Actress and Playboy model Bridget Marquardt has become a first-time home buyer with the purchase of a contemporary Mediterranean in Sherman Oaks for $1,725,000.

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A 5,000-square-foot contemporary built for an artist is restored to its 1960s condition. Poured-concrete walls, skylights and automated clerestory windows give an atrium feel to this restored contemporary in Malibu. Read more…

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Image via Wikipedia Late payments, delinquencies, short sales and foreclosures are on the rise — and so are the number of borrowers seeing their credit scores plummet, according to scoring company VantageScore Solutions When you do a short sale of a house, or modify the mortgage, is there much of an effect on your credit [...]

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Image by Randy Son Of Robert via Flickr This free guide shows you where to turn and whom to contact if you have a problem with a product or service. The statement “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help you” is considered one of the great lies of our time. But if you’ve [...]

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Comic actor Ben Stiller and his actress wife, Christine Taylor, have listed their Hollywood Hills property at $12.5 million. The site includes two houses and a one-bedroom guesthouse for a total of 10 bedrooms and 11 bathrooms on nearly an acre. A gated 1929 Spanish-style house of 5,334 square feet has been restored and updated. [...]

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The new home features sliding glass floor-to-ceiling pocket doors, a wraparound deck on the second floor and an outdoor living area.

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How’s this for a business plan? A company buys or rents lists of recent default filings from across the country — thousands of people who have been notified by lenders that if they don’t get their mortgage payments back on track, the next step will be foreclosure.

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