http://realestatedailyjournal.com Your Daily Real Estate News Source Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:42:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Image Source: farm1.static.flickr.com Looking at a snow-covered vista is perfect for pictures - but could be deadly to your house. It pays to be prepared for winter to avoid nasty surprises at spring time. How ? Trim your trees. Unfavorable weather can make overgrown ... http://realestatedailyjournal.com/information/winter-wonderland-1/ Image Source: worstcreditever.files.wordpress.com A lot of house buyers, especially first time house buyers are quite shocked to find that giving the downpayment is not the only cash out requirement. Other expenses include application fees, background and credit checks on the borrower and prospective ... http://realestatedailyjournal.com/buying/expenses-involved-in-owning-a-house/ Many buyers are becoming aware of the fact that government seized properties cost so much less than any other houses for sale. But before buying one we need to be aware of some few things . You must do background research on the property. The best way to do this is ... http://realestatedailyjournal.com/information/tips-in-buying-foreclosed-properties/ Image Source: www.bestsyndication.com A reverse mortgage is a loan for senior citizens. It is often used to cover medical expenses, and is becoming a common way for retired persons to supplement their existing monthly retirement income. This is a loan that senior home owners may take against their current home. You ... http://realestatedailyjournal.com/information/reverse-mortgage-supplemental-retirement-financing-strategy/ The Federal Government has drafted and is seeking to implement new guidelines to be adopted by mortgage lenders and borrowers alike to prevent similar housing market problems in the future. Some analysts see this as a step too late and that the market is already in a deep state of ... http://realestatedailyjournal.com/news/new-mortgage-lending-rules/ The National Association of Realtors, in it's recently concluded annual conference challenged it�s members with an important task this year. The association through its president has announced dismay over the tons of bad publicity the Real Estate business has been getting these past few months due to fluctuating interest rates ... http://realestatedailyjournal.com/news/the-real-estate-business-isn%e2%80%99t-doing-bad/ People who have been finding it hard to sell their existing luxury homes for more affordable ones that can keep easily are finding it harder and harder to find prospective buyers. Many have turned to extreme measures for their house selling efforts such as hiring Feng Shui experts to do ... http://realestatedailyjournal.com/news/extremely-low-house-prices-call-for-extreme-measures/ The Federal Bureau of Investigation is starting to see a tremendous surge in mortgage fraud investigations that they have diverted agents from menial tasks to help stem the problem. Fraud in US financial Institutions, as well as those associated with lending practices are on the rise as a result of ... http://realestatedailyjournal.com/hot-news/fbi-reports-mortgage-fraud-cases-are-on-the-rise/ The Census Bureau in a report has shown that the volume of vacant houses that are coming up for sale is at a high of 2.9% of all US homes and that figure excludes rental properties. The last highest level was recorded way back 1956 and the figures are sending ... http://realestatedailyjournal.com/news/sale-of-vacant-homes-hits-record-high/ If area is taken into account, the current home prices in the US are at the lowest levels in many years and that goes for all the levels of the spectrum. The realty business has relied on the price/square foot metric to avoid the influencing of house sizes on pricing ... http://realestatedailyjournal.com/news/homes-now-cheaper-than-ever/