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Home prices up 1% in June
2010-09-02
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sept. 2, 2010 - U.S. home prices rose in June for the third straight month amid a burst of homebuying due to tax incentives that have since expired.…
5 reasons homeownership trumps renting
2010-09-01
NEW YORK - Aug. 31, 2010 - The seemingly endless run of bad housing news is discouraging some potential homebuyers from considering a purchase. But the truth is that the advantages of homeownership have very little to do with investment gains, and a lot…
HUD awards $312M in disaster recovery grants
2010-08-31
WASHINGTON - Aug. 30, 2010 - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded nearly $312 million to 13 states to reduce the human, physical and economic toll of future disasters. The grants are provided through HUD's Disaster Recover…
Mortgage rates hit low of 4.36%
2010-08-30
Rates keep dropping but most mortgage experts polled by Bankrate.com continue to think they couldn't drop more. Fully half (50%) predict no change over the short term; 30% foresee a decline; and the remaining 20% expect an increase.…
Economic outlook: Jobs key to home sales
2010-08-27
WASHINGTON-Millions of Americans - and others, perhaps - are watching mortgage interest rates hit historical lows and mumbling about how very bad the timing is.…
July new home sales fall to slowest pace on record
2010-08-26
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sales of new homes dropped sharply last month to the slowest pace on record, the latest sign that the economic recovery is fading.
The Commerce Department says new home sales fell 12.4 percent in July from a month earlie…
Florida's existing condo sales rise in July
2010-08-25
ORLANDO, Fla- Sales of existing condominiums in Florida rose 11 percent in July, with a total of 5,557 condos sold statewide compared to 4,991 units sold in July 2009, according to the latest housing data released by Florida Realtors®.
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Florida real estate professionals receive $16 million from special BP fund
2010-08-24
ORLANDO, Fla. - Aug. 23, 2010 - Florida Realtors and four other state Realtor organizations successfully negotiated with Kenneth Feinberg, the claims administrator for the BP Oil Spill Fund, to set aside money to pay claims to real estate professionals …
Average mortgage rates hit low of 4.42 percent
2010-08-23
Industry experts polled by Bankrate.com this week have trouble believing rates can go any lower as they continue to break records. Only 6% predict further drops over the short term; 47% foresee no change, and 47% expect an increase.
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Fla. Supreme Court considers Amendment 3
2010-08-20
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Aug. 19, 2010 - The Florida Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday supporting, and also opposing, the ballot wording of a proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution, Amendment 3. Created by the Florida Legislature in 2009 to boo…