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Readers sound off on gutter, roofing advice

By Bill and Kevin Burnett, Tuesday, June 24, 2008.

Our weekly words almost always evoke reader response. Such is the case with our past two columns. Although we disagree with these readers' viewpoints, they contain insights that may be worth consideration.

Concerning last week's response to a reader's question about dealing with a clogged gutter, one reader writes:

I first saw this in Denmark and it is a marvel in its simplicity and functionality.  more...

Home buying heats up south of the border

By Tom Kelly, Tuesday, June 24, 2008.

The cold U.S. housing and mortgage markets have lenders looking for warmer possibilities, and a few are sending more efforts to finance Americans looking to purchase primary residences and second homes south of the border.

New York-based Lehman Brothers Resort Home Lending (1-866-233-4799) will enter the market in a big way, offering U.S. consumers mortgage packages this year in Mexico and Costa Rica, beginning July 1. The company plans to offer borrowers in Canada and the United Kingdom similar loan programs in Mexico and Costa Rica by the end of the year.  more...

We are all the same ... and that's the problem Premium Content

By Kris Berg, Tuesday, June 24, 2008.

Yesterday, there was this guy in the grocery store. He was in the frozen foods aisle (near the fish sticks, to be exact). He was wearing a kilt.

If my brain was wired to code, I wouldn't be sitting here 24 hours later thinking about the oddly dressed man. "He was wearing a kilt!" I announced. "So?" said my daughter. Moving on to what I thought might be a more receptive audience, I shared this bit of intelligence with my husband. "A kilt. That's what it was!" I announced, to which he replied in his best "placate Kris" voice, "He has huevos."  more...

Blog to dominate

By Inman News, Tuesday, June 24, 2008.

More voices -- the remedy for blogs with growing pains  more...

Agents hope same-sex marriages will spark real estate sales Premium Content

By Glenn Roberts Jr., Tuesday, June 24, 2008.

A court ruling that legalizes same-sex marriages in California may not cure the state's housing slump -- but it could drive more real estate transactions.

Wellsford Realty, a full-service real estate company in San Diego, Calif., announced a "Pride Promotion" that offers commission rebates to assist newly married same-sex couples to offset wedding-related expenses.  more...

Fizber adds foreclosures

By Inman News, Tuesday, June 24, 2008.

Flat-fee real estate site partners with Foreclosure.com
Fizber.com, a real estate search site that also offers flat-fee advertising and property listing services, has partnered with Foreclosure.com to provide information on U.S. foreclosure properties.  more...

Global home-price gains trump U.S.

By Inman News, Tuesday, June 24, 2008.

OFHEO: Home prices back to December 2005 levels  more...

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Possession is nine tenths of the law

By Matt Carter, Tuesday, June 24, 2008.

Do all the changes HUD's made or is planning to make to FHA loan guarantee programs have your head spinning?

You've read about them in Inman News in recent weeks -- the one-year waiver of the 90-day waiting period for resales, the proposed ban on seller-funded down payment assistance, the introduction of risk-based premium pricing on July 14 (in conjunction with the expansion of the FHASecure initiative to allow refis of delinquent ARMs).  more...