Renting & Real Estate - December 2006

I will move to Nashville in a couple months. My wife and I are in our late 20's and we love to go out to bars, dance, and listen to live music. Should I buy a home or rent? If I buy, I will get a home that costs (roughly) $250,000.

Any good suggestions? Nearby cities or neighborhoods?

2006-12-07 02:03:01 · 3 answers · asked by MR MONEY 3

my friend lives in a house which is shared. There is a communal living room and kitchen, and there are four other private bedrooms which are for him and the other people. They are getting reminder notices for the tv licence. There is a tv in the communal sitting room which they all use. Would the tenants have to pay or would the landlord be liable ?

2006-12-07 01:43:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want to find know who is target market for a Condo Buyer? What are their characteristics?

2006-12-07 01:19:51 · 8 answers · asked by Bethy 1

We're currently in the process of selling our house. We are now in week 6 since we accepted an offer on our house. The buyers (who are not in a chain) have had a homebuyers report done on our house and a few major problems came up so we agreed to reduce the price by £2000 as long as we're in for christmas. But I had a letter through from our agent this week saying the agreed price with the condition that contracts are exchanged and completion in the new year. This is not what I meant! I have rang them but she said I had said exchange contracts by christmas. I must have told her 4 times we wanted to be in our new house for christmas! Now the buyers say they are happy to exchange contracts the week before christmas but not complete until the 20th Jan as they are on holiday!! That will mean we'll have to wait a month. The place we're moving into is vacant and we're desperate to move in. My solicitor has said he'll try and re-negotiate an earlier date. What can I do?

2006-12-07 00:14:58 · 10 answers · asked by Munchkin 3

I am worried that the recent and expected future increases in the cost of borrowing will hit me hard, as I have a reasonably large mortgage.

Are we trying to control inflation by adjusting the interest rate, to control house prices, which if they spiral out of control, will mean larger wage demands and drive up inflation.

Surely we should be controlling immigration and making more housing available (making more building land available), this will reduce demand and therefore prices, and save us all having to pay more for our mortgages (as the BoE increases interest rates to keep prices in check).

If the BoE keeps putting up interest rates, we'll all demand higher wages anyway, to pay the mortgages we already have!

2006-12-07 00:08:31 · 11 answers · asked by ThePadd 1

I currently have a mortgage of 87,000 and my company say they will not lend any more as i can not prove my income. I only need an extra 22,000 and am not sure as what to do now?

2006-12-06 23:21:15 · 6 answers · asked by markell 1

Does anyone know anything about Mini realestate. I was told that a husband and wife both took a realestate course and go around posting and selling vacant property. They also both are doing a travel agency from home. I was told that there is such good $ in it that they both quit there real jobs and are making around 500k a year anyone know how to get in to this.

2006-12-06 21:19:09 · 1 answers · asked by tracy_baker47246 2

sometimes i find many properties that are 'under offer' for a couple of months. i was wondering, can you outbid that offer?

2006-12-06 21:02:40 · 8 answers · asked by dennis s 3

I live in a 1 bedroom apt. in a rent controlled building in Los Angeles. My new wife moved in and the landlord is increasing the rent. I'm assuming this is legal but is there a limit to the increase? I am currently month to month and I should also note that I never signed a lease 7 years ago.

Thanks in advance.

2006-12-06 19:16:32 · 4 answers · asked by Jim C 1

i need to rent my single family home for about two years. I will be staying about one hour away. What do i Need to do. I never rented out a home before.

2006-12-06 17:25:44 · 10 answers · asked by dgoldenboy67 1

2006-12-06 16:43:23 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

We are purchacing our first home and have ran into a situation. We looked for a loan through an online source and got over 20 replies. Our credit score was in the lower 600's and after narrowing it down to just 2 lenders we got two totally different answers about a loan. The first situation is a 5 yr ARM with no pp fees if we refinace with an intrest rate of 6.8. The other is a 30yr fixed with an intrest rate of 6.1. I am worried that the lower rate could be a "bait and switch" with the other lender being very upfront with our credit issues and DTI (52%). I guess the question is: Is the lower rate possible a bait and switch tactic or should I run with it?

2006-12-06 16:17:22 · 8 answers · asked by JJB H 1

Has anyone ever used an online mortgage site like Lending Tree/Lower My Bills?
Are they trustworthy or are they a scam and why?
Thanks!

2006-12-06 16:10:33 · 6 answers · asked by DRNoraSarasin 3

I recently moved into a "Luxury Apartment" and signed a one year lease. I have had several maintence problems since I moved in and have had a very hard time getting the problems resolved. Recently my husband was given orders to deploy to Afghanistan and I want to move back home. More recently I have discovered that one of the apartment's maintence people came into my apartment while I was gone and looked up pornography. I no longer feel comfortable in my apartment and need to know if I have grounds to terminate my lease. I'm not sure if there are any state laws that help but I live in NC. Also, I did put the event in writing and filed a report.

2006-12-06 16:07:05 · 6 answers · asked by clg454 1

I work for a new home builder. We are offering incentives for buyers who close with our preferred lender. I have found that a lot of our buyers will choose not to purchase from us because of the simple fact that they trust their outside lender over ours (rates and monthly mortgage may be lower). I have addressed this issue with my boss and he has asked me to present a proposal on "how this would worK?" If the buyer closes with our lender we will pay for their closing costs...if they use an outside lender they are responsible for their closing costs. Any ideas on how to structure a convincing proposal??

2006-12-06 15:34:19 · 3 answers · asked by Diana L 1

2006-12-06 15:23:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I may get a job in Birmingham Al, not knowing the area I'd like to know what zipcodes or neighborhoods to avoid

2006-12-06 14:16:21 · 2 answers · asked by Rhea B 4

2006-12-06 13:57:04 · 3 answers · asked by Alo 1

i'm taking 80% of e cost from bank loan. can e 5% component be included in my loan? estimated 5% is abt $10k. if cant included in e bank loan, where to get $10k cash? take another separate loan?

2006-12-06 13:56:07 · 4 answers · asked by elen 1

we are trying to start a business and are running into constant snags everywhere we could use some direction on where to start if we want to purchase properties and or deeds to make a profit

2006-12-06 13:05:41 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-06 12:48:17 · 7 answers · asked by Joe S 1

I need information on the amount of occupants allowed in 2 or 3 bedroom apartments/town homes in Indianapolis, IN. I've tried to look up state zoning laws but can't seem to find the information. Does anyone know how many people are allowed to dwell in a 2 bedroom town home? And does it make a difference if some of the occupants are children? Thanks in advance.

2006-12-06 12:44:54 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want to know the rental and ownership history of the apartment I am renting. It's a 4 family flat that I'm sure was once a house is there a website I can research this on? Can I find out when it was built? I live in Missouri.

2006-12-06 12:35:20 · 4 answers · asked by jenniaj1973 2

2006-12-06 12:06:11 · 10 answers · asked by kathy 2

Its more complicated than that though. I need a town that's cheap (like rent is $600 and below and is close to the Culpeper area. No more than 90 miles away, preferably. Thanks!!!

2006-12-06 11:47:33 · 2 answers · asked by ? 6

On the home inspection, there were a few big things to fix (waterproof a crawl space (ASAP), replace a roof and roof top deck (soon)) and they cost 5K-7K each.

2006-12-06 11:40:36 · 10 answers · asked by theonlysandman 2

2006-12-06 11:35:40 · 1 answers · asked by inremy 1

I moved into private rented accommodation a couple of weeks ago and from the outset the heating and hot water (combi boiler) has not worked properly. The plumber has visited numerous times and I've had to take time off work to be in and my boyfriend has often had to remain in for him coming. At most the heating's worked for 24 hours a time but then goes off again. It's looking as though it is now fixed, as of yesterday.

Also, the property has been recently refurbished but the backyard is not complete (it's open and like a building site), approx 3 weeks ago before we moved in we were told it would be completed within a few weeks, I have since been told today that due to delays on another job it will be the new year before it is started. As well as being difficult to access for bins etc it is also unsafe as there is a low level window which anyone could easily gain access to.

I feel that for the last couple of weeks we have been living in a house which is inhabitable as it's had no heating and no hot water. Can we therefore ask for some form of compensation?

Thanks in advance

2006-12-06 11:08:57 · 8 answers · asked by hannahmcnulty 1

I am looking for a HUD home and the home i am intrested in is Uninsured because it needs heat and air + flooring.I need to get a 203k loan.What does being a first time buyer get you?

2006-12-06 10:24:01 · 3 answers · asked by justindclavier 1

I have to let my new employer know how much it will cost to relocate and i want to give a fair quote and not seem like i'm trying to get over

2006-12-06 10:10:26 · 7 answers · asked by Harvest 1