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- 11/30/2005 - Real Estate News
Federal law bars government from real estate land grab
In 2001, the federal government (Internal Revenue Service) filed this lawsuit to foreclose on a 60-acre property owned by J. Leonard Padilla and Rose Moreno-Padilla. The $239,284 IRS tax liabilities of the property owners arose out of unpaid income taxes ... - 11/30/2005 - Real Estate News
Stained bathtub gets shine of a lifetime
Q: Do you have any advice for whitening a bathtub that has rust stains and other stains from when I stored a blue suitcase in it two years ago? The tub has also lost its gloss from all of the scouring I have tried over the years. Is there any way to rest... - 11/30/2005 - Real Estate News
Can unique loan affect calculation of real estate tax?
DEAR BOB: I have a negative amortization mortgage on my rental property. I pay only the minimum required monthly payment, which doesn't even cover the full interest payments, so my mortgage balance keeps growing. When I sell or do an Internal Revenue Code... - 11/29/2005 - Real Estate News
New-home sales rise, prices flatten
New single-family home sales were up about 9 percent from October 2004 to October 2005, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development reported today, while the average sales price of a new single-family home dropped about 1 ... - 11/29/2005 - Real Estate News
Toll Brothers to build 900 homes in D.C. suburb
Toll Brothers serves move-up, empty-nester, active-adult and second-home buyers and operates in 20 states. The company earlier this month cut its national sales forecast for 2006, citing moderating home prices, softening demand and a tougher regulatory... - 11/29/2005 - Real Estate News
Illinois condo demand soars
Total home sales year-to-date (January through October) show an overall increase of 2.5 percent to 156,338 homes sold, compared with 152,582 sales in the first 10 months of last year. "Condo sales outpaced single-family sales in October as we enter th... - 11/29/2005 - Real Estate News
Overnight real estate rates fall
Long-term mortgage interest rates dropped Monday, and the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield dipped to 4.4 percent. The 30-year fixed-rate average sank to 5.76 percent, and the 15-year fixed-rate slipped to 5.33 percent. The 1-year adjustable was do... - 11/29/2005 - Real Estate News
Priced out of paradise: Second-home market impacts locals
Editor's note: The second-home or vacation-home market is a booming niche that's vastly different than the market for primary homes. Many foreign buyers are playing a larger role in second-home purchases in the U.S., while many domestic buyers are crossin... - 11/29/2005 - Real Estate News
Longtime Realtor critic proposes national MLS
A San Francisco lawyer, who has engaged in many antitrust lawsuits against Realtor groups over the past 25 years, Monday released an 82-page report that alleges a history of "price fixing, tie-ins, punitive fee splits and trademark fraud" in the real est... - 11/29/2005 - Real Estate News
Code confusion sparks water heater dispute
Dear Barry, We just replaced the gas water heater in the underground garage of our apartment building, but the building inspector will not approve the installation. The raised platform is only 15 inches high, but the inspector insists on an 18-inch platf...