Usually one has somewhat of an advance notice that they’re going to miss a mortgage payment, so before that happens and the bank comes to take your house away, Kiplinger’s advises calling up your lender and discussing one of these four options:
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How To Lower Your Property Taxes
By 6.17.07
Free Money Finance dredged a fascinating statistic from Kiplingers that suggests 60% of homes are overvalued by assessors, and that 33% of tax appeals succeed. The stat comes from a dubious source, the National Taxpayers Union, described by the San Francisco Chronicle as the “the grand-daddy of the tax revolt organizations.” Assessments guide property taxes, which are universally reviled by homeowners. Even politicians, who suckle tax revenue with the vigor of a vampire on a vein, regularly crusade against property taxes during election season.
Liberate Your Security Deposit By Acing Your Move-Out Inspection
By 5.27.07
Restoring an apartment can be easy, if done methodically. Thankfully, wikiHow has a useful room-by-room guide to help get your apartment spick-and-span.
3 Steps To Take Before Buying A Home
By 3.24.07
Look at you! You’re going to buy a house! Yay! Wait, what should you do to get ready? Bankrate has 3 Steps to Take Before Buying A Home. They are:
How To Save Your Home from Foreclosure
By 3.9.07
WikiHow has a primer on saving your home from foreclosure. If you find yourself unable to make payments…
Zillow Adds Sale Listings
By 12.7.06
Sellers can now post homes for sale on Zillow, a feature the free online home valuation service added today.
Don’t Let Foxtons Real Estate In The Hen House
By 7.24.06
Real-estate mega lister Foxtons prides itself on only charging 3% instead of the standard 6%.
The News; Home-Wreckers
By 6.20.06
• Bernanke should commission Bob the Builder to sing them a cheer-up song. “Builders’ confidence lowest in 11 years” [CT]
