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6 Tips for Choosing the Best Offer for Your Home Published: February 10, 2010 By: G. M. Filisko Print FacebookTwitterEmailShare Email Twitter Facebook Digg Linkedin Have a plan for reviewing purchase offers so you don’t let the best slip  through your fingers. Selling your home will go a lot smoother if you think of it as a business  transaction and don’t let emotions get in the way. Image: © Masterfile You’ve worked hard to get your home ready for sale and to price it properly.  With any luck, offers will come quickly. You’ll need to review each carefully to  determine… Read More »

Bank of America offering up to $30,000 for short sales Source: money.cnn.com Bank of America is offering some struggling homeowners payments of up to $30,000 if they sell their homes in a short sale and avoid ending up in foreclosure.

I found out today via the YOURHUB newspaper that the City of Aurora and Arapahoe County will co-host a free forum and resource fair for seniors during April’s National Fair Housing month.  Event will take place 10 AM to 2 PM, April 26th at the Martin Luther King Library, 9898 E Colfax Ave. im Aurora.  Please visit YOURHUB.com for article and www.co.arapahoe.co.us for more details. Event is free and no advance registration is required.  Pleace call 303-738-8040 if you require special accomodations.  Transportation is available for seniors ages 60 and older by calling First Ride three days in advance at 720-540-5566.

New FHA Rule to ‘Kick Some Buyers Out’? Daily Real Estate News |      Tuesday, March 27, 2012 The Federal Housing Administration announced that starting April 1 it will not insure mortgages to borrowers who have an ongoing credit dispute of $1,000 or more on their file. To be considered for an FHA-backed loan, borrowers will either have to pay the remaining balance on the credit dispute or enter into a payment plan, making at least three payments on it. Any payment plans will need to be documented and submitted to FHA, which will then figure it into the debt-to-income ratio… Read More »

Ed Bill Tracker Issue In-Depth: Medical Marijuana Timely Topics Topic: School funding Topic: State testing Topic: Vouchers Lobato trial Duncan “inspired” by Aurora pathways Written by  Nancy Mitchell on Feb 29th, 2012.                | Copyright © EdNewsColorado.org AURORA – In Janet Mensah, a high school senior with her foot in the door at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan sees the American dream. Janet Mensah, a senior at Aurora’s William Smith High School, during a roundtable with Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Tuesday. Mensah always knew she wanted to be a doctor, she told Duncan… Read More »

FHA Hikes Fees on Mortgages Daily Real Estate News |      Tuesday, February 28, 2012 <!– –> Home buyers with mortgages backed by the Federal Housing Administration will soon see a rise in fees, the agency announced Monday. The agency is raising its fees in an effort to try to recoup some of its depleted reserves*, which suffered from the rising number of home owners who defaulted on their mortgages. The agency also says it’s raising fees to try to encourage the return of more private capital to the market. FHA loans allow for smaller down payments, as low as 3.5… Read More »

3232 S Norfolk Way, Meadowood New interior paint, carpet and padding, kitchen counters, flooring! Roof replaced in 2009. To many new things to add here. 2004 Finished square feet, 4 bed and 3 baths. Cul de sac, no HOA’s. A must see. Schedule your showing today!

4 Tips for Buying Smart With New Construction Daily Real Estate News |      Thursday, February 09, 2012 <!– –> For buyers who want new construction, be sure to educate them about some differences in buying “old” versus “new.” Bankrate.com offers some of the following tips for smart strategies when buying new construction: 1. Choose to escrow if not all changes are completed by closing. If the builder isn’t going to be done with all of the changes by the time of closing, “it’s probably a really good idea to escrow some money,” Ron Phipps, immediate past president of the National… Read More »

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