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March 2010 - Posts
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Cheap Mortgages May Last as Investors Take Over When Fed Leaves Bloomberg | March 30, 2010 The Federal Reserve's completion this week of its program to buy $1.25 trillion in mortgage bonds probably won't mean significantly higher U.S. home loan Read More...
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Spurt of Home Buying as End of Tax Credit Looms The New York Times | March 29, 2010 Nine hundred days after putting their house on the market, Andrew and Jane Palestini were beginning to think they might be stuck in Iowa forever. The looming expiration Read More...
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Financial Reform Closer to Ending 'Too Big to Fail': Geithner CNBC | March 29, 2010 The financial reform bill is moving closer to guaranteeing its two most important functions: that taxpayers will never again have to spend billions of dollars Read More...
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Foreclosure Fund Gets $600 Million to Help Residents of 5 More States Save Homes The Washington Post | March 30, 2010 The Obama administration announced Monday that it is expanding by $600 million a fund aimed at helping states tackle the foreclosure Read More...
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Real-Estate Recovery Signaled With Homebuilders as Fed Unwinds BusinessWeek | March 15, 2010 The U.S. housing market is poised to withstand the removal of government and Federal Reserve stimulus programs and rebound later in the year, contributing to Read More...
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U.S. MBA Mortgage Applications Index Rose 0.5% Last Week BusinessWeek | March 10, 2010 Mortgage applications in the U.S. rose for a second week, led by an increase in purchases that may indicate the renewal of a homebuyer tax credit is starting to invigorate Read More...
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Home Loan Demand Nudge Higher in Latest Week The Washington Post | March 10, 2010 U.S. mortgage applications nudged up last week, reflecting increased demand for home purchase loans even as interest rates trekked higher, data from an industry group showed Read More...
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A Consumer Bill Gives Exemption on Payday Loans The New York Times | March 9, 2010 Senator Bob Corker, the Tennessee Republican who is playing a crucial role in bipartisan negotiations over financial regulation, pressed to remove a provision from draft Read More...
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A New Real Estate Cost to Watch For: Developer's Private Transfer Fee The Washington Post | March 8, 2010 How about this for a new and ingenious real estate money machine? Every time a house sells during the next 99 years, 1 percent of the price goes Read More...
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Housing: Hope on the Horizon BusinessWeek | March 3, 2010 Cash-rich builders are buying land again, betting on a turn in the market for new homes. Read More...
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The Future of Home-Price Appreciation U.S. News & World Report | March 4, 2010 After its historic decline brought the global economy to its knees, the U.S. housing market is gearing up for a long-awaited recovery. Real estate experts expect home prices Read More...
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Pending Home Sales Fall in January, Further Deterioration Expected DS News | March 4, 2010 Following a surge in activity at the end of 2009, pending home sales dropped in January, and due to abnormal weather conditions this winter, additional declines Read More...
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Home Prices Up 5% Year-Over-Year: Clear Capital DS News | March 4, 2010 New data released by Clear Capital Thursday shows that home prices nationally are up 5.0 percent compared to February 2009. Read More...
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Rates to Stay Low for Extended Period: Fed Officials CNBC | March 3, 2010 A soft economic recovery marked by high unemployment and tame inflation should allow the U.S. Federal Reserve to keep interest rates low for a long time, three top central bank Read More...
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