AP - Max Rameau delivers his sales pitch like a pro. “All tile floor!” he says during a recent showing. “And the living room, wow! It has great blinds.”

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Investor’s Business Daily - Housing could be in for more bruising despite rescue efforts, as bank balance sheets teeter, and if world financial and economic fears are realized. The risks include further falls in home prices and the prospect of more Americans facing foreclosure.
The wait isn’t helping. It will take several weeks for the government […]

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AP - Homeowners rushed to take advantage of last week’s drop in interest rates following the government’s takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but rates are rising again on investor fears about the eroding conditions in financial markets.
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M ortgage loans that allowed you to buy without a down payment were a fast ticket to homeownership for many first-time buyers over the past decade.

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ABC News - The foreclosure crisis is forcing homeowners to sell at bargain bin prices.

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Between 2000 and mid-2007, the median home price soared 64.9% to $229,200. The median income, meantime, rose just 16.6%. For would-be buyers, the math doesn’t work.
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One of the worst things about today’s real estate market is that there doesn’t seem to be any silver lining in that big black cloud.
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WASHINGTON - A growing majority say they won’t buy a home anytime soon, the latest sign of increasing pessimism about the nation’s housing crisis, a poll showed Monday.
In a vivid sketch of how the sputtering real estate market is causing distress throughout the country, the Associated Press-AOL Money & Finance poll found that more than […]

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The housing downturn has got real estate agents, buyers and sellers changing their strategies.
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