Buying Condo Now More Difficult: Fully Research The Complex Before You Buy

When the real estate bubble burst, so too, did the dreams of many speculators who were snatching up and flipping condos like hotcakes. Today, buying a condo can still be a great choice but getting financing for it could be a bit more challenging because some financial institutions are "blacklisting" some condo complexes due to high speculator ownership and dropping prices.
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Pending home sales up 3.2 percent

The National Association of Realtors says pending U.S. home sales rose from February to March as buyers took advantage of deeply discounted prices and low interest rates.

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The World's 10 Best Places to Live, 2009 Edition

In Mercer Consulting's annual Quality of Living Survey, Europe once again rules the roost. See which locales ranked highest and find out whether any U.S. cities made the cut... read more