Existing home sales dropped a bit in January, but properties were still selling at a brisker pace than they were a year ago, data from the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® show as tight inventory of homes to buy Leads to dip in home sales. The housing market got off to a somewhat disappointing start to […]
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Dear Friends, I would like to wish all my friends who celebrate a Happy Easter and a joyous Passover. As we move further into spring, and with the holiday soon to be behind us, I am expecting the real estate market to move into high gear. We are already seeing signs that the housing market
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Existing home sales dropped a bit in January, but properties were still selling at a brisker pace than they were a year ago, data from the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® show as tight inventory of homes to buy Leads to dip in home sales. The housing market got off to a somewhat disappointing start to
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The fine print in the new rules created some exemptions that you can use to try again if you don’t meet one or two of the eight qualified mortgage checks, or if you want to go with a loan product that the rules discourage lenders from making. 1. Your State Housing Finance Authority State Housing
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With spring approaching and interest rates low, now is an incredible time to once concentrate on buying or selling, and I would like to help. With the support of Douglas Elliman Real Estate, I have much to offer buyers and sellers. We are a one stop shop for Real Estate offering mortgages through our DE
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A rise in home purchase contracts and relatively low inventory bodes well for sellers heading into the spring market as pending home sales swell. Improved buyer demand at the beginning of 2015 pushed pending home sales in January to their highest level since August 2013, according to the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. All major regions
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If you own a home, chances are good it’s worth more now than when you bought it. Home prices rose in 86% of metro areas in the fourth quarter of 2014, data from the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® show. Prices increased steadily due to a shrinking supply of homes for sale and a growing number
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Time your home energy-efficiency improvements or hurricane preparation purchases right and you can avoid paying state sales tax. At least a half-dozen states offer tax breaks to homeowners who purchase energy-efficient appliances, water-efficient products, or hurricane preparation supplies. Alabama’s sales tax holiday When: Feb. 20-22 What: Exempts hurricane preparedness products from sales tax. You can
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For 2014, the national median existing home price hit its highest level since 2007: $208,500. The median price also represents a 5.8% increase from 2013 ($197,100), data from the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® show. Meanwhile, the number of home sales for the year declined 3.1%. But despite low levels of properties for sale in many
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First-time homebuyers may face less competition in the fall housing market as investors retreated from the market in August, data from the NATIONAL ASSOCIATON OF REALTORS® show. Recent home sales activity remains stronger than earlier in the year, but fell last month as investors stepped away, says NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun. “There was a
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