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George: When I buy a home, who pays for the survey?
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First-time buyers can get a no-interest $7,500 loan
by MARTY KRAMER
consumer columnist
 Those either/or deals you sometimes see on car commercials have always bugged me. They offer you a discount on the price of the car or an interest-free loan. To me, it’s not an interest-free loan when the car costs $3,000 more if I don’t pay cash. Read more
How big is Texas real estate?
By David S. Jones
INSIGHT FROM ONE OF THE EXPERTS
AT THE TEXAS REAL ESTATE CENTER
 Texas’ size is the stuff of legend. The Internet Movie Database catalogs more than 2,100 films under the keyword “Texas.” Among them is the 1956 classic starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and James Dean. The title says it all. Giant. Read more
Big names fell hard in 2008
by tom Kelly
investment columnist
 A year ago, the excessive extension of credit that led to defaults, foreclosures, home prices and more expensive mortgage money was the most talked-about story of 2007. Read more
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Texans have come to understand that hurricanes are an inevitable hazard of life along the Texas coast. The high-cost but low-frequency nature of hurricanes makes it easy to ignore the perils of building along the coast. What seems an easy solution to the problem of insurance rates along the coast remains a free lunch only as long as no hurricanes strike. 
¿Qué es una garantía de la vivienda? Es otro tipo de seguro de riesgos. 