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April 14, 2008

Carnival of Homeowners #33

Greetings! Welcome to the 33rd edition of the Carnival of Homeowners. We have selected 12 posts for this edition. Here you go:

Mortgage Helper presents Private Mortgage Insurance vs. Combo Loans posted at Mortgage Tips and Credit Help.

Helen Anderson presents 5 Tips for Buying a Home in a Down Market posted at Bankaholic.

Raag Vamdatt presents To float or not to float, that is the question! posted at RaagVamdatt.com - Financial Planning demystified.

Barb A. Ryan presents 1 - Your Personal Financial Planning Skills posted at Pasadena Financial Planner.

Ginger presents Debunking the Myth That You Need 20% Down to Buy a Home posted at Girls Just Wanna Have Funds. We all know conventional financial wisdom tells us we should put 20% down on a home, but I’ve always found it difficult to grasp hold of that theory especially now.

Andrew Edgington presents Great Tips For Buying A Cyprus Villa posted at Cyprus Informer.

Jessica Donnovan presents No Real Estate License? Buyer Beware! posted at Real Estate License.

B. Duncan presents House Stealing: Identity Theft + Mortgage Fraud = Big Problems posted at Identity Thoughts - Identity Theft Protection, Identity Theft Prevention. This is an article about an FBI warning that "house theft" is on the rise.

Livingalmostlarge presents What are RE agents for? posted at LivingAlmostLarge. Do we need RE agents? If so why?

Seb presents Read your contracts carefully posted at Pinching Copper. Many families are now turning to the government to ask for handouts because they blindly signed for a mortgage document that they either didn’t read, or fully understand.

Hank presents Should the government save folks facing foreclosures? posted at My Investing Blog.

Joe Manausa presents Selling Your Home - Single Most Import Fact You Must Know posted at Tallahassee Real Estate Blog. If you are thinking about selling your Tallahassee home, I would encourage you to understand how your home value is determined in the Tallahassee real estate market.

That concludes this edition. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted here on April 27, 2008. Submit your blog articles using our blog carnival submission form.

April 07, 2008

Carnival of Homeowners #32

Welcome to the 32nd edition of the Carnival of Homeowners! We have selected 12 posts for this edition. Here you go:

Andrew Flusche presents Get Homeowner’s Insurance For Your Protection posted at Andrew Flusche, Virginia Lawyer.

Home presents Housing Bust - March 2007 posted at The Home Crowd.

Larry Russell presents Objective Personal Finance Answers Are Hard to Find posted at THE SKILLED INVESTOR Blog.

Dorian Wales presents The Personal Financier: How to Make Sure this is your Dream Home: 7 Practical Tips posted at Personal Financier.

Steve_Leung presents Consumer Rights When Purchasing New Homes posted at Silicon Valley Real Estate Blog. Buying a new home isn't like any other retail purchase. Sometimes getting a warranty and negotiating with the home builder isn't enough to protect you from repair costs or getting ripped-off. Here are some points to remember for new home buyers.

MBB presents Get Your Free FICO Credit Score posted at Money Blue Book: Personal Finance Blog. Having a good FICO score is the first step to getting a mortgage loan.

Monevator presents Are UK house prices finally set for big falls? posted at Monevator.com. The UK led the Anglo Saxon world in house price inflation, but even as the US and Ireland have started to fall, the UK has proven stubbornly resilient… until now. As banks withdraw mortgages, desperate to avoid a US style sub-prime meltdown, is a house price crash finally at hand?

Seb presents There are no victims in the housing bust posted at Pinching Copper. It seems like I can’t go a day without watching or reading another news story about how an innocent American family has become completely overwhelmed by debt.

Debbie presents Five Ways to Increase the Value of Your Home - For Under $100 posted at American Consumer News.

Debt Freedom Fighter presents Reverse Mortgages are a Terrible Idea And You Should Never Get One posted at Discover Debt Freedom!.

Joe Manausa presents Creative Home Selling - Taking A Lesson From Wall Street posted at Tallahassee Real Estate Blog. In today’s tough real estate market, where Sellers seem to far outnumber Buyers, it is important to have a complete “bag of tools” when you desire to sell a home in Florida. Creative Financing - A Required Skill For Realtors.

Joshua Dorkin presents Fuels Costs, High Gas Prices and the Real Estate Investor posted at Real Estate Investing For Real | A BiggerPockets Blog.

That concludes this edition. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted here on April 13, 2008. Submit your blog articles using our blog carnival submission form.