Local Address Archive: Weekend Poll
The Weekend Poll: Yea or nay on housing tax breaks?
Owner-occupied housing carries significant tax breaks. There's the mortgage interest deduction plus the ability to shelter up to half a million dollars in home-sale profit from capital gains tax. Is it too much? Just right? Not enough?
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Elizabeth Razzi
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July 16, 2010; 10:00 AM ET |
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The Weekend Poll: Who cares about buses and trains?
When you're choosing a new address, how important is it that bus and rail lines serve the neighborhood?
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Elizabeth Razzi
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July 9, 2010; 2:24 PM ET |
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The Weekend Poll: Who has it made in the shade?
It used to be assumed that a vacation-home owner was in a better position than vacation renters. Given the price declines of recent years, that's not necessarily so. Who fares better now?
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Elizabeth Razzi
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July 2, 2010; 7:00 AM ET |
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30-year mortgage rates hit another low
How low can they go? Freddie Mac reported this morning that average rates on a 30-year fixed mortgage sank to 4.58 percent, blowing past last week's record low of 4.69 percent by 11 basis points. Meanwhile, news just out from the National Association of Realtors is hardly encouraging. Pending home sales, based on homes going under contract in May, fell 30 percent from April and were 15.9 percent below a year ago.
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Elizabeth Razzi
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July 1, 2010; 11:34 AM ET |
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The Weekend Poll: Which way for mortgage rates?
Interest rates for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages hit a new low, down to 4.69 percent, Freddie Mac announced Thursday. What's next?
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Elizabeth Razzi
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June 25, 2010; 4:30 PM ET |
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The Weekend Poll: What's underfoot?
There may be no spot in the house that takes more wear and tear than the kitchen floor. What does the job best?
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Elizabeth Razzi
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June 18, 2010; 10:53 AM ET |
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