Here’s your chance to catch up with news included to inform, enlighten and perhaps even entertain you. To read about The Big Apple, check out the other of today’s posts and look for Out and About early next week.
They’re not asking peanuts for late cartoonists Santa Rosa estate
Sopranos actor and wife list income-producing Tribeca property for nearly 10 times what they paid
Misha accepts $4 million for the sale of his Rockland County home
Highest-priced home in the nation goes for price far from dandy
Property investment firm rates top markets for investors in rental homes
Banks said to be ready to handle lowered cap on conforming (vs. jumbo) loans
Weak jobs report propels drop in loan-interest rates
7 ways to save money in interest charges, lender fees and other borrowing costs
Private lenders lead comeback of riskier mortgages
Volume of applications for purchase mortgages slips again, continuing sideways trend
The more homeowners owe, the longer that manage to avoid eviction
Many buyers heed the call to ARMs even with fixed-rate loans in a valley
Chicago region tops 20 metro areas for stockpile of foreclosed homes
Slighting pluses, columnist contends that a home is a ‘lousy investment’
Court orders unlicensed contractor who was condo board president to pay $400,000 to a neighbor
And kickback allegations cost a title insurer $4.5 million
Fidelity follows suit with same sum for same allegation
Single buyers, especially women, take the purchasing plunge
Some cities are greener than others, even some on the East Coast
HUD turns over to new consumer agency enforcement of lender requirements
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Organization, organization, organization is the key to sufficient storage
Happily, New York is second to Chicago and way behind Tokyo in one key respect
Clear Capital: Prices to rise in 5 markets this year, but nation’s level to fall 2.4 percent
Resurgence of second-home market is expected to accelerate
You can search for 20,000 New York City properties listed by various brokers, and I encourage you to be in touch with me for assistance and advice. You also may want to see my periodic critiques of properties that I visit in Out and About, which I post on Mondays or Tuesdays.
Malcolm Carter
Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker
Senior Vice President
Charles Rutenberg Realty
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New York, NY 10022
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