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Foreclosure Counselors: What They Can and Can’t Do

Foreclosure counselors can make the difference between losing your home and keeping it. Here’s how they work and how to choose one. Read
Foreclosure Moratorium May Give Home Owners One Last Chance

Procedural difficulties have led to a nationwide foreclosure moratorium. If you’re a home owner in foreclosure, use this time to prepare for the next step—or possibly end the foreclosure altogether. Read
Home Owners in Foreclosure: Who’s Helping Them?

Organizations all over the country are pitching in to help solve the foreclosure crisis. They use different strategies, but they share a common goal: helping home owners in financial distress keep their homes. Read
Website Resources for Foreclosure Help

Here are some legitimate resources to help you fight the foreclosure crisis. Read
Foreclosure Help: 5 Pros You Need on Your Team

Know which experts provide foreclosure help—often at no cost to you—and how to find them. Read

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Short Sales

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Negotiate Your Best House Buy

Keep your emotions in check and your eyes on the goal, and you’ll pay less when purchasing a home. Read
6 Tips for Buying a Home in a Short Sale

By preparing for a real estate short sale, you can emerge with a great home at a favorable price. Read
7 Tips for Short Sale Success

Have to sell your home for less than it’s worth? Our seven tips will help you get the best price. Read

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24 Tips for Savvy Home Buying.

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Keep Your Home Purchase on Track

You’ve found your dream home. Make sure missteps don’t prevent a successful closing. Read
4 Tips to Determine How Much Mortgage You Can Afford

By knowing how much mortgage you can handle, you can ensure that home ownership will fit in your budget. Read
7 Steps to Take Before You Buy a Home

By doing your homework before you buy, you’ll feel more content about your new home. Read
8 Tips for Finding Your New Home

A solid game plan can help you narrow your homebuying search to find the best home for you. Read

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Sell-Buy Tips

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Dos and Don’ts of Homebuyer Incentives

Homebuyer incentives can be smart marketing or a waste of money. Find out when and how to use them. Read
Should You Move or Remodel?

When your house no longer suits you, you can move or remodel. Find out which big change is the right investment of your housing dollars. Read
How to Assess the Real Cost of a Fixer-Upper House

When you buy a fixer-upper house, you can save a ton of money, or get yourself in a financial fix. Read
How to Use Comparable Sales to Price Your Home

Before you put your home up for sale, use the right comparable sales to find the perfect price. Read

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Getting Buyer-Ready Credit.

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7 Tips for Improving Your Credit

Here’s how to clean up your credit so you get the least-expensive home loan possible. Read
Improve Credit Score with These Home Finance Tips

How you manage your home ownership finances affects your credit score—and your ability to refinance later. Read
How FICO Credit Scores Work

Buying a house, refinancing it, getting a loan, getting a job—they’re all dependent on your FICO credit score. It pays to learn how it’s calculated. Read
How Foreclosure Affects Your Credit Score

Foreclosures—and how you handle them—may have long-term credit score implications. Read

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Foreclosures

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When is Foreclosure Removed from Your Credit Report?

Use this handy guide to figure out how quickly you can buy a home after a major financial setback when applying for a loan through FHA, Fannie Mae, or Freddie Mac. Read
Foreclosure Alternative: The Short Sale

A short sale is far from hassle-free, but it’s a better alternative than foreclosure. And now you’ve got a little help from your friends in D.C. Here are the facts about short sales and how to get started. Read
How the Foreclosure Crisis Costs You Money

Foreclosure may seem like someone else’s problem, but when it happens in your neighborhood, it’s going to cost you money, too. Read
5 Steps to Owning a Home Again After Foreclosure

Foreclosure is just a one-time event—with discipline and perseverance, you can get a mortgage and become a homeowner again. Read
How to Talk to Your Lender About Foreclosure

When facing foreclosure, the first step is to get in touch with your lender to discover your options. Read

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Tax Tips

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Schedule A Form: 6 Home Deduction Traps

Get an “A” on your Schedule A Form: Dodge these tax deduction pitfalls to save time, money, and an IRS investigation. Read
(New!)

Get Your 2010 Energy Tax Credits: Filing Tips for Form 5695

Sidestep snares in the complex IRS Form 5695 to get all the 2010 energy tax credits you’ve got coming. Read
(New!)

2011 Energy Tax Credits: What You Need to Know to Collect

Washington is giving you less green for going green, as the feds reel back the 2011 energy tax credits from a lavish $1,500 to a paltry $500. Read
(New!)

10 Common Errors Home Owners Make When Filing Taxes

Don’t rouse the IRS or pay more taxes than necessary—know the score on each home tax deduction and credit. Read
Tax Tips for Homeowners Looking Ahead to 2010 Returns

From energy tax credits to vacation home deductions, check out these tax tips for homeowners looking ahead to 2010 returns. Read

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Current Newsletter

Housing Trends eNewsletter

Welcome to the most current Housing Trends eNewsletter. This eNewsletter is specially designed for you, with national and local housing information that you may find useful whether you’re in the market for a home, thinking about selling your home, or just interested in homeowner issues in general.

The Housing Trends eNewsletter contains the latest information from the National Association of REALTORS®, the U.S. Census Bureau and Realtor.org reports, videos, key market indicators and real estate sales statistics, a video message by a nationally recognized economist, maps, mortgage rates and calculators, consumer articles, plus local neighborhood information and more.

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