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Inman NewsTM Sherry Helgoe Sherry Helgoe may be the only marital and family therapist in the country whose website has a page that explains what might happen when you default on your mortgage. Her practice in Yorba Linda, Calif., is an unusual hybrid of helping clients with the traditional range ...

Inman NewsTM Southern metro areas dominated a list of the 10 markets with the biggest year-over-year increases in median list price in April, according to monthly data released this week by Realtor.com. The data considers 146 metro areas nationwide. Two Florida markets saw the highest jumps: medi...

Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee have drafted legislation that would raise the minimum down payment for FHA mortgages to 5 percent, cut FHA loan limits in most markets, and move the Agriculture Department's rural housing program to FHA's parent agency, HUD. Though the draft b...

Who knew that one recent Scottsdale real estate transaction would set in motion a bevy of rumors and innuendo that it was in fact purchased by former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as a place of operation in her bid to run for president in 2012? But, this appears to be the case. Last weekend, the Ar...

Source: IMDb Heads up: Actor Charlie Sheen appears to be making some big changes in his life and has just listed his long-time Sherman Oaks residence for $7.2 million, according to The Real Estalker. While the world knows Mr. Sheen is now unemployed (Ashton Kutcher is set to take over Sheen's ro...

The so-called Golden Age of Hollywood was an era of American cinema that spanned from the 1910s to the early 1960s, producing some of Hollywood's most memorable movies and acclaimed stars such as Judy Garland, Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Elizabeth Taylor, John Wayne, and Janet Leigh. Several o...

For many home buyers, the selling point is granite counter-tops in a gourmet kitchen, or perhaps a master suite with spacious closets and dual sinks in the master bath. For these homes however, it's the amenities outside, rather than inside, that may seal the deal. Forget the interior floor plan,...

Fellow REALTORS, its happening. The required down payments for all mortgages are increasing...and at the worst possible time for the housing market. Now that the new QRM (Qualified Residential Mortgage) rules are in effect...to be in full force April 2012...the debate over down payments has heate...

Source: Last.fm For $4.1 million, you can own a legendary rock ‘n roll property in Malibu named "Shangri-La" where the likes of Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and The Rolling Stones played music, recorded, and partied. There's just one catch: as the new owner, you need to remain the music steward of th...

Home values are down 30 percent from their peak. And they could drop another 7-9 percent this year. Yet property taxes keep going up! Take action and get yours lowered in five easy steps: Know the process When it comes to assessments, every town is different. First stop: your local assessor's off...