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• 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 ...
  1 day ago

• Q & A on New Home Buyer Tax Credit

  
  Hot Property - BusinessWeek — Authority: 126
  The National Association of Realtors Web site has a nice Question & Answer section about the new credit The Realtors spokesman tells me that the new credit will start tomorrow, not today. "We rechecked the effective date for the repeat buyer," spokesman Walt Malony said in an e-mail. "The effective date is ...
  3 days ago

• Zoning & Density in Hartford’s West End

  
  Greater Hartford Real Estate Blog — Authority: 118
  On Thursday, October 29th, the West End Civic Association (WECA) Planning & Zoning Committee met to begin a conversation about many of the zoning-related issues that the neighborhood found contentious during the past year. The agenda listed density as the main topic, with specific mention of converting existing ...
  3 days ago

• Overseas housing too pricey for most Americans

  
  WalletPop Blog — Authority: 719
  Filed under: Bargains , Real Estate , Travel , Investing Krakow, Poland may be a real estate steal , but its arrevederci Roma and ciao to Milan and Florence, too, for anyone expecting to roll U.S. home sales profits into a European domicile -- except for those already living in such high-cost enclaves as ...
  4 days ago

• October GTA Real Estate Reports Strong Growth in sales

  
  Mississauga Real Estate, Homes, TREB & MLS Blog by Mark Argentino — Authority: 127
  This is the October report for TREB for the average prices and the number of sales, both were very strong last month. TREB Reports Strong Growth in October MLS Transactions TORONTO, November 4, 2009 - In October 2009, Greater Toronto REALTORS® reported 8,476 sales, up 64 per cent from October 2008. ...
  5 days ago

• Edmonton Real Estate Market Shrugs Off Flu

  
  Edmonton Real Estate — Authority: 120
  I have been reserving judgement all year on the market until we were through September and October. Well the stats are in and October and September were, as Jim Carrey would say: “smokin.” Signs that a balanced market were coming...
  6 days ago

• CMHC forecasts best taken with a large grain of salt

  
  FP Trading Desk — Authority: 486
  We know its an unusual hobby, but we cant help ourselves -- it always brightens our day when another forecast from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. drops into our mailbox.  What do we find so beguiling? Must be the gentle mix of fact and whimsy. No matter what the situation, a CMHC forecast is always soothing, ...
  6 days ago

• Real Estate Market Market Trends 2009

  
  Mississauga Real Estate, Homes, TREB & MLS Blog by Mark Argentino — Authority: 127
  This is the latest press release from RE/MAX regarding the housing market in Ontario Atlantic Canada, all good news, of course! Enjoy Mark Luxury housing sales edge higher as purchasers take advantage of buying opportunities in Ontario-Atlantic Canada, says RE/MAX Mississauga, Ontario (November ...
  1 week ago

• What They Sold For

  
  The Sanatoga Post — Authority: 444
  They paid how much? POTTSTOWN PA – The top price paid for real estate within the township from Aug. 13-19, 2009, was $265,000, the Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper reports. The property is located at 965 Brookwood Dr. A second property, at 1541 N. Keim St., sold for $189,900. This week’s top reported ...
  1 week ago

• Hong Kong trying to slow high-end housing sales

  
  WalletPop Blog — Authority: 719
  Filed under: Home , Real Estate Authorities in Hong Kong have moved in to dampen demand at the highest end of that citys real estate market. Coming on the heels of a developer there last week setting a world price record for the sale of an apartment -- $9,200 U.S. per square foot -- the Hong Kong Monetary ...
  1 week ago

• The US obsession with home ownership

  
  Irish Mortgage Brokers Blog — Authority: 124
  This is an interesting clip from the Cato Institute and it covers the various vectors of the financial crisis. In this video the speaker talks about the ‘7 steps to failure’ - the basis of the talk is well covered ground at this stage but the addition of the Cato presentation is meaningful and offers some angles ...
  1 week ago

• Moodys To Hike RMBS Loss Severity Assumptions, Extends Expected Trough For Housing Prices

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 761
  A release out of Moodys today does not seem to jive too well with the prevalent assumption that 90%+ of a 3.5% bounce in GDP being driven by non-recurring events is the greatest way to ramp the market after several down days. The rating agency, always asleep at the wheel, has waited until the proverbial "end of the ...
  1 week ago

• Expanded Home Buyer Tax Credit to Cost $10.8 Billion

  
  Hot Property - BusinessWeek — Authority: 126
  Majority Leader Harry Reids office just sent me an outline of the Senate Democrats plan to extend and expand the home buyer tax credit. Much of this was covered in my previous blog post . But theres one new detail that hasnt been reported elsewhere. It will cost $10.8 billion. Thats a bit more expensive than the ...
  1 week ago

• Home Buyer Tax Credit Could Soon Be Extended, Expanded

  
  Hot Property - BusinessWeek — Authority: 126
  Its increasingly likely that Congress will extend and expand the popular home buyer tax credit, which will expire next month. CNN.com reported today that a compromise proposal based on bills that have already been introduced could pass the Senate as early as this week (assuming that it is attached to a bill to extend ...
  1 week ago

• Economics: It’s All How You Spin It

  
  The Daily Reckoning — Authority: 645
  We’re not surprised to see an indecisive market today. Not only do traders have to decide the fate of this long-long-running bear market rally, but there’s a cacophony of economic data squawking around this morning. Roll the videotape: Good news… Looks like home prices are on the mend, eh? S&P reports ...
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• Home Prices Rise Again ... But Dont Get Used to It

  
  Hot Property - BusinessWeek — Authority: 126
  Home prices rose 1% in August from the seasonally-adjusted July level -- the third month in a row of increases, according to S&P;/Case Shiller home price index. The 20-city index was down 11.3% on a year-over-year basis but the drop is only that severe because prices are measured against values in August 2008, ...
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• Breaking News: First-Time Homeowners Can Only Own Their First Home Once

  
  The Melting Pot Project — Authority: 434
  Pictured: Rough approximation of Timothy Geithners response. One of the more popular responses to the popping of the housing bubble has been the governments $8,000 tax credit for first-time homeowners. This popularity isnt exactly surprising - youd probably like somebody...
  2 weeks ago

• Mishkin On Iceland: "Nothing Is F*#&ed Here Dude"

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 761
  Now that even Le Big Mac has hightailed it out of Reykjavik , the locals, forever deprived of $0.99 cheeseburgers and anything resembling a stable currency (a good advance look at what the U.S. can look forward to, although at least Califoria makes some happy, Prozaced cows now and then), are at least owed some ...
  2 weeks ago

• Renewing the Home Buyer Credit

  
  Greater Hartford Real Estate Blog — Authority: 118
  We’ve received a lot of questions recently about the soon-to-expire First Time Home Buyer’s Credit . Since the time has basically passed to be able to take advantage of it in a home purchase, the discussion has shifted to the future of the program. Analysts and commentators around the country are weighing in on ...
  2 weeks ago

• What They Sold For

  
  The Sanatoga Post — Authority: 444
  They paid how much? POTTSTOWN PA – The top price paid for real estate within the township from Aug. 5-12, 2009, was $470,000, the Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper reports. The property is located at 989 Stuart Dr. A second property, at 932 Oak Dr.,  sold for $157,000. A third, at 2101 Walnut Ridge Estates, ...
  2 weeks ago

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