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Taking Advantage of Low Rates Facebook For news and features on real estate, follow @nytrealestate. Although they inched up this past week, home buyers and refinancers may be wondering how low rates can go — and how they can capture the best rates now. “Mortgage rates tend to fall when there a...
06/22/2012
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One-Family Home Starts Rose 3.2% in May WASHINGTON (AP) — Builders started work on more single-family homes in May and requested the most permits to build homes and apartments in three and a half years, the Commerce Department said on Tuesday. The increase suggests the housing market is sl...
06/22/2012
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Short Sales– In theory, they sound terrific because the buyer can low-ball an offer. They get little resistance from the seller (because the seller isn’t getting any money out of the deal anyway). However, the existing lender isn’t just accepting any offer. Appraisals are done and scrutinized. L...
06/01/2012
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06/01/2012
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Home Prices: It’s About Supply & Demand The real estate market continues to heat up as we head into the summer. Will this increase in demand equate to an increase in home prices? That depends. Remember, the price of any item is determined by the supply of and demand for that item at any point ...
06/01/2012
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Contact: Maryann Giacobbe Phone: 9144244651 Home For Sale in New Rochelle Listed at 1150000 Send To Subdivision New Rochelle Category Homes Type Single Family Re-Sale Sq Footage 3100 Bedrooms 5 Bathrooms 4 Half Bathrooms 4 Lot Size 0 Short Sale No Year Built 1965 Home Address 12 Aurora Ln New Ro...
05/30/2012
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Bargain home prices have jump-started sales on second homes, but more purchasers are opting to buy properties much closer to their primary residence. In the past, second-home buyers tended to buy properties out-of-state or were lured to vacation homes near far-flung resorts and tourist destinatio...
05/25/2012
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Nearly six years after home prices started falling, more U.S. housing markets appear to be nearing a new phase: a prolonged bottom. Hitting a bottom, of course, isn't the same as a full-fledged recovery, which is still years off for many housing markets—as well as for millions of people who purch...
05/25/2012
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Last year, 10 percent of REALTORS® complained about receiving low-ball offers on listed homes — offers usually submitted by the buyer for 25 percent or more below the list price, according to a National Association of REALTORS® survey of its members. But that number has dropped drastically. Acc...
05/25/2012
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For the third consecutive month, foreclosure filings dropped, sinking to their lowest level since July 2007, according to RealtyTrac’s April report on nationwide foreclosure activity. Foreclosure activity, which includes default notices, scheduled auctions, and bank repossessions, fell 5 percent...
05/25/2012