News & Commentary: Daily News Articles
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06/18/2012
If you have a “pinball” or “setup” home you’re trying to sell, you may inadvertently be helping other real estate professionals sell homes similar to yours that are more reasonably priced.
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06/18/2012
By helping home owners refinance their mortgages into low interest rates, banks are finding unexpected profits.
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06/18/2012
How “manly” is your city? COMBOS, along with “Best Places to Live” researcher Bert Sperling, released rankings of America’s manliest cities.
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06/18/2012
Personal financial disclosure forms for members of Congress released last week reveal how much mortgage debt lawmakers have on their primary residences.
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06/15/2012
"People come in, and they think the market is 2008 or 2009, when sellers were desperate," says one real estate agent. "They're not desperate. Not at all."
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06/15/2012
After six consecutive weeks of reaching all-time record lows, fixed-rate mortgages reversed course this week and inched upwards, Freddie Mac reports.
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06/15/2012
Some cities that have seen population decreases, high foreclosures, and job losses are faced with the problem of what to do with the abandoned homes that were left behind.
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06/15/2012
Chicago continues to dominate the search traffic on Realtor.com. Find out what other housing markets potential buyers were eyeing the most at Realtor.com last month.
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06/15/2012
The most recent Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finance shows that Americans lost both income and wealth from 2007 to 2010 due to declines in asset values across most categories, including housing.
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06/15/2012
An annual report from Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies offers optimistic data on residential market recovery, such as growth in home resales, a drop in supply, and favorable interest rates.
