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Ilyce Glink on WSB Radio – July 23, 2006
In her July 23 show, Ilyce discusses the real estate market. More than half of home buyers in Atlanta, southern California, Salt Lake City, Naples, New York, Boston, and Washington, D.C. are using negative amortization loans to purchase or refinance their existing loans. Neg-Am loans, as they're called in the industry mean you're actually adding to your loan balance instead of paying it down with every payment. We also got a great call from a listener who wonders if there is a U.S. conspiracy surrounding gold prices.
Okay To Change Real Estate Agent
Changes in marketing real estate have changed the agent/client relationship. The Internet has made real estate a much more transparent business. You can see what other agents are offering, can view listings that are for sale, learn all about a prospective neighborhood, and look up your own crime statistics. Agents and brokers who believe they "deserve" clients for life don't understand that in today's economy, you have to earn your business every single time you deal with someone.
Ilyce Glink on WSB Radio – July 21, 2006
Substituting for Clark Howard on July 21, Ilyce Glink offers her WSB listeners useful real estate advice, personal finance advice, and tips on making life just a little bit easier.
Divorce Loose Ends Could Delay Home Sale
Getting divorced includes not only having a valid divorce decree but also making sure that any real estate that you owned as a couple is clearly delineated. If your divorce decree says you get the home but then you never remove your former spouse's name from the title you could run into a problem when you want to sell the property. To remove a spouse's name from a house title, the spouse should sign a quit claim deed. When this step is neglected for many years it may require contacting the title company for resolution or going back to court.
Ilyce Glink on WSB Radio – July 20, 2006
Substituting for Clark Howard on July 20, Ilyce Glink offers her WSB listeners useful real estate advice, personal finance advice, and tips on making life just a little bit easier.
Mold Problem In New Home
Home buyers purchased a new construction home that had extensive mold problems. They've decided to sell the home "as is" and want to know if they can take a capital loss on the home because of the mold problems. Unless the home was a real estate investment, the loss due to the mold is not deductible.
Figuring Capital Gains Tax On Inherited Property
When you inherit property you inherit it at the market value of the property the day the person who owned it died. This market value is your cost basis when you calculate taxes while selling the property. In addition to federal capital gains taxes you'll likely have to pay state taxes on the sale of the property inheritance. Learn how to calculate the taxes on a property inheritance.
Ilyce Glink on WSB Radio – July 18, 2006
Substituting for Clark Howard on July 18, Ilyce Glink offers her WSB listeners useful real estate advice, personal finance advice, and tips on making life just a little bit easier.
Ilyce Glink on WSB Radio – July 17, 2006
Substituting for Clark Howard on July 17, Ilyce Glink offers her WSB listeners useful real estate advice, personal finance advice, and tips on making life just a little bit easier.