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whats the best way to buy a home for 1st time if you have bad credit.

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:59:00 GMT

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Submitting contract for purchase - how much deposit/

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:33:00 GMT

What is a reasonable, realistic amount to submit for deposit along with a contract for purchase? The contract will offer 300k.

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How do I find comps?

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:47:00 GMT

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What is the best way to buy a foreclosure house in less than 45 days?

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:05:00 GMT

I am moving to the DC area early next year and I would like to buy a foreclosure in the Silver Spring/Bethesda area.

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Sold my home in July 08 and rented since. Am I eligible for the $6500 credit on a new purchase?

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:29:00 GMT

I sold my previous residence which I had lived in for 7 years in July of 2008. I moved to another state and have rented since then. We are looking to purchase another home in the beginning of 2010. Can I claim the $6500 tax credit if a contract is signed by April 30, 2010?

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does the sqft number of home listing include finished basements ?

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:35:00 GMT

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What should i offer for a house priced at 185,000, 3 br/1.5ba/unfin bsment...in 21229

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:30:00 GMT

FYI ...home has been listed 4 2 days, and is unoccupied...

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what is the avg amount of time it takes to get a closing date?

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:51:00 GMT

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USDA rural loan inspection vs FHA inspection

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:27:00 GMT

Are these one and the same? We are looking at a bank owned home (really the home of our dreams)... but the last contract fell through because of the FHA loan inspection... is the USDA loan inspection the same as the FHA? Is there anything we can do to help this situation at all?

Thanks!

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I did not get any quotes on my loan request (ZR-SJQFRNF). Can someone help me figure out why?

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:48:00 GMT

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I am due to go to closing on my new house on December 29, 2009. When should I lock in my rate?

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:25:00 GMT

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Please help. I signed the contract to buy a short sale home. I want to back out.

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:52:00 GMT

I am a first time home buyer who is buying a short sale condo and waiting to be settle.But I discovered that my lender must use their title co. in order for me to get the loan and settle. I must agreed to that but didn't know so much about it until now. When I offered for that house, I just remembered that I signed using seller's title co. At that time, my back up agent told me that usually buyers use sellers title co. Me being a first time buyer & dont know much, I singed it. Seller's title Co.was working on it & they are ready.
The settlement date is in few days, either party agrees to use other party's title Co. According to my agent, seller's bank attorney is telling my agent that they can take my lender to a court for it. My lender told me that seller's bank cannot force me to use their title co. I don't know which one is right.
Meanwhile, my agent is telling me that if I don't go to the settlement I will lose the earnest money & the seller's title fees. Another prob.is I really don't want to buy that house.I spoke to my agent about it and faxed a doc. about not liking the condo rule but it was already a day late. If I back out, in addition to losing the earnest money and seller's title fees, the seller's bank is gonna come after me for the differences.Ex,if they put this house back on market and the house sold it for less than what I had a contract with, they will collect the difference from me.Is it true?
I really don't want the house.Can they force me to buy it? I know I screwed up but I just want them to keep my money and leave me alone.

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I'm looking for appartement in Rockville Md?

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:15:00 GMT

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short sale

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:36:00 GMT

what is short sale means?

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Counter offering on a short sale. Can I extend the time to closing in the contract?

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:21:00 GMT

I am counter offering on a short sale. The current offer has a set date in the offer but it took the bank a while to counter our offer. I would like to have time from lenders approval to rent my current house and come up with cash for closing. Can I put language in the counter offer addendum and request 45 days from lenders approval to closing day?

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Is this house for sale or is it in forclosure

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:28:00 GMT

Is this house for sale or is it in forclosure 3406 Springdale Ave District Heights MD 20747

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Lease to own house, when landlord wants to sell?

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:14:00 GMT

We are currently in a lease to own home, have been since January of this year. The contract stated we would pay our rent towards buying the house until 2012, on january 2012 we would then be given the option to purchase the house for the remaining amount. We have recently found out she is selling the house (possibly to the bank) because she is going on disability and needs to get rid of her assets. My question is do we have to leave the house? or does the bank/new owner have to continue the lease?.

Also, down the future if we decided after paying 100k on the house that we didn't want to buy it would that 100k be gone? or would we own half the house?.

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How do I remove my house from this site?

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:17:00 GMT

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I am trying to find out what is the assessed value of a particular home.

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:30:00 GMT

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(Moved): Is there a list of lenders that process VA loans?

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:39:00 GMT

This discussion has been moved to the following location: http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/Is-there-a-list-of-lenders-that-process-VA-loans/287396/

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