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It’s a potential nightmare scenario for homebuyers, sellers and real estate agents: a deal is reached and the property passes a home inspection, but the bank’s appraisal comes in below the contract price. The financing falls through and with it months of effort and hundreds of dollars in closing costs.
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By Rhonda Miller |
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Lender Processing Services Inc. last week reached a multistate settlement to resolve claims of improper foreclosure practices, including the “robosigning” of documents used to repossess homes, Bloomberg News reported.
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2/11/13
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If you’re one of the millions of homeowners and renters who work or run a business from the place you live, here’s some good news on taxes: The Internal Revenue Service wants to make it easier for you to file for deductions on the business-related use of your home.
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2/11/13
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For somewhere between $20 and $75 a year, based on income, a gardener can rent a chunk of Providence land and plant seeds that may blossom into a new way to earn a living. For that small investment, the urban farmer will get fencing, good soil and a water supply.
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By Rhonda Miller |
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In December 2007,
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The Providence Preservation Society Executive Director James Brayton Hall will be leaving PPS in March to serve as deputy director of the Norton Museum of Art, in Palm Beach, Fla.
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By PBN Staff
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Wednesday that Rhode Island is slated to receive $3.24 million in disaster relief funding to rebuild following the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy in the fall.
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By PBN Staff
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Single-family home prices in the Providence-Fall River-New Bedford metro area rose 3 percent from December 2011 to December 2012, according to CoreLogic’s Home Price Index.
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By PBN Staff
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The housing rebound is broadening to other parts of the U.S. economy and will likely lend impetus to growth through 2013 and beyond.
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By Rich Miller and Shobhana Chandra |