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Real Estate Predictions for 2009 2009 is likely to be a year of continuing adjustment to a changing real estate marketplace. Prepare yourself and your business with these predictions from HGTV’s FrontDoor.com Web site. Sellers will continue to face
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30-Year Rates at Lowest in 4 Years Freddie Mac reports a decline in the 30-year fixed mortgage rate to 5.47 percent during the week ended Dec. 11 from 5.53 percent last week and 6.11 percent a year ago. Some lenders are locking in even lower rates as
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Existing home sales in the Valley jumped a staggering 70 percent last month compared with September 2007, overshadowing a 5.5 percent increase in national home resales for the same period. Home resales in Maricopa and Pinal counties rose to 5,749 units
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The homeownership tax credit that the federal government created earlier this year is a hard-won tool at your disposal to encourage your customers to jump off the fence and get into the home buying market. When you combine the tax credit with today’s
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Good news in market gone bad Foreclosures and pre-foreclosures were up across metropolitan Phoenix in September. It's the expected bad news in the midst of the financial- and housing-market meltdowns. But home sales were up across the Valley last
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IS MY MONEY SAFE -- ?????? When IndyMac bank failed this summer, the lines of nervous account holders trying to withdraw their money made headlines everywhere. But that was an anomaly. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) has taken over ten other
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Foreclosure sales and deals on the city's more-affordable homes are helping to keep the Scottsdale housing market going, according to the latest sales figures. Foreclosure sales in Scottsdale in August more than doubled from a year ago, while home
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The legislation - likely to be enacted soon - devotes $300 billion to helping troubled homeowners avoid foreclosure. The House on Wednesday passed a $300 billion housing rescue bill aimed at helping troubled homeowners avoid foreclosure and supporting
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Rates could rise on Freddie, Fannie woes If your mortgage is owned by agencies, though, don't panic CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Get ready to see mortgage rates rise somewhat as Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are buffeted by turmoil, but don't sweat it
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Carefree Real Estate and Homes for Sale in Arizona Carefree, Arizona: A desert oasis where residents enjoy the unique mountain terrain in the Sonoran Desert Foothills, Carefree is far removed from the metropolitan bustle of neighboring Phoenix. The planned
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Investing in real estate used to be considered a "no brainer," a can't-miss investment. But these days, this sure thing isn't so sure. Home prices keep falling. Standard & Poor tracking shows prices down 7.7 percent nationally in
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Existing Home Sales To Trend Upward in 2008, Says NAR The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has suffered some ridicule for its perpetually sunny housing forecasts, even while some markets have been drenched in bad news. But the outlook for 2008 is
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Window-Shopping Foreclosures The foreclosure market continues to boom as no relief appears in sight for stretched subprime mortgage holders. As the economy shows more signs of a slowdown, this trend is likely to continue. Although the real estate industry
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The current housing market may be a buyer's market, but buyers are hard to find. In Gilbert, there are 3,036 single-family houses on the market, with 43,704 for sale in Maricopa County , according to Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service data
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So you're having trouble selling your home. Would it make more sense to lease it instead? Doing so could turn your property into a rent machine and open up extra tax breaks. Plus, it would buy time until market conditions improve. "I can't
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