Home inventories are upand appreciation ain’t what it used to be. That has sellers worried as real estate shifts further into a buyer’s market. “Buyers are in the driver’s seat now and they know it,” said Jim Merrion, regional director for ReMax Read More

Scott Shaw/The Plain Dealer A blasted-out quarry on Johnson’s Island is lined with luxurious homes and private docks. Construction began this spring on houses belonging to J. Kevin Kelley, left, and Joe Gouker, right. Boats at Kelley’s dock include a Read More

SALISBURY — Holding onto the American Dream of home ownership should get a bit cheaper — at least for a third of the owners of Lower Shore real estate scheduled for a fall re-assessment. Tax bills that arrived in July throughout Lower Shore Read More

MIKE SCHNEIDER, 25, made a sizable down payment when he bought his house more than a year ago, but it was still shy of 20 percent. So, like millions of Americans, he was required to pay private mortgage insurance, which protects the lender in case he Read More

Dear Harry : I bought a car back in 2004, and I was able to get one of those seemingly great financing deals at zero percent for five years. I went to trade this car in on a new one (same car dealer), and I found that the trade-in was worth less Read More

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