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                Asbestos Prevention Tips & Healthy Alternatives for Oklahoma Homeowners   The path to owning a home is a rewarding accomplishment that will require many new responsibilities. Homes that are newly purchased may require additional remodeling or repairs. With the state of Oklahoma re...

Daily Real Estate News  |  May 12, 2009  |   Share Tax Credit Can Be Used for Down Payment Shaun Donovan, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, on Tuesday said that the Federal Housing Administration is going to permit its lenders to allow home buyers to use the $8,00...

Making an Offer on a Short Sale? What You Need to Know Are you looking to buy a new home? Are you thinking that now's a great time to find bargains? Before you make an offer, it pays to know a little about the seller's situation. If a home is being sold for below what the current seller owes on t...

Expanded Tax Break Available for 2009 First-Time Homebuyers   IR-2009-14, Feb. 25, 2009 WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service announced today that taxpayers who qualify for the first-time homebuyer credit and purchase a home this year before Dec. 1 have a special option available for claimin...

  Mimi's Cafe (near Woodland Hills Mall if you're in Tulsa) is giving away free breakfast entrees when you sign up for their email newsletter.You can unsubscribe from the newsletter anytime, and it doesn't cost anything to join. You're not required to purchase anything to get the free entree. You...

About Good Neighbor Next Door (GNND) Law enforcement officers, pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade teachers and firefighters/emergency medical technicians can contribute to community revitalization while becoming homeowners through HUD's Good Neighbor Next Door Sales Program. HUD offers a substan...

Here are some real estate related websites that you might find helpful: Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency www.ofha.org National Association of Realtors www.realtor.com Real Estate Articles www.realtytimes.com Federal National Mortgage Association http://www.fanniemae.com/index.jhtml Federal Home Lo...

Buying a home or refinancing can sometimes be a little nerve racking. It helps when you know that you can call a professional that will go out of his/her way to help you. Here are three loan officers that I've found to be very friendly and helpful. Toni Rogers: http://www.fmbank-mortgage.com/Empl...

 Daily Real Estate News  |  January 21, 2009  |     Mortgage Applications Surge on Low Rates U.S. mortgage applications spiked in the first full week of 2009 as record low interest rates triggered the highest demand for loan refinancing in 5-1/2 years, according to the Mortgage Bankers Associatio...

Toll Bros. Offers 3.99% Fixed Mortgage Deal Luxury home builder Toll Brothers last week began offering a 3.99 percent fixed-rate mortgage for loans $417,000 or below for 30 years with no points.The rate is well below the national average of slightly less than 5 percent and lower than most other b...