Dena Kouremetis

Freeze-framing your loan pre-approval

Got pre-approved for a loan? Great! Now freeze. Don’t move. That is, don’t blow it now! Homebuyers sometimes begin feeling rather smug and complacent after their loan is pre-approved, thinking...

Novel concept: Purchasing a home when it makes sense to everyone

Fellow real estate writer Broderick Perkins again reports on some hard news gleaned from a survey recently completed by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling in his eRate article titled, Half of consumers...

Sorry to disappoint, but we’re still here and not going anywhere any time soon

Anyone following media real estate news gets a daily dose of “sky-is-falling” (not to mention “world-is-ending”) treatments whether they like it or not. In a recent article by real...

Mike Holmes offers great tips on how to stay on budget during a remodel

Mike Holmes, the overall-clad muscle-bound contractor from HGTV's Holmes on Homes and Holmes Inspection, offers tips that may save you thousands when contemplating remodeling or updating your home. In the April edition of his magazine...

A personal reality show

Ever heard of a 'forced remodel?' My husband and I are the owners of a suburban home that is undergoing the very definition of this term. The forced part of the equation is the result of...

Squatters: the ultimate scene stealers

The once-elegant, sprawling home now sits empty, silent in it memories of warmth, laughter and belonging. The ‘for sale’ sign swinging in the winter wind invites prospective buyers, but the brochure box hasn&rsquo...

Keeping track of Grandma in your own back yard

The idea is pure genius. If you're like a a lot of Americans, you'd do anything to keep an elderly loved one out of a an elder-care facility, robbing then of their independence, dignity...

Brad Pitt launches new book on New Orleans rebuilding effort

Pitt's efforts to help rebuild New Orlean's Lower Ninth Ward are featured in a new book. blogs.babble.com This column reported on Brad Pitt’s involvement in New Orleans’s ‘Make It Right&rsquo...

Making the choice to default

Do consumers keep to their commitment as a moral imperative when it comes to making their mortgage payments? In today's real estate freefall, many are walking away from payments even if they are not mired in financial disaster. In...

Casa occupado: House sitters help foreclosed homes seem more appealing

Empty houses up and down a street don’t help neighborhood values. In her article, No More Lonely Home: Details About House-Sitting Strategy, RealtyTimes' Phoebe Chongchua reports that foreclosed, vacant homes are often not as attractive to...

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