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Daily Real Estate News | Friday, January 20, 2012 --> Existing-home sales continued on an uptrend in December, rising for three consecutive months and remaining above where they were a year ago, according to the National Association of REALTORS®.
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Daily Real Estate News | Monday, November 21, 2011 --> Existing-home sales improved in October while the number of homes on the market continued to decline, according to the National Association of REALTORS ® . Total existing-home sales — completed
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Daily Real Estate News | Monday, September 12, 2011 --> The National Association of Home Builders is debuting a new economic index that highlights metro areas that are seeing the most improvement in their housing markets. The First American Improving
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Daily Real Estate News | Monday, September 12, 2011 --> With the growth of green building the last decade, green lending has emerged to help finance those often costly “green” upgrades. Dave Porter, with PorterWorks in Stanton, Wash., who
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A ruling by the state Court of Appeals could mean relief for thousands of people facing foreclosure in Michigan. The ruling applies to foreclosures started under the Mortgage Electronic Registration System, or MERS. MERS is a nationwide system that was
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Attachment(s): 53627924-Michigan-Court-of-Appeals-Rules-Against-MERS.pdf
Statistics for: Class=SF, VL, CM, MF AND Status=ACT'SLD'PND AND Date Range=01/01/2011-04/30/2011 AND Area=1, 2, 3, 4, 5 AND Board=-1; As Of: 4/26/2011 Active Price Range Number of Listings Average Days On Market 0$ - $19,999 1,102 528 $20,000
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Area realty offices and realtors made a good showing at a regional industry event recently, with Century 21 Northland and Century 21 Sleeping Bear Realty taking home several honors. The Century 21 Northern Michigan Broker's Council holds an annual
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Mortgages for single-family homes that are 90 days or more delinquent declined for the third consecutive month in February, Freddie Mac reports. Delinquencies on single-family homes dropped to 3.78 percent in February from 3.82 percent in January. What’s
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Pending home sales increased in February but with notable regional variations, according to the National Association of REALTORS®. The Pending Home Sales Index , a forward-looking indicator, rose 2.1 percent to 90.8, based on contracts signed in February,
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Later this month, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. will consider new rules that define what a safe or “qualified” residential mortgage is as part of the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul law. Experts say the classification will likely have
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The trend in firming home prices solidified in the second quarter with more metropolitan areas showing increases from a year ago, aided by a surge in home sales driven by the home buyer tax credit, according to the latest survey by the National Association
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Average interest on a 30-year fixed mortgage fell to an all-time low of 4.69 percent this week, down from 4.75 percent a week ago, reports Freddie Mac. Although rates have held below 5 percent since early May, Michael Fratantoni of the Mortgage Bankers
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For those that read my post a few days ago regarding my personal sales transactions being up 57% in 2009 compared to 2008 in a " down market" as we all constantly here in the media......more great and positive news......my office, Century 21
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As many of you know the 1st time homebuyer tax credit has not only been extended into 2010 but it has also been expanded to include current home owners as well. Below is a bullet point summary of this great home buyer program. 1ST TIME BUYERS: (does not
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New interest rates posted today ( 11/30/09) by Huntington Mortgage Group are currently as low as 4.875% for a 30 year fixed mortage and as low as 4.25% for 10 yr. fixed. ( See attachment for full rate sheet) Couple these outstanding rates with the $8000
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Attachment(s): Interest Rates.pdf