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Bay Area home sales, prices jump – SFGate – San Francisco Chronicle

Rock-bottom mortgage rates, tight inventory and increasing demand spurred double-digit rises in Bay Area home prices and sales volume in November, according to a real estate report released Thursday. The nine-county region saw the highest November sales rate in six … Continue reading

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Housing Recovery Depends on Slashing Mortgage Debt

(Read More: Mortgage Deduction Is Popular, but Few Claim It) “The prospect of being taxed on potentially tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional income may motivate more distressed homeowners to forgo a short sale and allow the … Continue reading

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How Rising Home Prices May Actually Stall the Recovery

Home prices have been rising steadily for the past several months, but some fear the rapid increase could actually start hurting the housing recovery. The reason is that the rise in prices is mainly due to investors, mostly large hedge … Continue reading

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FHA May Show Negative Reserves For Mortgage Losses

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA), in a report due out Friday, could disclose that its reserves for future mortgage-insurance claims dipped into negative territory for the first time in almost a quarter of a century. Every year, the FHA, the … Continue reading

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Bank of America Slashes $4.75 Billion Off Mortgages

As part of the sweeping national mortgage servicing settlement that went into effect in March, officials at Bank of America said they are halfway to fulfilling their mandate of providing $7.6 billion worth of consumer relief.  The bank [BAC  Loading…  … Continue reading

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