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If Mortgage Rates Keep Falling, Why Are Home Sales So Bad?

Page 1 of 2 | Next PageShow Entire Article As mortgage rates continue to fall, so too are home sales. That wouldn’t make sense in a normal housing market, but these are very unique times. Credit, or lack thereof, coupled … Continue reading

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Multigenerational Housing Is a Real Estate Growth Niche

The company went back to the drawing board, and last month it gained approval for a drastically different plan: a town house project aimed at extended families, where children, parents and grandparents can all live comfortably under one roof. Such … Continue reading

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Even Short-Term FHA Shutdown Will Hit Housing

Page 1 of 2 | Next PageShow Entire Article I was hoping not to have to write this particular piece, but it seems I may have no choice, so here we go with housing. What happens to today’s housing market … Continue reading

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Short Sales Pressure Home Prices

Page 1 of 3 | Next PageShow Entire Article Home prices fell 6.7 percent in February year over year, according to a new report from CoreLogic. That numbers includes distressed sales, that is, sales of foreclosed properties or short sales, … Continue reading

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Is Housing Really in Recovery?

Page 1 of 2 | Next PageShow Entire Article During one of my reports today on how gas prices could affect the housing recovery, one of the anchors asked me if I really believe there is a housing recovery right … Continue reading

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