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Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Information about a wide range of topics related to housing. -
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Fannie Mae
Fannie Mae provides financial products and services to help low-, moderate-, and middle-income families to buy homes. Site includes a calculator to help you figure out the total costs of a mortgage. -
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Neighbor Law: Fences, Trees, Boundaries & Noise
Is a neighboring business driving you crazy? Too much noise from next door? Run-off from up the hill threatening to drown your yard? Learn your rights and responsibilities with Neighbor Law, Nolo’s clear-cut, comprehensive guide… -
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The Community Investment Network
The Community Investment Network is an online, 24/7 Web-accessed resource for news, information, data, perspective and opinion, reliable research reports, and for networking; and, for easy access links to government, not-for-profit and corporate organizations and… -
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You can buy a home - The keys to homeownership (Laotian)
Buying a home is one of the most important purchases you'll ever make. In this brochure, we cover key topics for potential homeowners, including preparing to buy a home, predicting homeownership costs, finding the right… -
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You can buy a home - The keys to homeownership (Cambodian)
Buying a home is one of the most important purchases you'll ever make. In this brochure, we cover key topics for potential homeowners, including preparing to buy a home, predicting homeownership costs, finding the right… -
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You can buy a home - The keys to homeownership (Hmong)
Kev yuav tsev yog ib qho uas tseem ceeb tshaj ua koj yuav tau tshwm nyiaj yuav nyob hauv koj lub neej. Daim ntawv no yuav qhia txog tej yam tseemceeb uas tej tus yuav… -
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You Can Buy a Home - The keys to homeownership (Vietnamese)
Mua nhà là một trong những mua sắm quan trọng nhất của quý vị. Trong cẩm nang này, chúng ta bàn đến những chủ đề chính cho người chủ gia cư tương lai, kể cả… -
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You Can Buy a Home - Seminar Lesson Plan (English)
This PDF packet provides guidance for teachers and team leaders. The 22-page packet contains a detailed curriculum, classroom activities and take home worksheets. -
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Keeping Your Home - Protect your investment (Vietnamese)
Những người có kế hoạch, ngân sách và dành dụm để thành công làm chủ một căn nhà sẽ có nhiều cơ hội tốt hơn để giữ được mái nhà của họ và gây dựng… -
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Successful Homeownership - Seminar Lesson Plan & Class Activities (English)
This PDF packet provides guidance for teachers and team leaders. The 20-page packet contains a detailed curriculum, classroom activities and take home worksheets. -
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Specialty Consumer Reports
In addition to your credit report, there are other types of consumer reports called specialty consumer reports. This publication explains what kinds of specialty reports might exist for you and how you can see and… -
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You Can Buy a Home - Class Activities (Spanish)
Este archivo en PDF contiene traducciones en español de las actividades para hacer en clase y los ejercicios para hacer en casa tomados del plan de enseñanza en -
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After foreclosure: How long until you can buy again?
Walking away from a mortgage you can still afford to pay has consequences; everyone knows that. Your credit score is shot and it can be impossible to get credit. Some homeowners, no doubt, believe that… -
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An air conditioner feels great but can cost you: Try these tips
Temperatures aren’t the only numbers that climb in the summer. With air conditioners on full blast, so do energy bills. Cooling costs run the average homeowner about $400 a year, according to Energy Star, the… -
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Foreclosure alternative gaining favor
Short sales have been the hot solution for financially stressed homeowners and their lenders for the past year, but here’s another potent foreclosure alternative that’s about to take center stage: deeds in lieu. Some of… -
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Foreclosures could top 1 million homes in 2010
More than 1 million U.S. households could lose their homes to foreclosure this year, as lenders work their way through a huge backlog of borrowers who have fallen behind on their loans, according to RealtyTrac,… -
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Buy or Rent?
This interactive tool, designed by the New York Times, can help you determine whether to buy or to rent is a better financial decision. More sophisticated than the "rent ratio," which simply takes annual rent… -
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Homeownership rate continues to fall
Millions of houses on the verge of foreclosure threaten to send homeownership to its lowest level in 50 years, according to new industry estimates. Fresh projections say the rate could plummet to about 62% as… -
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5 states OK’d for federal foreclosure-prevention aid
As many as 50,000 struggling homeowners in five states with high unemployment may receive help from a special $600 million federal fund intended to head off some foreclosures. State housing agencies in Ohio, North Carolina,… -
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HUD to award $79 million in grants to reduce foreclosures
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announced Thursday that $79 million in federal grants will be made available to reduce foreclosures and assist families looking for housing. The money, a 36… -
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Foreclosures fall, but early delinquencies rise
The foreclosure crisis might have finally peaked in the first half of this year, but with the continued weakness in the economy and the recent deterioration of the housing market, the gains may prove fleeting.… -
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Remodeling your home? Get online
Home improvement is one of the fastest-growing segments of e-commerce. But the consequences of a bad decision when it comes to finding a contractor or remodeling products online are far worse than buying the wrong… -
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You Can Buy a Home - The keys to homeownership (English)
Buying a home is one of the most important purchases you'll ever make. In this brochure, we cover key topics for potential homeowners, including preparing to buy a home, predicting homeownership costs, finding the right… -
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Buying a Home - Leader’s Guide
The Buying a Home Leaderʼs Guide provides detailed information, written in question-and-answer format, to help teach potential homebuyers how to navigate the often complex process of purchasing a home. The guide covers such topics as…
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