News out today suggests that one of the leading credit reporting agencies will start including rent payments as part of the analysis tool they use to determine credit scores. All 3 reporting agencies currently include mortgage payments in their score analysis but rent payments could have an impac
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02/16/2011
January housing statistics just came out for the greater Wash DC/Northern Va markets. Some very positive results mixed with some lackluster zip code performances. Overall Washington DC, Arlington County and Alexandria City had a good performance especially compared against LY numbers. As prices s
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02/12/2011
First time home buyers thinking about buying in Washington DC have not only low interest rates to help persuade them to buy but they can also receive up to a $5000 tax credit through the end of 2011! That's right, the District of Columbia is offering a $5000 tax credit for first time home buyers
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02/09/2011
What's a good neighborhood look like these days? For those first time home buyers, buyers looking to downsize and those buyers looking to move up, trying to determine where to live can be a real challenge. Most buyers look to the internet for their initial search but this doesn't give you the "fe
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02/09/2011