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Housing Resources

Apr
14
2010

Will The Government’s Short Sale Plan Cause A Second Wave of Downward House Prices?


    On April 5, the Obama administration  launched a new program aimed at ‘helping’ underwater homeowners avoid foreclosure.  The program is called HAFA (Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternative), and unlike its predecessors, its stated mission is not to ‘save’ the family home but to grant homeowners already in default what it calls a “graceful exit” via [...]

Nov
7
2009

What Just Sold In Your Neighborhood: Find Out Here


TARblog has already posted on the top real estate search sites here for listings, and here for comparable sales. But the democratization of information available to you just keeps getting better. Redfin has just launched a “see what sold” feature that covers a wide swath of metro areas throughout the U.S.  So, if you live within approximately [...]