Consumer Focused Carnival of Real Estate

I received 9 entries which might have read the the guidelines for this carnival. One was a duplicate, and so we have 8 entries here.

This carnival, we have a clear winner of the Editor's Choice for Most Useful Information!

Digerati Life Presents Why Your House Won't Sell And What To Do About It

Other articles of above average quality were:

SLC Real Estate Blog submits Real Estate Marketing Must Comply to Regulation Z, talking about the necessity for compliant and truthful advertising. As one additional note on false advertising, every government first time buyer program I've ever worked with prohibits buydowns.

Real Answers answers the question How many back up contracts can you have?

Mortgage Blog sends us an article from across the pond in the UK: UK House Prices to fall in 2008?

Your host explains Working with Multiple Agents for a Purchase

The rest of the submissions that met guidelines:

American Consumer News sends us Worried About the Real Estate Slump? Don't Panic.

Millionaire Mommy Next Door presents Renting beats owning, even in retirement; even if your mortgage is paid off. Here's why. I have minor quibbles about her assumptions, but they might be valid for her area. But the one issue relating to the major thrust of her article is that, far from being optimal for the purchase, "even if your mortgage is paid off" is actually the optimal case for renting and investing the difference.

Shop Smart Loans submits Loan and Debt Elimination Scams

Consumer Focused Carnival of Real Estate will return in two weeks, back at Searchlight Crusade, unless someone else wants to host. Deadline for submissions will be December 3rd.