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Property Taxes Are Making Home Ownership An Endangered Species

February 6th, 2008 · No Comments

“For Sale” signs are more prevalent than flowers this spring along the by-ways and highways of America. The housing bubble has burst. Sub-prime lending horror stories are causing a buyer’s strike while prices are plummeting. And yet, if you live in New York, or anywhere else in the Northeast, you are paying [...]

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Why Your Home is Not a Piggy Bank

February 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Now don’t get me wrong. I’m not bashing the American nest egg. A home is a fine thing to own. It provides shelter, solace, comfort and proof that you’re “Living the Dream” but as an investment vehicle it just doesn’t make the grade.
We were told “you can’t go wrong by buying a home.” [...]

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