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Entries from March 2008

Housing prices should be allowed to fall: Paulson

March 26th, 2008 · Permalink

Reuters - Housing prices need to fall further to permit shell-shocked housing markets to stabilize and policy-makers should not interfere with that process, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Wednesday.
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Too soon to look for housing market bottom (MSNBC)

March 26th, 2008 · Permalink

Housing market watchers say recent optimism about a pick-up in home sales is premature, and that this spring will likely be another washout for the residential real estate market.
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Tags: economy · gloom & doom

US home prices slide 10.7 percent in major markets

March 25th, 2008 · Permalink

AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - Home prices slumped 10.7 percent from a year ago in major US cities as more air came out of the housing bubble, according to a survey released Tuesday.
The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller index of prices in 20 major cities showed steep declines in the major markets, especially those that benefited […]

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Home price drop signals tough spring

March 25th, 2008 · Permalink

AP - NEW YORK - Home prices plunged by record levels in January from a year ago, with almost no major cities immune from the spiraling market. Analysts worried that even the usually reliable spring selling season would fall flat.
The closely watched Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller index of home prices in 20 cities fell nearly […]

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Too soon to look for housing market bottom (MSNBC)

March 25th, 2008 · Permalink

Housing market watchers say recent optimism about a pick-up in home sales is premature, and that this spring will likely be another washout for the residential real estate market.
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Tags: economy · gloom & doom

Report: S. Fla. Housing Market Worst In Nation (NBC 6 Miami)

March 25th, 2008 · Permalink

A new report says the housing market in South Florida is among the worst in the nation.
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Tags: Florida · gloom & doom

Broward housing market still bleak (Sun-Sentinel)

March 25th, 2008 · Permalink

South Florida’s housing market looks worse now than it did at the end of a brutal 2007.
With the slump staggering into a third year, buyers are having trouble getting home loans because lenders are tightening credit standards, and the surge of mortgage defaults and Foreclosures is adding to the glut of properties already for […]

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Phoenix housing market posts third-highest price decline (BizJournals)

March 24th, 2008 · Permalink

The Phoenix housing market has seen the third worst price decline over the past year, trailing only Las Vegas and Miami.
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Tags: Arizona · gloom & doom