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More than half of homeowners have remodeling plans this year

by Jay HammondJuly 3, 2009 Consumer Mortgage Tips

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!It looks like it going to be a busy year for do-it-yourselfers. A new poll from Consumer Reports reveals that 54 percent of homeowners participating in the poll plan some type of remodeling project during the next 12 months. [...]

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New Report Links Foreclosures and Homelessness

by Jay HammondJune 30, 2009 Consumer Mortgage Tips

“Local reports indicate that homelessness is on the rise and this report [Foreclosure to Homelessness] gives us insight into the role that foreclosures may be having on that increase,” said Nan Roman, president of the National Alliance to End Homelessness.
The Foreclosure to Homelessness: The Forgotten Victims of the Foreclosure Crisis report released last week provides [...]

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Home Values Lost $1.4 Trillion during 4Q 2008

by Jay HammondFebruary 3, 2009 Economy

Americans lost more, in terms of home values, during the final quarter of 2008 than in all of 2007. According to Zillow Real Estate Markets Report, home values fell 11.6 percent or $1.4 trillion during the eighth consecutive quarter of declines.
The declines mean that U.S. homeowners lost a cumulative $3.3 trillion in home values during [...]

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