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For many Pennsylvanians, deeds are out of reach. Housing is relatively scarce in some of its most popular areas: the Philadelphia suburbs, Harrisburg, York, and Lancaster, and its northeastern cities. The governor has a plan to make housing attainable. Housing…
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What’s All the Fuss About Home Buyers Tapping Their Retirement Accounts?
“I’m not a huge fan. Other people like it,” Trump told reporters. The topic? Home buyers raiding their 401(k) savings to come up with down payments. The remark created a stir. A Trump adviser had just appeared on the Fox…
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Inheriting a Home? Read This First.
Now more than ever, an inherited home is a valuable gift. Yet when the inheritance time comes, you might not be sure what to think or do. Or you might simply have questions. Thinking ahead can help get you through…
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Risky Business: “Subject to Mortgage” Sales Leave Floridians With Debt and No Deed
In Jacksonville, News 4 just ran an I-Team investigation on homes being sold subject-to a mortgage. These so-called sub-to deals are gambles, said the reporter. A sub-to real estate deal could be a valid method of selling your home in…
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FinCEN’s 2026 Real Estate Reporting Rule: Does It Apply to Your Deed Transfer?
Beginning March 1, 2026, a new federal reporting requirement issued by the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) will apply to certain residential real estate transfers. This rule is separate from county deed recording requirements and does not change…
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Delaware Deed Holders May Transfer Home After Death Without Probate
If you hold the deed to a Delaware home, you may leave it to someone else without using a will. This way, your home can skip the time-consuming probate process by way of a simple form. Following a legal…
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First-Time Home Buying? How and Where to Buy a Home You’ll Enjoy for Under $250K
Aspiring deed holders are backing off from the market in droves. Prices are high. Mortgage approvals aren’t easily had. The economic outlook is still uncertain. And most would-be buyers (one new survey says three-fourths of renters!) think they’ll never be…
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Compass Just Became the World’s Largest Brokerage. What Buyers and Sellers Should Know
Compass Inc. announced this month that it successfully acquired Anywhere Real Estate for $1.6 billion. A bargain. Consider the high-profile brands that AnywhereSM holds: Century 21, Coldwell Banker, Sotheby’s International, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, and Corcoran. Headquartered in…
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Leave Some Deeds for the Rest of Us! Will the White House Lower the Boom on Corporate Buyers?
You may have heard about the Trump executive order on real estate investment companies. The idea is about keeping large companies from buying homes that ordinary deed seekers would want to buy. It comes in the midst of poll results…
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Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve Chair: What This Means for the Deed Market
Donald Trump has decided: Kevin Warsh should take the key position on the Federal Reserve’s governing board. It’s no secret that Trump wants lower interest rates. Will Warsh deliver? And will this stimulate deed transfers in a market that’s been…
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Can the State Force a Deed Holder to Leave? Eminent Domain Strikes Again
It happens. For public safety and other reasons, the state can pull the land out from under a deed holder. Here, we look at two current cases. One’s in Iowa. The other one’s in Massachusetts.
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U.S. Housing Affordability Politics: What Is Still Possible?
Is it possible to offer real relief to people struggling with our housing affordability challenge? If so, then how? What do you think? Many of us have very good ideas. Can our law and policy makers hear us? The need…
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Senior Property Tax Exemptions and Freezes: What Deed Holders Should Know
If you own your home and you’re 65 or older, you could be leaving money on the table. Nearly every state offers some form of property tax relief for seniors, yet millions of eligible homeowners never apply. Why? Because most…
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Senior Under Guardianship: Target for Fraud?
Sleazy schemes often target people at their most vulnerable. Perhaps the most vulnerable time in all of our lives comes in old age. At some point, older deed holders who want to manage the value of their property become likely…
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People Living in Train Cars? It’s a Thing.
It certainly is. Some train car homeowners live in them, as with the picture here. Others rent them out as novelty vacation rental homes. You can even stay in one to try out the lifestyle! It’s not even a new…
