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Couple Fighting a Twenty Thousand Dollar HOA Foreclosure Over Their Very First Home Is Demanding a Jury Trial Instead of Just Quietly Paying Up
Tatiana Pimentel put her life savings into her first home in DeKalb County, Georgia, in 2024. Now she and her partner, Obren Cicmil, are fighting to keep it, not by […]
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Woman Signed What Looked Like a Path to Owning Her Own Home and Now Owes 89000 Dollars on a House an Appraiser Says Is Worth Barely 5000 Dollars
Latonya McGee thought she’d found a way into homeownership for $760 a month. Instead, she signed a contract that has left her owing $89,000 on a north St. Louis house […]
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Landlord Is Suing His Own Tenant for 1.5 Million Dollars, Claiming Months of Screaming and a Death to You Sign Taped Right to Her Front Door
Most landlord-tenant lawsuits run in one direction, a building owner accused of ignoring repairs or padding fees. A new case filed in New York State Supreme Court flips that script […]
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Mortgage Rates Just Posted Their Biggest Weekly Jump in Months, Catching Buyers Who Thought the Worst Was Finally Behind Them Once and for All
The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage jumped to 6.76% this week, up from 6.71% the week before, according to Freddie Mac’s weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey. It’s a […]
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City Is Suing a Landlord Over an Apartment Building With No Air Conditioning or Working Elevators Since July and Nearly Two Hundred Code Violations
Tenants inside a 166-unit building in Northeast Washington have gone without working elevators or air conditioning since the start of July, and now the city itself is suing to force […]
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Typical Mortgage Payment Just Climbed to a 14 Month High Even as a Record Share of Sellers Are Quietly Slashing Their Own Asking Prices to Compete
The typical U.S. household is now looking at a median mortgage payment of $2,641 a month, the highest that figure has been in 14 months, according to Redfin’s latest weekly […]
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Home Sales Dipped Again Last Month but Inventory Just Hit Its Highest Point Since 2019, Finally Handing Real Leverage Back to Buyers Everywhere
Existing-home sales slipped 2.0% in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.98 million, down 1.2% from a year ago, according to the National Association of Realtors’ latest report. […]
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Crews Trucked in Hundreds of Boulders at Low Tide to Keep Seven Oceanfront Homes From Sliding Into the Ocean After Storm Surf Wrecked Their Foundations
Beach Road in Dana Point looks like a construction site right now, and for once that’s a welcome sight to the people who live there. Crews spent this week hauling […]
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Home Inspector Filmed Every Problem Hiding Behind a Gorgeous 1.4 Million Dollar Flip and Viewers Cannot Get Past What His Camera Actually Caught
A $1.4 million cabin-turned-flip looked flawless in its listing photos, all exposed beams and warm wood tones staged for a quick sale. Then a home inspector who posts under the […]
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Homeowners Are Quietly Returning Smart Appliances in Growing Numbers the Moment They Realize Just How Many of the Advertised Features Are Actually Locked Behind Yet Another Sneaky Monthly Subscription Fee
Eighty-nine percent of the internet-connected products the Federal Trade Commission checked never told shoppers how long the manufacturer would keep the software running that makes the appliance’s advertised features work, […]