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• NAR Reports Pending Home Sales Rise for Nine Straight Months

  
  Move Trends Real Estate Blog - The Leader in Online Real Estate — Authority: 142
  The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) reported Tuesday that the Pending Home Sales Index indicated a rise of 3.7 percent from 110.0 in September to 114.1 percent in October. That increase is also 31.8 percent above the October 2008 figure of 86.6, which is the largest annual increase ever recorded for the ...
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• Son Blogs to Help Sell His Mother’s Home

  
  Move Trends Real Estate Blog - The Leader in Online Real Estate — Authority: 142
  The real estate market is definitely a buyer’s market as of late. For the most part, real estate forecasts have predicted that homes going into foreclosure might not stay vacant for long. With tons of investors and first-time home buyers rushing to take advantage of discounted properties and first-time home buyer ...
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• Market In Review: The Wells Fargo ViewSM

  
  Michael Saunders Real Estate Blog — Authority: 124
  Consumers were active in the housing market during the third quarter with refinance and purchase applications. Existing homeowners fueled the refi activity, and first-time homebuyers accounted for 43% of home purchases in August, according to the Sept. 18 issue of Inside Mortgage Finance.
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• Resources for First Time Homebuyers

  
  www.OwnACondo.com — Authority: 132
  There are many resources available for first time homebuyers. It is very overwhelming to purchase a big investment let alone your first large investment. The government has devised plans to assist with home buyers who are purchasing for the first time. A couple of the programs include the Illinois grant and also the ...
  5 days ago

• Existing Home Sales Up 10 Percent in October

  
  (Obsolete Feed) — Authority: 564
  With buyers pushing to meet the Nov. 30 deadline for the new homebuyer tax credit, sales of existing homes jumped more than 10 percent in October, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The credit—as we’ve reported about extensively —was extended earlier this month. The ten percent jump ...
  1 week ago

• Existing Home Sales Rise While Inventories Drop During October

  
  Move Trends Real Estate Blog - The Leader in Online Real Estate — Authority: 142
  The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) reported today that existing home sales in October rose 10.1 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.10 million units, up from 5.54 million in September. The surge in sales activity, which reached its highest rate since it hit 6.55 million in February 2007, has ...
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• Latest “Disastrous” Housing Data Shows Homebuilders are Hopeless

  
  The Daily Reckoning — Authority: 602
  October housing starts fell almost 11 percent. Mortgage applications have collapsed to a record 12-year low. Foreclosures are increasing the stock of homes to be sold at a pace of 300,000 per month.  Unemployment at 10.2 percent is not supporting home purchases, especially when rents are also decreasing. What’s ...
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• $8,000 First Hombuyer Tax Credit is Extended and $6,500 Credit Added

  
  Good Financial Cents -Jeff Rose Certified Financial Planner and Investment Advisor, Carbondale, Illinois — Authority: 624
  A fter unanimous passage in the Senate and a 403-12 passage in the House of Representatives, President Obama signed H.R. 3548 into law on November 6. The bill extends and expands a key tax credit for home-buyers while also offering more help for those out of work. The $8,000 credit for “first-time” homebuyers ...
  1 week ago

• A Few More Tips for First-Time Homebuyers

  
  (Obsolete Feed) — Authority: 564
  For last week’s column, I wrote about the first-time homebuyer credit and provided some tips for people interested in taking advantage of the “free money,” as we wrote on our cover. Well now, the Wall Street Journal- – bunch of copy cats!—has a similar story on their website. I think we covered most of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Positive Real Estate Forecast for 2010

  
  Move Trends Real Estate Blog - The Leader in Online Real Estate — Authority: 142
  As hopeful real estate developments begin to soften the blow of a three-year housing price depression, CNN Money reports that 2010 might bring a long-awaited real estate relief. Because inventories have been decreasing as home sales have been rising, economists predict that nationwide values will fall another 5 to 10 ...
  2 weeks ago

• More Bad News on the Jobs Front: Families Unprepared for Unemployment

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 155
  As lawmakers start to shift their attention to job creation , a Brandeis University study finds that four in 10 families don’t have enough savings or assets on hand to pay for essential expenses during a period of unemployment. The report also notes that the poor economy is hitting minority households particularly ...
  2 weeks ago

• Home Sales Expected to Increase

  
  Amy S. Myers, e-PRO, CENTURY 21 American Heritage, 724-845-4700 X 1330 — Authority: 116
  According to Realtor.org home sales are expected to increase in the coming year.  The tax credit has already shown to improve the market and the first time home buyer tax credit extension is expected to keep the momentum going bringing additional “step-up” buyers into the market.  Don’t let the holidays slow ...
  2 weeks ago

• Second Chance for First-Time Buyers, Part 2

  
  (Obsolete Feed) — Authority: 564
  More tips for homebuyers interested in using the government’s $8,000 tax credit, continued from this earlier post. • It’s not just for first-timers anymore. The tax credit needs a new name to do it justice. The National Association of Realtors is calling the newly passed version the “Extended Home Buyer ...
  3 weeks ago

• First-Time Homebuyer Credit Extended: Take Advantage of Tax Break Till May 2010

  
  Tax Relief Tips from the Experts at Tax Resolution University — Authority: 424
  For people who are planning to purchase a home for the first time in the near future, you can still qualify to receive the First-Time Homebuyer Credit if you finalize your purchase by May 1st, 2010. The initial FTHBC was due to expire after November 30, 2009 but has now been extended for another six months. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Home Prices Rise for the Second Consecutive Quarter

  
  Move Trends Real Estate Blog - The Leader in Online Real Estate — Authority: 142
  Although home prices are still down from last year, a National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) survey reveals that most states have continued to see a surge in existing home sales for the second straight quarter.Forty-five states, and the District of Columbia, experienced sales increases from the second quarter, with ...
  3 weeks ago

• Homebuyer Tax Credit is Extended and Expanded – Is This Good News?

  
  Creditinfocenter Blog — Authority: 125
  The announcement that the federal government has finally made a formal decision on the extension of the tax credit is good news. As a real estate agent, the last several months have been very difficult (and stressful) for those of us who are assisting first-time homebuyers. With the (original) deadline of December 1 ...
  3 weeks ago

• San Antonio Move-Up Buyers And The First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit.

  
  RErockstar.com — Authority: 419
  What to do now that the tax credit has arrived? As you’ve already read in “ First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit – The New Extension And Expansion ,” the new changes to the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit allows for so-called “ move-up ” buyers to receive a tax credit of up to $6,500. So how does this ...
  3 weeks ago

• How Many People Have Used the Homebuyer Credit in D.C.?

  
  (Obsolete Feed) — Authority: 564
  1,329. In D.C., roughly one out of every 445 people filed for the credit. In the entire state of Maryland, 23,679 have filed for the credit, roughly one out of every 237 residents.  In Virginia, 40,527 have filed for the credit, roughly one out of every 191 locals. (I calculated these numbers comparing the original ...
  3 weeks ago

• Top Five Reasons Buyers Should Buy NOW

  
  Melissa Savenko's Richmond Real Estate Review — Authority: 122
  Well, the first time home buyer tax credit has been extended until April 30, 2010.  And a NEW credit for purchases of primary residences has been created, also with an April 30, 2010 deadline.  If you buy a new home, after selling your old home, you were in your old house at least five years, and you meet some ...
  3 weeks ago

• First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit

  
  Food for Thought... — Authority: 131
  If you haven’t been living under a rock for the past two years, you’re familiar with the first-time homebuyer tax credit.  That’s right, Congress will actually pay you to buy a house.  Sound too good to be true?  Possibly.  Here’s the truth – the whole truth – behind this potential payday from the ...
  3 weeks ago

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