Pilots and flight attendants in need of overnight quarters -- 'crashpads' -- can help you meet the mortgage.
WITH foreclosures on the rise and for-sale signs all over neighborhoods, owners across the country are struggling to find ways to meet their payments and stay in their homes. One possible solution is to open your doors to airline employees looking for what is known in the industry as a "crashpad."
Critics say the 'home valuation code' worked out in N.Y. could negatively affect borrowers nationwide.
WASHINGTON -- A major legal brawl is breaking out over how homes are appraised, at what cost and by whom. The outcome could directly affect the price you pay for your next home and the amount of mortgage money you can obtain.
Many buyers and sellers are playing the waiting game, but there is some movement, especially in foreclosures.
They filed into the Eagle Rock open house alone and in groups. Others came in pairs, as if boarding Noah's ark. Some had been looking for two years, some longer.
WASHINGTON -- If you own or plan to buy a condominium, an ominous new phase of the mortgage credit squeeze could be on your horizon.
Forget staging -- the latest weapon in the savvy seller's arsenal is the home manager. It's a sweet deal for both sides: Owners get occupants who'll maintain that lived-in look and tenants get an upsc
POCKETS OF people across the Southland are living like royalty without it costing them a king's ransom. Take Jim and Laura Fisher, currently basking in about 5,000 square feet of luxury on the water in upscale Huntington Harbor.
The other day I came across a plastic house. Not the futuristic World's Fair variety -- this was just an ordinary old house that had been "improved" with a brace of glaring-white vinyl windows, lots of wavy vinyl siding and some flimsy looking vinyl gutters and downspouts. As icing on the petrochemical cake, it was ringed by a white vinyl picket fence.
The recent phenomenon has been greeted by some with jeers, but agents say it's an opportunity for prospective buyers.
THE BURLY, young marketer in the crisp white shirt rose to speak, and 20 seated passengers leaned forward to catch his every word.
Do prep work to show the lender that cutting the value of the loan is the logical choice.
WASHINGTON -- As some troubled borrowers are simply handing the keys to their places over to their lenders and walking away, the vast majority desperately want to remain in their homes, even when they owe more than the homes are worth.
Question: I am living in a one-bedroom apartment in Reseda, but I want to move into a two-bedroom in the same area. I have lived here for 18 months. I originally signed a one-year lease; now I am on a month-to-month lease. What is the least amount of written notice I can give to move out? Most of the apartments I look at are ready to move into immediately, and I don't know if the landlords will wait 30 days or more.
|
|
|
 |
|
