Tiffany B. Brown

a mish-mosh of stuff

Posts tagged: home ownership

Things to consider before buying a home
Photo by Louise Rosskam, from the Library of Congress. Found on Flickr. Ask yourself: Can I afford to buy a house without financing? If I can’t afford to buy a house without financing, would I mind living in a house or my desired neighborhood for 15, 25 or 30 years (the probable length of your [...] [27 Feb 2010]
And my net worth keeps on growing in the wrong direction
ZIP code 30032 near Columbia Drive and Glenwood Road, for example, was reappraised downward by a total of $287 million. The median decline in tax appraisals was 21 percent, but sales data show that the median price fell by nearly half. This suggests that tax valuations could have been cut even more, and that some [...] [9 Dec 2009]