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Despite rising prices, home flipping is increasing. It has increased 20 percent in the first quarter of this year compared with the previous quarter. It’s now at a two-year high. RealtyTrac, a source for housing data, released its Home Flipping ...

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So many people want to buy or sell a home in today’s market, this will probably be a major factor in how they vote in this year’s presidential election. One real estate organization sponsored a survey of top economists to ...

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Many prospective home buyers are feeling frustrated. They love the super low interest rates of today’s mortgages, but the rising prices and related qualification requirements are preventing them from making a purchase. This dilemma was recently addressed in a report ...

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In recent months, there has been a well-publicized shortage of affordable homes for today’s first-time buyers. That situation may soon change, much to the relief of young consumers anxiously waiting for available homes they can afford. News reports carried on ...

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When the stock market booms, many people rush to move their investment funds to that market. But when stocks tend to fluctuate, they again move their funds to more secure long-term investments A recent survey by the Gallup Poll shows ...

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A new program, now being finalized, will actually reduce the principal of mortgages for qualified homeowners. A report on the program was carried by the National Association of Realtors. “About 33,000 seriously delinquent borrowers will likely be eligible for a ...

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While vacation home sales dropped a bit during the past year, they remain at the second-highest volume in the last decade. At the same time, sales of investment properties have increased for the first time in five years, according to ...

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This is the time of year when many homeowners refurbish their landscaping, making their homes more salable and generally more attractive. “Good landscaping could potentially boost a home’s value anywhere from 6 percent up to 28 percent,” according to a ...

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Homes are priced higher than ever before in more than a quarter of U.S. housing markets. This results from steady home value growth in recent years, which allowed many housing markets to eclipse previous records set during the housing bubble, ...

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A traditional single-family home in a suburban area is a high priority for most of today’s prospective buyers. A study on this subject was recently concluded by a major real estate organization. “Over three-quarters of surveyed households would purchase a ...

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