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Make My Calls

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Home Prices Fell at Record Pace in October

U.S. existing home prices dropped a record 3.5 percent last month, compared with the same month a year earlier, while the total number of residences sold fell 11.5 percent compared with October 2005, according to an industry report released yesterday. Read More…

Licensing Hilarity

We are having a grand time here in Colorado, “cleaning up” our local industry. The plan was to implement a licensing procedure that included an FBI background check and a surety bond requirement for brokers. Supposedly, this was going to wash out the riff-raff. The only problem is that the do-gooder brokers calling for this […]

Commercial Boom Softens Housing Bust

To understand why the housing slump hasn’t dragged the economy into a recession, it helps to visit the Smoketown Plaza in Woodbridge, where the thumping of hammers signals the healthy pulse of a building boom that’s still going strong. Read More…

30-Year Rates Dip to 10-Month Low

Mortgage rates around the country fell this week, with rates on 30-year mortgages sinking to their lowest level in 10 months. Read More…

In the Loop, and Next to the Vice President

Observatory Circle in northwest Washington is filled with people who live by the clock. Read More…

House of Sweden, a Multifunctional Space With a Sense of Place

Thanksgiving weekend can bring to mind the word “smorgasbord,” one of those wonderful nouns that somehow sound like what they represent. Read More…

The Lowdown on Low-Doc Loans

If the IRS wants to spot large numbers of people who are stiffing the tax collectors, it might want to consider auditing a fast-growing segment of the home-mortgage market. Read More…

Getting the Facts Straight About ‘IRC 121′

Q: DEAR BOB: We own two houses and meet the 24-out-of-last-60-month ownership and occupancy requirement for the Internal Revenue Code 121 principal residence sale tax exemption on both. One house is now listed for sale. Read More…

Home Construction Drops 14.6% in October

U.S. home construction plunged in October to its lowest level in more than six years, according to government data, sending a chill through the slumping housing market. Read More…