Chris LaGarde on February 12th, 2010

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Chris LaGarde on January 29th, 2010

Q: How do I check if my fireplace is in good condition?
Fireplaces are considered very inefficient heat sources, but they are a feature homeowners look for in their homes. There are two types of fireplaces: brick (or sometimes rock) and mortar fireplaces and a prefab unit with masonry surrounding it.
Fireplaces and chimneys are part of [...]

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Chris LaGarde on January 27th, 2010

Here is a question that was recently asked on Trulia.com and my answer. . .
Buying a mobile home is very much like buying a car, in that the mobile home, generally speaking, does not improve in value. If you don’t have cash and need to get a loan, lenders see mobile homes exactly as the [...]

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Chris LaGarde on January 20th, 2010

As you may, or may not know, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is in some trouble from a financial standpoint. I read the “Daily Forecast Update” from the National Association of Realtors today, and that update mentions that the loan underwriting standards for FHA loans will be changing, in the MORE STRICTER side of things. [...]

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Chris LaGarde on January 14th, 2010

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Pending Home Sales Rise
Tax Credit gets spring season off to early start
Why you should list your home now, not in the spring

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Chris LaGarde on December 28th, 2009

Home sales both nationally and locally had their strongest performance of 2009 in November. Undoubtedly aided by the deadline on the 2009 First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit, sales showed modest gains over a strong October 2009 and substantial gains from a year earlier (November 2008).
Nationally, sales were 44.1 percent higher than in November 2008, the [...]

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Chris LaGarde on December 23rd, 2009

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Chris LaGarde on December 22nd, 2009

As you know by now, the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit has been extended until April 30th, 2009 and also expanded to include some home owners selling their home and buying another. So what are the results that the credit passed last year had on the overall market? Let’s take a quick look at [...]

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Chris LaGarde on December 19th, 2009

What are other first time buyers doing?
The tax credit extension and expansion in November has fueled new discussion about home buyers and the housing market in 2010. Here’s a look at first-time buyers in 2009.

The median age is 28, significantly down from where it was in 2005 at 32.
Location or Neighborhood was the No. 1 [...]

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Chris LaGarde on December 1st, 2009

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