Newly married couples also tend to purchase a house or condo within a couple of years.

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How can you tell if the house or condo you are about to buy is overpriced?

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But you and I know that the most popular way "smart money" protects itself against inflation is buying a piece of beaten-down real estate like a house or condo.

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That makes it a lot tougher to sell a house or a condo, and for people who've bought a new home and can't sell their old one, that's a very expensive problem.

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The business helped Alberigi and her husband move from a condo to a four-bedroom house with a three-car garage.

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Her hope is that if she ever needs to borrow on her policy that she can have healthcare and assisted living services in her first floor condo in a charming old Victorian house.

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As I looked for a house to rent I was surprised how a one-bedroom condo in downtown was the same price as a four-bedroom house only five miles away.

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Your principal residence, for purposes of the credit, is defined where you live most of the time and can include a house, houseboat, mobile home, co-op, condo and a manufactured home.

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When the last renter moved out of the bungalow in 2009, Ms. Prettyman, living in a condo in nearby Encinitas, took up her father's offer to fix up the house for her.

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With national home prices dipping below their March 2009 levels (creating a double dip) the long accepted strategy of buying the biggest house you can afford during your working years and then downsizing to a smaller place or a condo at retirement is off the table for most.

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