Selling a Home

Home Prices & Mortgage Interest Rates Declines Result to Dramatic Housing Affordability

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The combined decline in home prices and mortgage interest rates gives way to the dramatic improvement in housing affordability, this according to Fiserv Case-Shiller, a leading global technology provider serving the financial services industry. “Housing affordability has improved dramatically because of declines in both prices and mortgage interest rates,” David Stiff, chief economist at Fiserv, …

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Existing-Home Sales Continue to Rise in November 2011, NAR says

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The National Association of Realtors (NAR) announced last Wednesday that existing-home sales rose in November this year and stayed above one year ago. “The latest monthly data shows total existing-home sales, which are completed transactions that include single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, increased 4.0 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.42 million in …

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U.S. Home Prices Down by 3.9% on a Year-Over-Year Basis

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On a year-over-year basis, or October 2011 compared to October 2010, the U.S. national home prices, including distressed sales, fell by 3.9%, this according to CoreLogic, a leading provider of information, analytics and business services. Distressed sales, according to CoreLogic, include real estate owned (REO) transactions and short sales. For the month of October 2011, …

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Owning a Home Still Part of the American Dream, Yahoo! Study Says

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Four out of five or 81% of the 1,545 U.S. adults polled in the recent Yahoo! Real Estate survey say that owning a home is still part of the American dream. “The study finds that optimism about homeownership is widespread despite the massive downturn that has so far claimed six million homes in foreclosure and …

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ForSaleByOwner.com Founder Uses Agent To Sell His Home

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The headline sort of says it all, no?  Using a Realtor when selling your home is important, getting a home sold is no easy task, even if you’re the founder of the top website for do-it-yourself home sales! Colby Sambratto, the founder of ForSaleByOwner.com just sold his Manhatten apartment.  After spending 6 months trying to …

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