A brief history lesson on the current Italian property market. A discussion of the implications for anyone wishing to invest in Italy’s top end, luxury property market.

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Help with a down payment With most lenders requiring borrowers to put down at least 20 percent as a down payment – unless using an FHA or VA loan, or purchasing mortgage insurance – the best holiday gift some people might receive would be help with a down payment on a house.

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Nearly half of all owners with mortgages have at least 25% equity stakes in their properties, and about a quarter of owners with mortgages have more than 50% equity, a new study shows.

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Real estate transactions sometimes fail; that’s life. When they do liquidated damages clauses can eliminate some of this complexity. Q&A?

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Nominated by the agents of Sotheby’s International Realty® Sunset Brokerage, these are our “Hot Properties” for the week of September 14th to September 21st, 2011. Are they available this week for appointments by interested buyers? If you’re looking, I sure hope so. Call me at 3108881881 -Carlo.

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Nominated by the agents of Sotheby’s International Realty® Sunset Brokerage, these are our “Hot Properties” for the week of September 7th to September 21st, 2011. Are they available this week for appointments by interested buyers? If you’re looking, I sure hope so. Call me at 3108881881 -Carlo.

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Nominated by the agents of Sotheby’s International Realty® Sunset Brokerage, these are our “Hot Properties” for the week of July 27th to August 3rd, 2011. Are they available this week for appointments by interested buyers? If you’re looking, I sure hope so. Call me at 3108881881 -Carlo.

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Here are the last couple weeks of Hot Properties for July as recommended by Sotheby’s Agents from our weekly caravans through homes. Enjoy!

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