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November Home Sales Soar 7.4%, Fueld By Tax Credits

AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 12.22.2009 | Business

Read More: National Association of Realtors, Trulia.com, First-Time Homebuyers Credit, Home Prices, Homebuyer Credit, Home Sales, November Home Sales, Real Estate, Business News

WASHINGTON — Extraordinary government efforts to stabilize the housing market are paying off. What happens when the help runs out is anyone's gu...

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Home Prices "Not Even Close" To Bottom: Barry Ritholtz (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Grace Kiser and Ryan McCarthy | Posted 11.25.2009 | Business

Read More: National Association of Realtors, Housing Market, Housing Data, S, Business News

In case you missed it -- or were just plain confused -- this week saw the release of a bewildering number of housing indicators. The S&P/Case-Shiller ...

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October Home Sales Up 10.1 Percent From September

AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Thomson Reuters, National Association of Realtors, October Home Sales, Home Sales, Home Prices, Subprime, Real Estate, Mortgage Crisis, Median Home Sales Price, Business News

WASHINGTON — Home sales surged for the second month in a row in October, climbing to the highest level in 2 1/2 years as first-time buyers rushe...

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Home Prices Will Rise 4% In 2010, Say Realtors

AP | ALEX VEIGA | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: National Association of Realtors, Housing Market, First-Time Homebuyers Credit, Subprime Mortgages, Nar, Real Estate Prices, Home Prices, Lawrence Yun, Mortgage Crisis, Real Estate, Business News

SAN DIEGO — Home prices are expected to grow modestly next year and sales will keep rising as the housing market continues to recover from the worst...

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Home Sales Show Big Monthly Increase Due To Expiring Tax Credit

AP | ALAN ZIBEL and ALEX VEIGA | Posted 10.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Real Estate Market, National Association of Realtors, Housing, Housing Crisis, Home Prices, Home Sales, Business News

WASHINGTON — Racing to complete their purchases before a tax credit for first-time owners expires, homebuyers pushed sales up last month by the ...

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Home Prices Cut By $28.4 Billion In U.S., Trulia Says

bloomberg.com | Daniel Taub | Posted 10.08.2009 | Business

Read More: National Association of Realtors, Mortgages, Home Prices, Home Values, Mortgage Crisis, Real Estate, Truilia, Business News

Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. home sellers cut their asking prices by a total of $28.4 billion to attract buyers as the real estate recovery stalled, Tru...

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Home Buyer Credit: Clock Ticking On Tax Credit For First-Time Buyers

washingtonpost.com | Dina ElBoghdady | Posted 11.25.2009 | Business

Read More: National Association of Realtors, First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit, Real Estate, Home Buyer Credit, Home Sales, Business News

First-time home buyers are scrambling to take advantage of an $8,000 tax credit set to expire in coming weeks, while Congress considers whether to ext...

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Real Estate Associations Want Appraisers To Inflate Home Prices

Posted 09.17.2009 | Business

Read More: National Association of Realtors, Housing Market, Nar, Housing, Real Estate Lobbying, Appraisers, Appraisal Reform, Housing Crisis, Business News

The housing market is still struggling because appraisers are being too tough assessing the value of homes. That's the self-serving argument being m...

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May Existing Home Sales Up 2.4 Percent, Less Than Expected (VIDEO)

AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 07.24.2009 | Business

Read More: National Association of Realtors, May Home Sales, Existing Home Sales, Real Estate Prices, Home Sales, Real Estate, Business News

WASHINGTON — Sales of previously occupied homes rose modestly from April to May, the third monthly increase this year, but signs of a housing re...

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Pending home sales up in sign of life for housing

AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 05.02.2009 | Business

Read More: National Association of Realtors, Pending Home Sales, Pending Home Sales February, Feburary Home Sales, Real Estate, February Pending Home Sales, Business News

WASHINGTON — Tentative signs of life are appearing in the long-battered U.S. housing market. Thanks to historically low mortgage rates and deep...

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Second Home Sales Fall 30%

AP | Posted 04.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Second Home Sales, National Association of Realtors, Nar Home Sales Report, Nar Report, Second Home Sales Fall, Home Sales, Business News

WASHINGTON — Sales of vacation and investment homes slid 22 percent last year, a sign that tough economic conditions and tight lending requireme...

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New Treasury Plan May Lower Mortgage Rates

Washington Post | David Cho and Neil Irwin | Posted 01.03.2009 | Business

Read More: National Association of Realtors, Soft Target Mortgage, Treasury Mortgage Rates, Fannie Mae Freddie Mac Mortgages, Housing Crisis, Business News

The Treasury Department is considering plans being pushed by trade groups to intervene directly into the mortgage market to dramatically force down ra...

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Existing Home Sales Decline

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: National Association of Realtors, Credit Crunch, Existing Home Sales, Housing Crisis, Home Prices, Business News

WASHINGTON — Sales of existing homes fell for the sixth straight month in January, dropping to the slowest sales pace on record. Median home pri...

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Sales Of Single-Family Homes Hit 25-Year Low

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: National Association of Realtors, Subprime Crisis, Condos, Single-Family Homes, Business News

WASHINGTON — Sales of existing single-family homes plunged in 2007 by the largest amount in 25 years, closing out an awful year that saw median ...

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Home Sales Rise, But So Do Recession Fears

Reuters Via CNBC | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: National Association of Realtors, Subprime Loan Crisis, Subprime Lending, Recession Fears, Recession, Subprime Loans, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Subprime Mortgages, Business News

Pending sales of existing U.S. homes rose modestly in October, bucking Wall Street forecasts, but the decline from a year ago was the third largest on...

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Stocks Jump On Fed Cut Hopes

AP | Madlen Read | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Fed Cut, National Association of Realtors, Subprime Loans, Federal Reserve, Subprime Mortgages, Wall Street, Business News

Wall Street advanced Monday as expectations for an interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve and an uptick in pending home sales helped offset concer...

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Ten Sizzling Real Estate Markets

Forbes | Deborah Orr | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Housing Downturn, National Association of Realtors, Salt Lake City, Home Prices, Business News

Home prices nationwide posted their biggest drop in 16 years last month, according to the National Association of Realtors. But someone forgot to tel...

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