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• House prices continue to rise despite increased availability

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  More estate agents are reporting rises in house prices since the end of 2006, according to Rics House prices are continuing to rise despite a sharp increase in the number of homes coming on to the market, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics). More estate agents reported house price ...
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• Underwater Housing

  
  tvanderwell on SmartHippo.com — Authority: 439
  An interesting report from Zillow on underwater housing.   A couple of thoughts about it: It appears that part of the reason the percentage of underwater housing is dropping is because banks are foreclosing on more homes.   I guess if you’ve lost your home, you don’t have a negative equity situation any ...
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• Tucson MLS Statistics for October 2009

  
  Tucson Real Estate — Authority: 113
  The stats are out for October and the closed transactions for the month were strong.  I’ve asked around about the impact of the First Time home buyer tax credit, but no one tracks this data.  Not the MLS and not our brokerage.  From our experience we know of no one using this tax credit who is a “true” first ...
  18 hours ago

• State Hoping To Lure First-Time Homebuyers, Veterans With Incentive

  
  Mario Greco — Authority: 123
  Chicago home buyers got the good news last week that the federal government was not only extending its first-time home buyer tax credit of $8,000, but was adding a $6,500 move-up home buyer tax credit, too. Combined, the two federal programs should make it easier for the majority of home buyers to afford condominiums ...
  19 hours ago

• Freddie Mac Sees 3rd Quarter Loss

  
  Mortgage Rate News — Authority: 466
  Image by Getty Images via DaylifeFreddie Mac saw a 3rd quarter loss of $5 billion as foreclosures continue to cause problems and the economic climate makes things difficult for individuals. Freddie Mac also expects, at some point, to request more funds from the U.S. Treasury. HousingWire reports on the state of the ...
  21 hours ago

• Ready to gamble that your home value will tumble more?

  
  WalletPop Blog — Authority: 719
  Filed under: Insurance , Real Estate Queasy-stomached home owners who cant bear to watch the equity in their homes continue to dwindle have an option: Equity protection policies. These policies, will, for a fee that generally ranges from 1% to 3% of your homes equity, guarantee against further losses when it ...
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• Reality Check: U.S. has lost jobs in 22 straight months

  
  CHESSNOID — Authority: 508
  Our media puts out many reports that often conflict with each other. Our politicians in office try to spin the reports in a positive light.  They know what happens on their watch is what the American people will hold them accountable for.  The problem in solving problems in general is that you have to acknowledge ...
  2 days ago

• Geithner at G20 of World Bank and Finance Governors

  
  Conservative Thoughts — Authority: 475
  Statement by Secretary Geithner at the G-20 Meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors I want to start with the state of the global economic recovery. Yesterday’s jobs numbers in the United States reinforced that this is still a very tough economic environment. The pace of job losses has ...
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• YouTube video sinks Turnbull minder

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 432
  A media minder for Federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has reportedly quit his job after being linked to an online bout of Liberal factional warfare. The video parodies Liberal MP Alex Hawke by portraying him as an enraged Adolf Hitler, echoing a YouTube trend of dubbing Hitler biopic Downfall with fake ...
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• Effect of Tax Credit Extension

  
  City Lakes Real Estate Blog — Authority: 136
  What effect will the extension of the home Buyer tax credit have on the Twin Cities housing market?Check out this excellent commentary by fellow blogger (and Edina Realty agent) Aaron Dickinson in his Oct. 28 post.I think hes got it exactly right . .
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• Repossessions Fall in Quarter 2

  
  Repossessed Houses for Sale, Debt Consolidation, Remortgage Deals — Authority: 116
  The Housing Market: Reasons to be Cheerful The Council of Mortgage Lenders Quarter 3 Report will not be available until the end of this month; however, with a  Quarter 2 report headline that reads Possessions Fall and Arrears Flatten , things looked good going into the third quarter.  We will, of course, be ...
  3 days ago

• RECESSION NOW BEHIND US!! ---maybe not!

  
  The Bullish Bear — Authority: 117
  Bob Engleharts Cartoon from mid-September this year
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• Homebuyer Tax Credit Extension Overwhelming Approved

  
  Mortgage 101 Blog — Authority: 117
  The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to extend the first-time home buyers tax credit through 2010 as well as offer a credit to more seasoned home buyers. The vote was 403-to-12 and was widely expected to pass. The current tax credit has been in effect since January as a piece of President Obama’s ...
  3 days ago

• UPDATES! Home Buyer Tax Credit & Credit Cardholder’s Bill of Rights

  
  Credit and Personal Finance Blog | Credit Karma — Authority: 470
  Capitol Hill seems to be taking up the pro-consumer fight on two fronts this week with the extension and expansion of the Home Buyer Tax Credit and the sped-up start date of the Credit Cardholder’s Bill of Rights. Today, Obama officially signed off on the Homebuyer Tax Credit extension, which will extend the ...
  3 days ago

• Do you qualify for a homebuyer’s tax credit? It’s not just for first timers anymore…

  
  FrontDoor Unlocked - HGTV's FrontDoor Real Estate Blog — Authority: 113
  It’s official. The popular first time homebuyer tax credit , which many say is responsible for keeping the housing market afloat, has been extended and expanded to include repeat buyers. Find out if you qualify for the expanded credit . You now have until April 30, 2010, to secure a contract for a home ...
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• Mortgage Rates Improve While Mixed Signals Continue

  
  HULIQ - Citizen News Review — Authority: 712
  Yesterday we heard the news that the First Time Homebuyer Tax credit that was slated to expire on November 30th, 2009 is being extended until next spring. Future homeowners need to get under contract before May 1st 2010 to take advantage of the extension. This is great news for realtors, mortgage people and most of ...
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• Turning Home ‘Buyers’ Into Renters

  
  AllFinancialMatters — Authority: 632
  Fannie Mae is becoming a landlord… Fannie Mae will allow homeowners facing foreclosure to stay in their homes and rent them for as long as a year, as part of the government’s latest effort to help troubled borrowers, while keeping more foreclosed properties from hitting the housing market. The “Deed for ...
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• Sifting through the ashes of the U.S. housing market

  
  FP Trading Desk — Authority: 486
  We’ve come to think of U.S. housing as a bit like the music of Creed -- both are rumored to be ready for revival, but we’ll believe it when we see it.  About the best thing you can say for U.S. home prices is that they appear to have found a plateau for now.  And that has created an interesting possibility for ...
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• The mantra at ULI this week: prepare for major change

  
  The Housing Chronicles Blog — Authority: 114
  Ill blog about this in more detail next week, but the major trend at this years ULI Fall Meeting & Urban Expo is about preparing for change. Were not talking about minor changes in terms of architecture or product mix -- were talking about significant changes due to demographic shifts in the U.S. population ...
  3 days ago

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