Archive for April, 2007

Selling Your Home Online

The times are growing and with it we must also grow with it. Almost everything can be done online, but did you know that you could also show off your house online by giving it its very own website? Sometimes doing it the old way(fliers and newspapers) just doesn’t work anymore. A site devoted to your for-sale home, perhaps with a Web address like 123oakstreet.com could be one of the latest trends in real estate marketing that could make selling your home easier.

Protecting Yourself During The Buying Proccess

Sometimes when we are down on our luck we become desperate for anything that seems hopeful and easy. When it comes to buying a house there can be much dissapointment involved, but you still need to keep your gaurd up and trudge forward. Don’t let people get the better of you, be cautious.

If a lender is willing to hand you a check for several hundred thousand dollars on nothing more than a handshake, verbal promises are fine. But there’s a reason for all those documents that you have to read and sign. And the only promises that matter are the ones you get in writing because those are the only ones that are going to be remembered and will help you when you need them the most.

Beazer Homes Shares Drop During FBI Investigation

Shares of Beazer Homes USA Inc. fell more than 8 percent Wednesday after the FBI said it is among agencies investigating possible fraud in the company’s mortgage lending practices and other financial transactions. The homebuilder said it was cooperating with a federal prosecutor’s request for documents.

The Atlanta-based company, which has suffered hefty losses amid a downturn in the housing market, is the subject of an investigation by the FBI and the U.S. attorney’s office in Charlotte, N.C., along with the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FBI agent Ken Lucas said Tuesday.