My fiancé and I have been renting our apartment in La Mesa for two years. Our lease is coming up for renewal and, once again our landlord is raising our rent.
Should we renew our lease and pay the increase in rent? Or, should we start to look at purchasing our own place to avoid this constant increase in rent year after year?
-- Melissa M., La Mesa, CA
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February 14, 2013 (San Diego)--If you are a homeowner who is underwater and/or behind on your mortgage payment , you probably feel as though you have very few options. Believe it or not, you might just be in a better negotiating position than homeowners with equity and their home and who have made all timely mortgage payments.
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After a few years of a down economy and real estate market, the sun is rising again, as things turn around for the housing market in San Diego. How you might ask? Here are HomeHub.com's top three reasons why we believe the future is a bright for the real estate market in San Diego.
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January 13, 2012 (San Diego’s East County) – In today’s column, we cover the latest hot topics in real estate locally and nationwide.This week’s topics are:
MLS consumer website now available
Three realtor associations in merger talks
Agents search for the perfect office
Fair-lending charges against Bank of America settlement
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December 12, 2011 (San Diego’s East County)—From the Real Estate Trenches is a weekly column focused on real estate news that impacts East County’s real estate market. This week’s local and national real estate highlights include:
Fannie and Freddie suspend evictions for the holidays
Prudential Financial sells its real estate brokerage for $110 million
Counting my blessings
Military Home Loans open house
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Share creative ideas to assist people of all ages with tips to save money and improve their lifestyle!
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February 10, 2010 (San Diego’s East County) -- Uncle Sam wants to give you money to a buy a house, but you must hurry because there is a deadline; you must be in escrow by April 30 and must close escrow by July 1, 2010.
This program is the Homebuyer Tax Credit, and in November of 2009 was revised to include both first-time buyers and buyers who already own a home.
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