LONDON (MarketWatch) — British mortgage lender Nationwide on Wednesday said house prices fell for the sixth consecutive month, adding to the gloom over the U.K. housing market.
House prices saw a monthly decline of 1.1% from March, and were down 1% compared to April 2007, marking the first annual price decline since 1996. The drop brought […]

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While homeowners already have felt the effects of the ongoing turmoil in the housing market, municipal officials in New Hampshire and Maine say they have yet to see any major financial fallout.
But they are watching the situation closely.
In Franklin, Mayor Ken Merrifield anticipates that his city’s 2009-10 municipal budget will be more challenging to put […]

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