February 2011 - Posts
Mortgage insurance protects lenders against losses that result when a buyer defaults on a home mortgage. FHA requires mortgage insurance primarily for borrowers making a down payment of less than 20 percent. FHA has announced that the amount of the monthly
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I was showing houses yesterday in Prior Lake, Savage, and Eden Prairie around the $300,000 range and we stumbled on to a gem of a foreclosure. It is a 3 bedroom rambler in the Wood Hill neighborhood of Savage. It has over 3100 square feet, is on a cul-de-sac-
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As you probably are aware, County Road 21 as it comes into Prior Lake and through the city, is increasingly causing congestion. The situation has been studied from every possible angle and the proposals are now ready. Tonight promises to be a very interesting
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Congress recently extended legislation making private mortgage insurance (PMI) premiums tax deductible through 2011! So why is this significant? PMI can help people buy a home sooner, by enabling them to put less than 20% of the purchase price down when
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Real Estate sales were down in Prior Lake in January and new listings coming on the market were also down. Both of these statistics could be attributed to the unusually brutal winter to date. The good news (if you are a seller want-to- be) is that the
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Remodeling Magazine's Remodeling 2010-11 Cost vs. Value Report (www.costvsvalue.com) was recently published and the results were surprising results were listed. OK, there were a couple that surprised me and overall I think the report is interesting
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If you are trying to sell a home that has that unmistakeable combination of yarn and dusty skin odors, this should help.
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