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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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Buyers Increasingly Suspicious of Foreclosures Fewer buyers are willing to consider purchasing foreclosed property than they were seven months ago, according to a study commissioned by Trulia.com and RealtyTrac. Seven months ago, 54 percent of adults
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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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Low-rate mortgage plan generates hope Valley would benefit, analysts say Home builders and industry analysts say a proposal to offer federally subsidized mortgage rates as low as 4.5 percent could go a long way toward reviving the Valley's decimated
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There seems to be this big green movement going on. Everywhere you look, something is either “green”, “eco friendly” or environmentally friendly. If you haven’t got in on the big green movement or even if you have, this is
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New breed of investor looks to housing market They don’t plan on a quick flip: ‘Prices have to go back up eventually’ Ross D. Franklin / AP file “You don’t wait for the bottom of the market,” “You wait till it
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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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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, whose loans remain one of the few no-down-payment options in this tight market, have made more than 162,000 home loan guaranties this year, an increase of more than 31 percent over the same period last year. The
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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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Arizona Family Fun Times in the Sunshine We just put a nice family from Canada in the Vista at Fireside at Norterra... Models Home In This Neighborhood Midnight Starting from $260,490 3 Bedrooms / 2 Bathrooms Sunset Starting from $270,490 3 Bedrooms /
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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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www.FindTheValueNow.com JUST IN: OFHEO sees Fannie and Freddie conforming home sale prices down only .3% in May After the gloom in the media and on Wall Street about housing values, someone forgot to check the stats! st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Recently
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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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Hot Market: Phoenix Provides Lesson in Real Estate Trends by M. Anthony Carr The Phoenix real estate market is beginning to show signs of life again. Jay Butler, director of Realty Studies in the Morrison School of Management and Agribusiness at Arizona
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