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Browse the data: sheriff's sales in Douglas County
Lawrence-and the state of Kansas-has weathered the mortgage crisis better than most. One way to gauge the foreclosure storm is to look at sheriff's sales, which occur when homeonwers stop paying their mortgage and the house is auctioned off to the highest bidder.
- Buyers should always order home inspections
- November 20, 2009
- Q: I disagree with your recent statement that all buyers should make their offers contingent on first obtaining a satisfactory report from a professional home inspector.
- Lawsuits mount over drywall concerns
- November 6, 2009
- We purchased a newly built home last year. Soon after we moved in, we and our two kids started noticing a weird “rotten-egg” smell that gave us constant headaches and sometimes made us vomit.
- Program extension to help housing market
- November 2, 2009
- An $8,000 tax credit continues to spur area residents to shop for and buy their first homes.
- Swatch watch: The right paint chip may make you feel at home — or help you sell it
- October 12, 2009
- Somewhere in America, there is a yellow house with a red dining room, orange living room, green kitchen and blue bedrooms. And the people living inside are excited when they eat dinner, comfortable when they watch television, calm when they open the refrigerator and feel safe when they sleep.
- Lawmakers mull cuts to realty deductions
- October 2, 2009
- Q: Is it true that Congress is thinking about reducing or even eliminating the tax deductions for mortgage-interest payments?
- Buyers, sellers should welcome home inspections
- September 25, 2009
- Q: You always advise buyers to make their offers contingent upon receiving a satisfactory report from a professional home inspector, but are such inspections required by law?
- August house sales fall in Midwest
- September 25, 2009
- Existing home sales in the Midwest halted their brief resurgence in August, in part because some buyers are having trouble meeting tougher lending standards.
- Lawrence’s Fall Parade of Homes to open Saturday
- September 23, 2009
- The Lawrence Home Builders Association’s upcoming Fall Parade of Homes will feature some residences that have been around awhile, others that are new to the market and even a patch of property awaiting construction.
- Lawrence building climate begins to show signs of turnaround
- September 17, 2009
- A series of new numbers have Lawrence builders and real estate agents harboring a little hope that the city’s housing and construction markets are inching upward.
- Habitat ReStores offer bargains on materials
- September 11, 2009
- There are several ways to save money when launching a new construction or remodeling job. One of the best is to shop at the “ReStores” that are operated by the nation’s largest not-for-profit housing group, Habitat for Humanity.
- Valuable tips for 1st-time homebuyers
- September 6, 2009
- The recent slowdown in the residential housing market has provided new buying opportunities through more affordable prices, especially for first-time homebuyers.
- Home equity may affect college aid options
- September 4, 2009
- Our son has just started his senior year in high school, but we have already received the various forms to fill out so we can try to get some financial aid to send him to college. Our home is worth about $150,000 more than what we paid for it several years ago. Will this affect our family’s ability to get the most financial aid possible?
- Midwest home sales rise in most markets
- August 22, 2009
- Home sales in the Midwest surged 8.5 percent in July, the second straight annual increase, as new home buyers snapped up properties to take advantage of a temporary federal tax credit, the National Association of Realtors reported Friday.
- New rule puts limits on lender setup fees
- July 31, 2009
- I want to apply for a loan to buy a house, so I visited the bank that I have done business with for almost 20 years.
- Midwest home sales rise 3%
- July 24, 2009
- Home sales in the Midwest, which started recovering in the winter, rose almost 3 percent in June — the first annual increase since September, the National Association of Realtors reported Thursday.
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