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  1. EconLog, Two Heuristics to Live By When You Don't Know What You're Doing, Bryan Caplan: Library of Economics and Liberty

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    In the mortgage market, similarly, my heuristics say: (a) Rent until it's clear that buying will improve your life; and (b) Get a standard 30-year fixed-rate mortgage from an established lender. Don't buy a house you might not be able to afford by signing

    to future real-estate ... saved by 6 other people ... on july 16

  2. erica.biz - Erica Douglass challenges you to change your life! » Blog Archive » When Should You Buy Real Estate — And When Is It Better to Rent?

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    Erica on some back-of-the-envelope ways to value when real estate is fair for buying

    to real-estate ... saved by 4 other people ... on june 16

  3. Jason Moffatt » Real Estate Agents Just Don’t Get It. Let Me Sell Ed McMahon’s House

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    Beautiful rant about how horrible real estate agents are at selling/marketing -- and then this guy proposes how to REALLY sell Ed McMahon's house

    to real-estate marketing ... on june 04

  4. The Scars of Losing a Home - New York Times

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    Perhaps the most thoughtful piece on the real estate crisis -- from no other than Robert Shiller. He shows that it's not all about "let people lose their homes...they deserve it!"

    to real-estate toblog future ... on may 29

  5. Yahoo!

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    History of housing market

    to real-estate ... on may 29

  6. Economic Scene - Time to Buy? The Conversion of a Renter - NYTimes.com

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    So my wife and I began our search with open minds, willing to consider renting or buying. We ended our search by signing a contract to buy a house. This is the story of my conversion.

    to real-estate ... saved by 2 other people ... on may 28

  7. Why It's a Bad Time to Buy a House High 'Real' Mortgage Rates Record Inventories: Tech Ticker, Yahoo! Finance

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    "The value of a home doubles every 10 years" and other clueless commenters

    to stupid real-estate ... saved by 3 other people ... on may 22

  8. Yahoo! Personal Finance

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    Four Overlooked Homeownership Costs by Glenn Curtis: Property taxes, risk, maintenance, time. Recommends buying condos as one way to limit choice. Interesting.

    to real-estate ... on may 22

  9. Housing: Why the bubble popped - Isthmus | The Daily Page

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    American culture encourages people to buy homes even when it doesn't make sense

    to real-estate ... on may 15

  10. Robert Shiller: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

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    Robert Schiller interview. He comes across as very self-effacing and cool

    to real-estate ... saved by 1 other person ... on may 06

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