Buying or Selling a Home

Baby Boomers are Helping their Children Become Home Buyers, Study Shows

One in five American baby boomers have gifted, loaned or co-signed a loan to their children or grandchildren for a down payment on a home, this according to the latest survey commissioned by Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate and Research Solutions Inc. “Our data shows that they (baby boomers) are using what they’ve earned …

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

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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