Catherine Nesset's Real Estate News

Market Conditions

July 21, 2009
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The National Association of Home Builders is reporting that Nationwide housing starts and permits posted substantial gains in June as home builders responded to improved market conditions and the impending expiration of the first-time buyer tax credit.

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Real Estate Outlook: Buyers Getting Message
July 21, 2009

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Continuing declines in mortgage rates and signs of home price pick-ups dominate this week's economic outlook for real estate. Fixed-rate thirty year mortgages averaged slightly over 5 percent last week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Fifteen year rates averaged 4.6 percent. Both numbers are close to all time lows, and are buyers are getting the message.

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Real Estate Outlook: Positive Signs Reported Again

Realty Times 7/15/2009
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With the stock market still jumpy and investors worried that the global recession may not be ending soon enough, it may seem a little surprising to see strong positive signs in the home real estate market.

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