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Jul 08

Mortgages and Retirees Don’t Mix

By Scott Burns Q. My parents are looking for a house in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. They are retired. They are trying to decide if they should pay cash for the house. They have close to $620,000 in savings (CDs, 401(k)s, IRA) and are looking for a $200,000 house. They also have about $1,300 in Social...

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Apr 08

A Larger House Isn’t a Good Defense Against Inflation

By Scott Burns Q: I believe inflation is getting out of hand and the dollar will continue to decline. So I am worried about my future. I am almost 63, have our house paid for, and have about six times my income in retirement savings and investments (not highly productive). I think a good way to protect...

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Mar 08

A Retirement Expense You Can Control: Shelter Expenses

By Scott Burns Q. Sometime ago your column gave information about what it costs to maintain a home--it was a percent of the value of the home and included utilities, insurance, taxes, etc. Do you still have that information? It might help many home buyers in today’s market. ---C. H., by email A. The...

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Mar 08

The Last Bubble

By Scott Burns First it was technology stocks. Then houses. Now U.S. Treasury obligations. I guess you can’t keep a bubble down. But it doesn’t seem right. How can a government as irresponsible as ours be rewarded with such low interest rates? The answer, which we all know, is simple. This isn’t about...

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Oct 07

The Magic of a Tricky Mortgage

by Scott Burns A new kind of mortgage can, as if by magic, make a 30-year mortgage disappear in half the time. That’s what readers are telling me, just before asking if it is “too good to be true.” The new mortgage is from Australia. It’s called a “line-of-credit mortgage.” Instead of making a monthly...

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Jul 07

A More Expensive House is a More Expensive House

Q. Before we were married, my husband purchased a two-bedroom home in Houston in the late ‘80s. We married in 1993 and finished paying off the house by 1998. The house was built in the ‘30s and is showing its age (it has been for some time). I think we should sell the home and invest the money in a new...

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Jun 07

Surprise! A Moveable Feast of Waterfront

Bayside, Maine. The midday sky darkens as the Surprise slides toward its mooring. We drop the sails. We have everything tied down just as the rain shifts from drops to downpour. The radio announces thunderstorms along the entire midcoast of Maine, an area that may be the most beautiful sailing ground...

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Jun 07

For Retirees, Renting Can Be Better Than Owning

Q. Our townhome will be paid for in 2 years. My husband and I will both be 61. If we sold at that time, we would probably walk away with $400,000 to $450,000. The townhome will be about 15 years old. I am sure there will need to be some repair--- new roof, siding, etc.--- due to the age of the building...

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May 07

The Sublime Beauty of Inflating Houses

If you bought a house in Los Angeles in the early ‘90s, you were “catching a falling knife.” Home values were falling. Thousands of buyers in that period spent most of the decade “upside down”--- owing more than they could get if they sold. Today, whatever the angst about the current market, all those...

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Mar 07

Planning a California Home Sale and Move to Texas

Q. Can you suggest the best way to minimize capital gains on the sale of my house? My husband and I bought a house in San Diego CA in 1975 for $65,000. My name was on the title. We made about $130,000 of improvements. He died in 1999, when the house was worth about $325,000 to $350,000. There were no...

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