Rent To Own Homes News
- How to thrive in the new world of affordable rent Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:51PMTo keep tenants satisfied, landlords poised to sign affordable rent contracts must be ready to handle the practical implications Landlords who bid for part of the £1.8bn Affordable Rent programme for 2011-15 are waiting anxiously for the Homes and Communities Agency to issue their contracts. While they contemplate the challenges ahead they must also put plans in place to cope with an array of ...
- THIRD ANNUAL NATIONAL FURNISHINGS MONTH LAUNCHES 2011 SWEEPSTAKES Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:42AMLAS VEGAS –The third annual National Home Furnishings Month will kick of at the Las Vegas Market, Aug. 1 to 5. Participants in the "Is it Home Yet" promotion which runs for the month of September, include both retailers and vendors.
- BancorpSouth and Federal Home Loan Bank Provide $198,000 Grant for Affordable Housing for First-Time Homebuyers in ... Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:58AMBancorpSouth Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BancorpSouth, Inc. , a $13.5 billion-asset financial holding company, recently joined with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas to provide a $198,000 Affordable Housing Program grant to the City of Vicksburg, Mississippi to assist 18 first-time homebuyers with down payment and closing costs. Â The grant funds will help income-qualified homebuyers ...
- Landlord set to take back control of troubled Southern Cross care homes Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:35AMOne of the biggest landlords at care home operator Southern Cross is to take back control of homes it leases to the group and set up on its own. Related Stories Cigarettes top the fraud list as fake goods toll hits £870m PwC proves it means business with £5k study bursary Is a corporation tax cut the answer to all our economic woes in Northern Ireland? Titanic hopes for our hotel sector Visitors ...
- Muscovites believe that the major repairs – a duty of the State: poll results Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:27AMWho should pay for the repair of houses – the state or the tenants themselves?
- Southern Cross landlord NHP to rescue 249 care homes Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:57PMThe biggest landlord to Southern Cross Healthcare says it will rescue 249 care homes across the UK by creating its own operating business.
- Housing benefit reform legislation delayed Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:13PMThe Department for Work and Pensions confirmed the Welfare Reform Bill will not now receive its second reading in the House of Lords on Tuesday as planned. It will now be debated after parliament returns from the summer recess on 5 September.
- Trintech Enables BrightHouse to Achieve Process Efficiency by Implementing Unity ReconNET Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:07PMUnity ReconNET allows BrightHouse to manage reconciliations for their high volume of transactions (PRWeb July 18, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7/prweb8650353.htm
- At 88, A Chance To Be Independent Again Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:18PMAfter six years in a nursing home, Rosa Hendrix has moved into her own apartment. Hendrix was featured in an NPR News investigation that examined a new federal law that gives people with disabilities the right to receive long-term health care in their own homes. read more
- No deal: O.C. rent heads higher Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:34AMThese are not happy days for local apartment renters.The race for months of free rent is now a search for vacant space. Orange County landlords regained pricing power after a rare period where dealmaking and discounted rents reigned supreme.If the twist of rental fate seems like a blur,...
- Genesis in Melbourne is a house of hope Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:49AMGenesis House gives women a place to go when they have no place else to go.
- Habitat for Humanity Regina building new homes and new lives Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:15AMCorporate sponsorship is something Habitat for Humanity Regina can take to the bank. Donations from corporations are making a difference in the lives of those on low incomes.
- 2 lead plaintiffs in Road Home discrimination suit will get nothing from $62 million settlement Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:38AMBoth home owners are ineligible for extra rebuilding cash because they are already back in their eastern New Orleans homes
- Air Conditioning, Cable TV, and an Xbox: What is Poverty in the United States Today? Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:38AMAbstract: For decades, the U.S. Census Bureau has reported that over 30 million Americans were living in “poverty,” but the bureau’s definition of poverty differs widely from that held by most Americans.
- Landlord to run 250 care homes Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:04AMOne of the biggest landlords at care home operator Southern Cross is to take back control of homes it leases to the group and set up on its own.
- Church pledges food, relief for Punta Princesa fire victims Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:52AMKitchen utensils, mats, jars, blankets, plates, canned goods and rice were distributed last Saturday to at least 326 families affected by the fire that hit barangay Punta Princesa in Cebu City last week. Social Welfare Officer Marilou Buctot oversaw the distribution of 1,535 “take home” packages to persons at the grounds of the Church of [...]
- The Groves has few apartments left Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 5:27PMThe Groves affordable housing complex soon to be annexed into the City of Covington already has 12 tenants with 62 applications pending approval, leaving 20 more available applications for the 94 apartment units.
- Loan puzzle Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 5:27PMWhen loans are taken separately for two homes, how much interest paid on them is allowed for deduction under Section 24? Is it only Rs 1.5 lakh or more?
- Foreign investors snapping up choice Silicon Valley property Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 4:33PMSilicon Valley real estate may look badly bruised to those of us living here, with depressed prices, a glut of foreclosures, and a stubbornly bleak outlook.
- Your 2 Cents: Best Breakfast Battle continues Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:19AMSandy from Norristown
- Condemned buildings are an avoidable issue Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 9:25AMGLASGOW — Driving through the streets of Glasgow, locals may notice an occasional big, orange X taped to the door of an old home or abandoned business. That orange X is the sign of a condemned building, and lately those Xs have been appearing with a bit more frequency.
- Solar panels: A bright spot in energy gloom Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:09PMYou could almost hear the pips squeak when Scottish Power and British Gas announced massive energy price rises. With energy costs spiralling, homeowners are looking for greener, cheaper ways to run their homes and renewable energy is big news.
- County mulls new man camp rules Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:38PMThe Williams County Commission had a discussion on its stance regarding new man camps during its meeting Tuesday.
- New Castleton Corners coffee shop brewing up a success story Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 10:22AMVictory Coffee Shop has been getting nothing but positive feedback since opening 6 weeks ago
- Dodgers owner seeks lower spousal support payments Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 9:19AMLOS ANGELES - Embattled Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt on Friday asked a judge to reduce the amount of...
- Super Bowl sparks Indy rental market Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 9:07AMAn Arizona rental company is trying to entice Indianapolis homeowners into offering their homes for rent to fans attending the 2012 Super Bowl. Read more at www.WISHTV.com
- Unsung Heroes: Jim and Lisa Sorenson Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 8:53AMLuke JennettStaff Writer When the water started to rise in the late hours of Aug. 10, 2010, Lisa Jolley and her husband, Chris, made a choice.
- Rental housing crisis looms Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 5:18AMWhen Tom Durrie moved to Vancouver in the 1960s, it was a dream come true for the California native. But these days, he has to work a job-and-a-half just to keep a roof over his head.
- Letter: Palm Springs not an example Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 4:59AMI admire the city of Rancho Mirage for wanting to adopt a vacation rental ordinance to help curtail problems associated with weekenders who rent homes in residential neighbors and also to help with the collection of overnight tax revenues. However, I am sorry that the city of Palm Springs is being used as a model.
- In wake of $650 lawn-care bill, Phillipsburg records reveal $5,300 charged for 2010 cleanup Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 3:45AMOn June 4, 2010, the town billed a foreclosed property in the first block of John Street $5,300 for 32 hours of lawn work that involved removing trash and debris, cutting grass and weeds, and emptying water from a pool.
- Owners hope to rent Tampa Bay homes or condos for 2012 Republican National Convention Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 3:41AMBy Mark Puente, Times Staff Writer Friday, July 15, 2011 Enterprising property owners hope to jump on the money train they see rolling toward Tampa Bay by offering apartment and condo rentals for the 2012 Republican National Convention. Nightly and weekly rentals are now being advertised online, targeting 50,000 delegates, dignitaries and journalists who will invade downtown Tampa as the event ...
- Tourists duped by holiday rental scams Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 2:24AMOnline fraudsters are targeting visitors to London. Oliver Smith reports.
- Unsung Heroes Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 12:08AMLuke JennettStaff Writer When the water started to rise in the late hours of Aug. 10, 2010, Lisa Jolley and her husband, Chris, made a choice.
- McCourt seeks to reduce financial support of ex-wife Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 12:02AMMeanwhile, Dodgers want bankruptcy court approval to retain an investment firm to help reorganize team s finances. Dodgers owner Frank McCourt asked Friday that a judge reduce the financial support he must pay his ex-wife, Jamie, saying the amount of money he paid her last year is more than he will make this year.
- Economy back on growth track Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:45PMDubai There is a buzz in the air: Dubai’s economy has come out of recession and growth is picking up. Interesting times are ahead. However, the big question is, is the real estate sector picking up?
- MLB Capsules - NL: Karstens pitches gem as Pirates beat Astros 4-0 Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 10:42PMHOUSTON (AP) — Jeff Karstens pitched a five-hitter and Andrew McCutchen tripled and drove in two runs as the surging Pittsburgh Pirates opened the second half of the season with a 4-0 victory over the Houston Astros on Friday night.
- Unprecedented challenge for insurance industry Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:53PMCall it the taxi driver test. Before September, Christchurch cabbies might have lectured you on the shiftiness of politicians or the rising tide of youth crime; post-September, they have become, like all of us, instant experts in earth movements and their implications.
- SOUND OFF: Medicare, Kevorkian among top concerns of callers Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:48PMDisabled with cancer, I am one of the many thousands of people trying to survive on a meager disability payment. I am a single father and am barely able to make my rent and utilities with it as it is. Now, I am told my payment will be cut 16 percent to pay my Medicare insurance premiums each month. My child and I live in abject poverty as it is and now we will be homeless, as will tens to ...
- Real Estate Weekly: Post-bubble buyers more likely to overprice home Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:02PMPeople who bought their homes after the housing bubble burst are more likely to have an unrealistic view of their home’s worth than those who bought before the housing downturn, according to a new report.
- July 10: Geithner, Pawlenty Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:55PMTranscript of the July 10 broadcast featuring Tim Geithner, Tim Pawlenty, Eugene Robinson and Chuck Todd.
- Prospective Renters Have Much to Prove to Landlords Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:42PMNew York’s landlords are very selective, requiring prospective tenants to provide paperwork including tax returns, proof of income and sometimes even references.
- Will Housing Prices Fall 20 Percent in 2012? Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:25PMWhen will we reach bottom in the housing market? With lenders filing foreclosures more slowly and an excess inventory of homes, housing prices could fall another 20 percent next year, says one economist. Gary Shilling, one of the economists who predicted the subprime mortgage crisis, says the "depressing effect" of two to 2.5 million homes in excess inventory will push prices down.
- Mobile Mania Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:45AMAlthough real estate prices for traditional, stick-built homes have fallen, they would have to fall a long way to match the prices for manufactured housing or mobile homes.
- Muscovites believe that the repair – it is the duty of the state: poll results Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:44AMWho should pay for the repair of houses – the state or the tenants themselves?
- Michael Spencer’s Make It Green: Our histories shape us as human beings, but not our plants Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:00AMI planned a two-part story that has blossomed into something very different; I hope you enjoy it. It may explain better my views on land and its design.
- Plunder charges filed vs Arroyo for PCSO scam Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:01AMby INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Stealing from the Filipino people is bad enough, but stealing from the poorest of the poor is the worst. This was the statement of Bayan Muna Representatives Neri Colmenares and Teddy Casino explaining why the filed plunder charges against former president and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo [...]
- Squeeze on mortgage lending pushes rents over £700 per month Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:00AMAverage rents in England and Wales have broken the £700 per month barrier, with rents in London averaging over £1,000 per month.
- Building blocks Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:29AMThe shortage of affordable homes, whether to buy or to rent, is becoming a national crisis. The government is making fundamental changes to the planning system with its stated purpose of building more homes in the future than were being built before the recession.
- Beating the build barriers Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:31PMAndy Elder comes face to face with what he’s done every time he goes to work. Stepping out of Littlehampton train station it’s right there in front of him: a brand new block of 23 flats and maisonettes for social rent.
- Oceanside residents save rent control for now, overrule City Council Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 4:01PMResidents needed at least 7,670 registered Oceanside voters to try to reverse the City Council action that would do away with rent control for mobile home park residents when the homes change hands, called vacancy decontrol.
