TORONTO, May 4, 2007 — Resale housing activity in April powered the Spring market to never before seen heights, with 9,452 sales recorded during the month, TREB President Dorothy Mason announced today.
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Massachusetts has become the first state in the nation to order what is, in effect, a two-month cease-fire on foreclosures.
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The average American has most of his wealth tied up in his or her home. But is that home an asset, or a liability? We think of our home as an asset, yet if assets put money into your pocket and liabilities take money out, aren’t our homes really liabilities?
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Sales prices nationwide are discouraging many hard working families seeking the American Dream of Homeownership. Some would be buyers are being priced out of markets because they simply cannot afford the area while others earn too much to qualify for government lending assistance. Plus, the combined overreaction to subprime lending from the real estate industry, [...]

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False affordability can come back to haunt you. What you can afford on paper with optimistic calculations may not be easy to live with day to day.
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Question: I have just been elected Treasurer of our condominium association. Recently, I read that a property manager in Virginia may have embezzled thousands of dollars from the associations with which he was associated. Quite frankly, I am scared, because I am completely ill equipped for this task.
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Pick any major city and you’re certain to find lots of traffic. Big city traffic is how you flow in and out of most cities, it’s a threat to life and limb when crossing streets and since it’s often a molasses-like mass of belching vehicles, big-city traffic is the surest way to enrich local cab [...]

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‘Building green’ is Energy Star ratings for buildings’ energy use and it’s U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) benchmark requirements for more sustainable and conservation-minded construction materials, designs and technology.
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Communication is both a skill and an art form. When babies cry, the motivation is to get their needs met. Meeting the needs of others is nowhere in a baby’s method. While infant communication is primitive, it is highly effective. A crying baby gets fed, diapers changed, burped, etc. With maturity and training comes more [...]

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Silicon Valley’s record median home price is $38,000 higher than it was a month ago and nearly $100,000 higher than a year ago, so it’s not surprising Forbes.com named it the 10th most overpriced housing market in the nation.
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