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Home values and stocks continue to climb

The housing market continues to show positive signs with home values increasing significantly in April, climbing 0.7 percent from March. This is...
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Housing recovery blocked by declined loans

Many banks that were bailed out with taxpayer funded TARP money, have posted record profits since the mortgage market collapse in 2008. However,...
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Is buying a home cheaper than renting?

The housing picture today is significantly different than say five years ago. Five years ago, housing prices in most major metropolitan areas and...
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Gauge your housing market's recovery and cash in

Real estate is local, but there is some common ground to cover when looking for signs of recovery, according to Greg Rand, author of "Crash...
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Democrats aren’t solely responsible for downgrade: They had help from S&P

  • downgrading of U.S. credit rating
  • August 7, 2011
An article in yesterday’s New York Post by Terry Keenan of FOX Business Network adds some much-needed perspective on the predicament the U.S....
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Should we now be discussing the 'Obama depression'?

  • the Obama Depression
  • June 21, 2011
Last summer (of 2010) Obama Administration officials took to the road to tout the 'summer of recovery.' Joe Biden claimed that by the end...
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Underwater homeowners taking on more water

Here's one more nasty little statistic that will make underwater homeowners wheeze for air.Banks are selling more homes than builders. In fact...
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S&P/Case-Shiller index confirms 'double-dip,' home buying opportunities

If you are looking for somewhere to park investment money, savings or discretionary income, consider residential real estate.Home prices are back...
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Housing recovery forecasts go 'poof!'

Remember when Zillow predicted housing was due to begin recovery in the third quarter of 2010?Later, 2011 became the year to bank on.Fiserv, the...
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Predicted home price 'double dip' arrives, price bottom delayed until 2012

The long anticipated double-dip in home prices has arrived.Also see: Less filling 'double-dip' doom loomsAnd it comes with the lowest...
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