americans, owning a home means you also save ...

By Movoto Editorial Team

September 7, 2011

Top Rated Real Estate Agent Infographic

Working with Agents

What is A Top Rated Real Estate Agent?

By Movoto Editorial Team

August 18, 2011

Finance Tips

Downgrade Shouldn’t Affect Mortgage Rates, but Could Affect Buyer’s Confidence

Odds are you have you seen something like this image over the past couple of ...

By Movoto Editorial Team

August 9, 2011

Basics

How do YOU feel about a minimum 20% downpayment?

Not terribly long ago, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was proposed. ...

By Movoto Editorial Team

June 19, 2011

Finance Tips

Streamlined Mortgage Disclosure Forms Could Help Homebuyers

According to last week’s Wall Street Journal, a new agency formed by President Obama aims ...

By Movoto Editorial Team

May 30, 2011

Finance Tips

Applying for a mortgage? READ THIS. (Part 2)

Yesterday we covered a little bit of what our surveyed recommended agents said about the ...

By Movoto Editorial Team

May 19, 2011

Real Estate

Event-Centered Real Estate – Real Nuisance, or Real Advantage?

Everyone knows that an apartment overlooking the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade route in NYC is ...

By Movoto Editorial Team

May 16, 2011

Architecture & Design

Tiny Hong Kong apartment magically morphs into 24 rooms

With rents rising and space at a premium, most city-dwellers find themselves a bit ...

By Dionis Papavramidis

May 12, 2011

Real Estate

Homeownership Holds its Own

Those of you who keep up with the world of real estate news and bloggery ...

By Movoto Editorial Team

April 20, 2011

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