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The 10 Least Affordable Places To Buy A Home

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Bridgeport, San Jose, Ocean City, Home Sales, Case-Shiller Index, Los Angeles, Home Affordability, Nahb Index, New York, Santa Cruz, Home Prices, Home Market, San Luis Obispo, Housing Markets, Honolulu, San Francisco, Money News

The housing market, which began its decline in 2006 and brought the U.S. economy down with it, may finally be rebounding. According to the National...

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First-Time Homebuyers Boost Sales Of Previously Owned Homes

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Sales of Previously Owned Homes, Housing Bust, Housing Market, Video, Housing Crash, Housing Recovery, Home Sales, U.S. Housing Market, Business News, u.s. Home Sales, First-Time Home Buyers, Existing Home Sales, Business News

WASHINGTON — Americans are buying more homes in every region of the country, the latest indication that the housing market could be on the mend....

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Home Sellers Push Back

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Attorneys, Lawyers, New York Real Estate, Real Estate Appraisals, Home Sales, Homeowners, Contract Negotiations, Real Estate, Home Buyers, Mortgages, Long Island, NY Real Estate Market, Suburbia, Home Prices, NY Real Estate, Home Sellers, New York News

The undercurrent of disgruntlement running through residential real estate these days is decidedly different. Like the flowers that bloomed early, a number of sellers are trying to burst out of the basement and make their way above ground.

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Springtime for Housing

Jed Kolko | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Construction, Housing Market, Housing, Seasonality, Real Estate, Home Prices, Home Sales, Real Estate Market, Business News

Seasonal patterns help show us what's really going on in the housing market, which is important because they give us hints about when we should search, list, buy, sell or build.

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Housing Doom to Housing Boom: Five Fixes to Keep the U.S. Housing Market on Track

Doug Lebda | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Housing Boom, House Market, Housing Market, House Sales, Home Sales, Home Buyers, House Prices, US Housing Market, Government Housing Policy, US Housing, Business News

It is up to those of us with knowledge of the markets, and those of us in positions to change them, to transform these ideas from words into action. We should not delay.

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GRAPHIC: America's Housing Market Divided Between Rich, Poor

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Housing Market, Housing Boom, Zip Codes, Home Prices, Home Sales, CreditSesame.Com, Mortgage Crisis, Foreclosure, Video, Business News

The United States is divided into 41,861 distinct zip codes. And the difference in housing prices pushes them even further apart. The truly drasti...

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Begging to Borrow

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Attorneys, Real Estate Market, Long Island, Mortgages, Lawyers, Paralegal, Long Island Real Estate, Lending, Home Sales, Banks, Real Estate, NY Real Estate, New York News

Usually, stepping into the waiting room at this attorney's office felt like wiggling into too-small jeans. But, when I arrived recently, representing a client selling her home, I didn't need the 10 minutes I allotted to find a parking spot.

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Supply Of Homes Tumbles To Low Not Seen Since Boom Years

Reuters | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: National Association of Realtors, Housing Market, Tempus Consulting, Unemployment Rate, Home Prices, Reuters, Home Sales, Construction, Real Estate, Video, Business News

* Home sales rise 5 percent to 11-month high * Supply of homes on the market lowest since 2005 * Prices fall 2.5 percent...

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Labor Market Shows Signs Of Improvement At Year's End

Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: European Debt Crisis, U.S. Economy, Job Market, Housing Market, Labor Market, Gdp, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Home Sales, Factories, Jobless Benefits, Economic Growth, Consumer Spending, Video, Business News

WASHINGTON (LUCIA MUTIKANI, Reuters) - New U.S. claims for jobless benefits rose last week but the underlying trend pointed to an improving labor ...

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Pending Home Sales Surge To 1.5 Year High

Posted 12.29.2011

Read More: Housing Market, Video, Pending Home Sales November 2011, Pending-Home-Sales, Home Sales, U.S. Housing Market, Business News, Housing Indicators, Existing Home Sales, Business News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pending sales of existing homes surged to a 1-1/2 year high in November, an industry group said on Thursday, offering more ...

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Millionaires Buy Eight-Figure Properties While Foreclosures Hit Nation Hard

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: 1 Percent, Foreclosure Crisis, Housing Prices, Housing Market, Housing, Robo-Signing, Home Sales, We Are the 99 Percent, Top 1 Percent, Real Estate, Property Values, Housing Crisis, 99 Percent, Video, Housing Values, Home Prices, Foreclosure, Luxury Real Estate, Business News

If you want an example of how one percenters differ from everyone else, look no further than the housing market. In a year when a pipeline of forec...

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Middle Class Masquerade

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: New York Home Prices, Attorneys, Housing Market, Economy, Economic Crisis, Home Sales, Real Estate, Business, Suburban Poverty, New York, Home Buyers, Suburbia, Real Estate Attorney, Home Prices, Homeownership, Business Failure, New York Real Estate, NY Real Estate, New York News

The home seller sobbed when she heard her real estate transaction fell through. "I've got to get out of here," she let me know for the umpteenth time. "I can't keep pretending to be middle class."

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'Like Being Held at Gunpoint': Banks Latest Short-Sale Tactic

HuffingtonPost.com | Ann Brenoff | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Short Sale, Video, Housing Market, Foreclosure Crisis, Home Sales, Upside Down Loans, Cash to Carry, Housing Crisis, Short Sales, Business News

Talk about rubbing salt into the housing market's wound. Some homeowners who owe more on their mortgages than their homes are currently worth are now ...

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Home Prices Fall Again In September

Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Interest Rates, Supply-Demand, Housing Demand, Housing Bust, Video, U.S. Home Prices, CoreLogic Inc, Home Sales, Mortgage Crisis, Foreclosure, Housing Crisis, Business News

U.S. home prices fell in September for a second month in a row, pressured by weak demand and cheap distressed sales, data analysis firm CoreLogic ...

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Previously-Owned Home Sales Rise Along With Foreclosures

AP | DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Mortgage Crisis, Foreclosures, National Association of Realtors, Obama Administration, Foreclosure Crisis, Housing Recovery, Home Sales, Video, Business News

WASHINGTON — The number of Americans who bought previously occupied homes rose in August. But the sales were driven by an increase in foreclosur...

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Home Seller Hopes To Entice Buyer With $1,000 Bar Tab

Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Chicago Area Home Sales, Glenview, Offers Bar Tab to Home Buyer, Chicago Area Real Estate, Home Sales, Bar Tab to Home Buyer, Melanie Gravdal, Glenview Illinois, Grandpa's Place, Chicago News

When little interest was being shown in her three-bedroom north suburban townhouse after several months on the market, one homeowner took matters into...

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Are All Short Sales Bargains?

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Attorneys, Home Buyers, Home Sales, Mortgage Crisis, Mortgage Lenders, Real Estate, Real Estate Brokers, Real Estate Commissions, Short Sales, Short Sale Mortgage, New York News

When it comes to buyers, short sales offer no clear-cut advantages. Delays abound and opportunities arise to reduce the whole transaction to a giant waste of time.

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Energy-Efficient Homes Seem To Sell Faster, Fetch Higher Prices

latimes.com | Kenneth R. Harney | Posted 10.28.2011

Read More: Energy Efficient Home Sales, Housing Crisis, Housing Market, Home Sales, Energy-Efficent Homes, Business News

Home energy efficiency and sustainability have been major policy priorities for the Obama administration, but lurking in the background are two consis...

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New Home Sales On Track To Finish As Worst Year On Record

AP | DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Housing Market, New Homes, Home Sales, Record Sales, Mortgage Crisis, National Association of Home Builders, Economy Housing, Unemployment Housing, Business News

WASHINGTON — Sales of new homes fell for the third straight month in July, a sign that housing remains a drag on the economy. If the current pac...

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How The Market Collapse Hurts Non-Investors: 24/7 Wall St.

24/7 Wall St. | Douglas MacIntyre | Posted 10.21.2011

Read More: Housing Market, Small Business, Unemployment, Wall Street, Employee Benefits, Stock Market, Retirement, Home Sales, College Tuition, Market Collapse, Auto Sales, Personal Finance, Finances, Business News

Those who don’t invest in the stock market would like to pretend stock market crashes don’t concern them, but the truth is that they do. It’s no...

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Economists See Growing Risk Of Global Recession

AP | By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: European Debt Crisis, Global Recession, Video, Dow Jones, Consumer Prices, Stock Market, Home Sales, Japan, European Central Bank, Recession, Global Markets, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Discouraging economic data from around the globe have heightened fears that another recession is on the way. Fresh evidence emerged Thu...

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Home Sales Fell To Lowest Levels Of The Year In July

AP | DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: July Home Sales, Housing Prices, Housing Market, Wall Street, Housing, Homebuyers, Stock Market, Home Sales, Foreclosure, Housing Slump, Business News

WASHINGTON — The number of people who bought previously occupied homes fell in July for the third time in four months. This year is on pace to b...

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She Who Hesitates, Rents

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Intereste-Rates, New York Home Prices, Long Island, Mortgages, Home Buyers, Real Estate Prices, New York Real Estate, Home Sales, Real Estate, Renters, Mortgage Refinancing, Home Foreclosures, Home Sellers, New York News

The woman was fidgety as she shared her qualms about buying a house. More than once she said, "I know this doesn't make total sense..." as she discussed the reasons for her reluctance.

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New Report: Chicago Home Prices On The Rise

Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Housing Market, Home Price Index, Illinois Association of Realtors, Chicago Real Estate, Chicago Home Prices, Faulty-Real-Estate-Reports, Chicago Economy, Home Sales, Standard & Poor's, Economic Recovery, Real Estate, Case-Shiller Index, Condo Sales, Chicago News

While the real estate market continues to struggle toward recovery in Illinois and throughout the country, the most recent Standard & Poor’s/Case-Sh...

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Sales Of Previously-Owned Homes Unexpectedly Fall In June

Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Housing, Home Sales, Renting, Homeownership, Homeowners Association, Cancellations, Homeowners, Existing Home Sales, June Home Sales, Home Startup, Business News

WASHINGTON (Lucia Mutikani) - Sales of previously owned homes unexpectedly fell in June to touch a seven-month low as cancellations of pending con...

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