How to Understand and Maintain your Credit Score.

Marguerite February 15, 2009
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The Last Judgement   Last week credit companies made some changes to how your FICO score is calculated. If you are buying a house, refinancing a house, or renting an apartment- you are being judged based on your credit score. I …

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Can Relaxing Immigration Restrictions Save the Economy?

Marguerite February 12, 2009
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Here’s one way to increase the pool of home buyers: Allow more skilled immigrants to enter the United States legally.  Erik Emery wrote a post on a Thomas Friedman article in the New York Times that says we should do exactly that. …

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Is Now the Time to Buy?

Marguerite December 7, 2008
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I get this question all the time.  I’m sure every Realtor does.  These days every accountant, grocery checker, and therapist probably does too.  Sometimes I get it from first time homebuyers, sometimes from people who’ve bought and sold several houses.  My answer …

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Fanny Mae temporarily halts Foreclosures.

Marguerite November 20, 2008
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This is interesting: “In connection with the streamlined modification program announced jointly by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Freddie Mac, and Fannie Mae on November 11, 2008, Fannie Mae is instituting a halt to all foreclosure sales on occupied …

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