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Like holiday shoppers in search of a good bargain, first-time home buyers were out in force last month, scooping up homes to grab a federal tax credit that was to have expired Nov. 30.As a result, sales ...

Nathan Brown, Licensed Realtor 30-Year Mortgage Rates Near Record Breaking Levels
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McLean, VA – Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®) in which the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 4.83 percent with an ...

Nathan Brown, Licensed Realtor Homebuyer tax credit extended to April! Expanded to include existing homeowner's who have lived in their homes for at least 5 years.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is set to sign a $24 billion economic stimulus bill providing tax incentives to prospective homebuyers and extending unemployment benefits to the longtime jobless who have been left behind as the economy veers toward recovery. ...

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Home resales rose in September to the highest level in more than two years, beating expectations, as buyers scrambled to complete their purchases before a tax credit for first-time owners expires.

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As a flurry of first-time home buyers scramble to take advantage of the housing credit that expires on Nov. 30, Congress today will mull today options to extend the tax credit and offer it to a wider range of Americans.

Nathan Brown, Licensed Realtor Crain's Chicago: Local home prices rise for 3rd straight month
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(AP) — Chicago-area home prices and prices nationwide rose for the third month in a row in July, new data Tuesday showed, more proof a fragile housing recover is under way. Local prices rose 2.7 percent in July compared with June, the third-highest increase among the 20 metro areas covered in...

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WASHINGTON - U.S. home sales grew in the second quarter in 39 states, another sign that the ailing housing market is finally coming to life.Total quarterly sales rose 3.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted ...

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It was -- note the past tense -- the worst housing recession anyone but survivors of the Great Depression can remember.From the frenzied peak of the

Nathan Brown, Licensed Realtor The good news keeps coming...
S&P index shows home prices edge up 0.5 percent in May, the first monthly increase since 2006 -- chi
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Home prices in May posted their first monthly increase since the summer of 2006, indicating prices are finally stabilizing, data Tuesday showed.The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index of 20 major cities rose 0.5 percent from April, but was still 17.1 percent below May a year ago. ...

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New U.S. home sales rose by the largest amount in more than eight years last month, in another sign the housing market is finally bouncing back from the worst downturn in decades.

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(AP) — Signaling a housing recovery is under way in much of the country, sales of previously occupied homes rose for the third month in a row in June. The National Assn. of Realtors said Thursday that home sales rose 3.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.89 million last month...

Nathan Brown, Licensed Realtor Light at the end of the tunnel...
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For Aaron Carter, a musician who was struggling to fit a drum set, a piano and three guitars into his 600-square-foot apartment in Phoenix, the math on owning a home finally began to work in his favor.

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Most Americans still consider having enough money for downpayment and closing costs to be the biggest obstacles to buying a home.

















