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Alan J. Heavens has been writing about real estate and home improvement for the last 14 years. A veteran of 35 years as a reporter, he holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in history.
Heavens cannot make recommendations about contractors, Realtors, mortgage services or neighborhoods.
- Buyers turn to mobile in their home search
- On the House: Home improvement as perennial
- Sifting through the predictions
- Ask Al with Alan J. Heavens
Is the housing market in recovery? It depends upon which report you hear and on which day.
- Ask Al with Alan J. Heavens
Technology has changed the way buyers search for homes, as well as how they are marketed.
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What makes up a credit score?
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Oh the House: There are many things that go into your credit score, and there are ways to prevent that single late bill payment in 1992 from messing it up.
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Rid your home of toxic chemicals
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Heavens: Try these some common-sense ideas to limit the amount of chemicals and pollutants in your living space.
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Poll: Property taxes irk N.J. residents
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While 89% say property taxes are too high, there is little consensus about ways to lower them.
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Data still suggest a slow housing recovery
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One analyst said that while the housing crash has bottomed, the sector is still a year away from a "sustained housing recovery."
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How golden are the sunset years?
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On the House: Inquirer real estate writer Al Heavens has some concerns about retirement and housing affordability. He's not alone, according to a new study.
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Short sales are anything but short
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This type of real estate transaction - when the bank agrees to accept less than what the borrower owes - now takes 306 days from start to finish, compared with 113 days in 2006.
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Designing the ideal, repayable mortgage
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HomeEc: With a summer deadline for the new “Ability to Repay” rule, there is heightened concern in the housing industry that a highly restrictive regulation will unfairly cut more borrowers out of the market.
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Phila. home sales outpace rest of U.S.
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The 37% increase in regional sales of previously owned homes in March was in stark comparison to a 2.8% decline nationally.
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Al Heavens: Real estate matters of the commercial variety
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I don’t usually write about commercial real estate, except when residential is a major component of it. What few people understand is that the only thing residential and commercial real estate truly have in common are the words real estate. If residential is Latin, commercial is Greek — the terminology describing aspects of each can be very different.
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Another boost for area around Temple
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Diamond Green Apartments will offer 92 units and are designed with students in mind.
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