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Seven tips to refinance a mortgage with bad credit

When you want to refinance and get better home loan interest rates — but don’t have great credit — there’s hope. Bad-credit home loans do exist, and getting one might be the best way to refinance mortgage rates and lower your monthly payments.

Nevada law bans dog breed discrimination

Nevada became the 14th state to ban dog breed discrimination. Gov. Brian Sandoval signed this legislation on May 24, 2013, and it became effective Oct. 1, 2013. The new law does allow local governments to continue passing laws that target dangerous or vicious dogs as long as the laws are free from breed bias.

Some real estate transactions need a CPA

I try to hold the “see a lawyer” response down to once a week, but this week’s response to keep down could probably be “consult a CPA.”

First lady brings Valentines Day cheer to seriously ill children

First lady Melania Trump honored Valentine’s Day with a visit Wednesday to The Children’s Inn, a National Institutes of Health nonprofit residence in Maryland for seriously ill children participating in clinical trials.

You become the owner when signed deed is handed to you

Way back when few people could read or write, the seller of land would pick up a clod of earth and hand it to the buyer, who would seize it and become owner of that land at that moment. The legal term “seizin” still means ownership.

HOAs have few options for slowing speeders

Unfortunately, associations do not have many effective options of slowing down speeders. Even though speed bumps are an effective way of slowing down vehicles, speed bumps are not allowed in Clark County private communities.

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HOA rental percentage can affect FHA financing

During the second homeowner forum at one of my associations, one of our homeowners wanted to discuss the rental percentage issue concerning Federal Housing Administration loans. The homeowner referenced an article that was published in the Review-Journal that I had written Oct. 30, 2005.

RESALE HOME SALES JAN. 11-17

Editor’s note: Listings include the resale home’s parcel number. The address listed is the homebuyer’s mailing address and not the actual location of the resale home. About 90 percent of these addresses reflect the home purchase. Check the parcel number to make sure. Also, a few transactions do not reflect the market value of the homes. The information is provided by Accudata, a local research firm. For the complete listing, visit RJRealEstate.Vegas.

13 mortgage questions to ask your lender

Buying a house is exciting — and stressful. Getting a mortgage can be one of the most stressful aspects, so it helps to be prepared. Here are 13 questions to ask a mortgage lender, which will help you understand the homebuying process.

The 14 documents you must have to get a mortgage

To make your dreams of homeownership come true, you’ll have to jump through a series of hoops known as the mortgage process.

Owner wants to revert house back to duplex

I own a house in the city in an area that is older but still has mainly single-family dwellings. Years ago, the house was a duplex, but walls were removed to make it a single-family unit. The address still shows the two numbers as if it were still a duplex

Las Vegas housing market continues to heat up

The Southern Nevada housing market remained on the road to recovery in 2017 as it finished the year better than it started.

Pahrump Valley to continue development despite domestic well order

Large homebuildng companies in Las Vegas and beyond, along with commercial developers looking to fan out to the Pahrump Valley, could find available water resources in the valley, despite a recent order by the state engineer to restrict domestic well drilling in the unincorporated town some 60 miles west of Las Vegas.

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