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<i>One home that's sure to generate buzz due to its drop in value but is far from a new construction is the "Mr. T" home, also known as Two Gables, on Green Bay Road in Lake Forest. It was originally listed at $12.5 million in September of 2005. By mid-March, the property had begun the...

Hi all, As much as I love IHB, I've finally found my own area's housing blog: <a href="http://novabubblefallout.blogspot.com/">Northern Virginia Housing Bubble Fallout Blog</a> People looking in the D.C. area should check it out. It's a more free form discussion, and we still have...

We have to move this August or September to shorten our commutes, and are deciding whether to go through all the work and time and effort to buy this year or go through the hassle of moving twice and rent for another 6-12 months down in the Franconia Springfield area outside DC where we intend...

Okay, here's the deal. I am (perhaps foolishly) trying to buy a house (or townhouse) this summer. The only properties in my price range (or rather within bidding distance of my price range) are REO and short sales. In the past week, however, 2 of these have bumped their list prices up! from just...

Just so yall know, the Fed is actually beginning to begin to start to think about making some regulations for Credit card issuers. http://federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/bcreg/20080502a.htm <a href="http://federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/bcreg/20080502a.htm">federel reserve...