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Since graduating from Harvard summa cum laude, Alison Rogers has been a reporter, an editor, a real-estate agent, a Wall Street desk jockey, a columnist, a failed flipper, and a landlady. A member of the National Association of Realtors, she currently sells and rents luxury co-ops in Manhattan for the...- more about Alison Rogers »
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- Ask the Experts: Real Estate
- Is it time to buy real estate? Our editors discuss mortgages and the housing market. If you have other financial questions, e-mail asktheexperts@moneywatch.com.
- Videos 2009-11-20
- Four Things You Should Know About Your Fire Insurance Claim
- California's burning, again; the flames north of Los Angeles, also known as the Station Fire, have already killed two people, and are threatening tens of thousands of homes, causing the governor to declare a state of emergency in Los Angeles and Monterey counties. So of course it's...
- Blog posts 2009-09-01
- Can I Break My Lease If People Bark about My Dog?
- Dear Ali; I have a companion dog that we kept out on our apartment's patio until we got complaints saying he barks too much when people walk by. Since then, we have kept him in a kennel in our home when we leave, but now we have more...
- Blog posts 2009-09-04
- Real Estate Industry Battle Begins in Canada
- I know "Canadian lawsuit" is a phrase that usually makes my attention wander, but if you're a homebuyer, real estate agent, or in the publishing industry, there's one Canadian lawsuit out there that might affect your life. The history is a little complicated, so grab a cup of coffee while...
- Blog posts 2009-09-09
- Renovating to Sell
- In today's soft market, you've got to be, as my boss Gil Neary says, "the prettiest girl at the dance." That means you, as a seller, need to do all the renovations that two years ago you could have pushed off on your buyer. But which ones?...
- Blog posts 2009-09-09
- For Sale: Three Stories, Presidential Neighbors
- A new listing in Chicago is stirring interest because of its deep front porch and high security -- the house is next door to the Hyde Park/Kenwood residence of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. The website for the Greenwood Avenue house is generating traffic....
- Blog posts 2009-09-15
- Banker Fired After Using Foreclosed Malibu House for Parties
- This post was updated September 16, 2009 Why buy when you can just live off of Bernie Madoff's crumbs? That's a question to ask a Wells Fargo senior vice president, who reportedly spent weekends partying at one of the bank's foreclosed properties, a $12...
- Blog posts 2009-09-11
- Can I Break My Renters' Lease If I'm the Landlord?
- Dear Ali, I am temporarily in Arizona working on a project for my company, so I have rented out my townhome in Colorado. My renters have signed a lease for one year, ending next summer. The problem: My mother has fallen seriously ill in California and I need to move...
- Blog posts 2009-09-16
- 4 Ways Your House is Better than Bernie Madoff's
- This post was updated on September 18, 2009 Bernie Madoff's Montauk beach house is for sale, [update: according to our friends at Bloomberg News, the house quickly sold for more than its asking price of $8.75 million] and it's "not that palatial" (New...
- Blog posts 2009-09-03
- Feds Examine Banning Upfront Fees on Loan Modifications
- If you need to modify a crippling mortgage, you're not the only one -- estimates are that some three million mortgages still need to be modified. Unfortunately, that many homeowners in distress has created a climate that's ripe for fraud. Now, according to Jim Puzzanghera of the...
- Blog posts 2009-09-18
- Closing costs, state-by-state
- Everything really is bigger in Texas. Bankrate.com's annual state-by-state survey of closing costs, which came out earlier this month, shows that Texas has displaced New York City as the place where mortgage industry closing costs ranked the highest. (A note on methodology: the survey actually took some...
- Blog posts 2009-09-21
- $30,000 Beds Not Bunk, Journal Says
- I guess it's the men who wear the pajama pants in the family, because according a new report from the Wall Street Journal, makers of luxury beds and mattresses costing upwards of $30,000 have raised sales by targeting men. The report by Ray A. Smith (which came...
- Blog posts 2009-09-23
- Should I Take a Reverse Mortgage?
- Dear Ali: I'm retired and some of my stocks have suffered all this financial trouble we've been having, so my banker mentioned a reverse mortgage to me. What do you think, is that worth looking into, or is there a catch? I can't tell if they're scams or not. ...
- Blog posts 2009-09-25
- Selling Your Home in a Tight Credit Market
- Dear Ali; I was told by my agent that the government halted conventional and FHA loans on mobile homes. I own a mobile home and it was set to close at the end of August. What can the buyer do now? I have to sell the house...
- Blog posts 2009-08-27
- Housing Numbers Up, But Don't Get Too Hopeful
- Sales of new homes rose 9.6 percent in July, which is an uptick for the fourth month in a row. Nearly three-quarters of Home Depot's markets had stronger sales in the second quarter than in the first quarter. And a popular housing price index shows that housing prices ticked up...
- Blog posts 2009-08-26
- The Comparables That Homebuyers Shouldn't Forget
- Dear Ali; I was told that apartment prices have dropped 20 percent in the area where I am looking to buy. There is a unit that I like which just went on the market; since a similar unit sold for $1,000,000 last year, I should be...
- Blog posts 2009-08-25
- A Bidding Lesson from Madonna
- If there's one "Ask the Agent" question I get all the time, it's this: "I like a home that's listed for sale at the price of $X. What should I bid on it? Should it be 90% of $X, or 80% of $X?" And I say, over and over,...
- Blog posts 2009-07-01
- The One Number Every Home Seller Needs to Know
- Dear Ali; We want to list our home to sell it, and we are interviewing real-estate agents. What number should we talk about first, listing price or commission? A: In any listing pitch you're going to talk about both -- because they're intertwined. If your price is "lower"...
- Blog posts 2009-07-08
- Writing a Successful Real Estate Ad: What Your Agent Won't Tell You
- Dear Ali; I am trying to sell my house myself (as a FSBO, For Sale By Owner), and I am little stuck in trying to write classified ad copy. Do you have any insider tips? A: Writing great ads is a lifelong craft, so for every one...
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- Can I Bid on Two Houses at the Same Time?
- Dear Ali; I am a first-time buyer and I have seen more than one house I like, but I'm not interested in paying full freight in this economy. Can I submit lowball bids on more than one house? Is that legal? A: Real estate...
- Blog posts 2009-08-03
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