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http://www.casapronta.pt/CasaPronta/ On the spot house (or in portuguese «Casa Pronta») is a public service which allows to perform all the necessary formalities for the purchase and sale of home (buildings), with or without a mortgadge, the transfer of a bank loans to purchase house and other housing contracts, in a single window service. Buying aRead… Read more »
As many of you know, I am true to my belief that “the good of the many outweighs the good of the few” (thanks, Vulcans). I really do believe this, and I fight to uphold that principle as much as possible. But something really struck a nerve tonight. It was nothing new. It wasn’t evenRead… Read more »
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13491933 This is an argument that many of the subsidies for home ownership, such as the interest tax deduction, wind up making housing cost more – which also increases the negative consequences of a recession since a considerable amount of individual wealth is tied into housing.