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Archives: June 2010


Housing Crisis Likely to Drag Down Credit Scores

RISMEDIA, June 30, 2010—(MCT)—For countless Americans struggling to make their mortgage payments, the problems have just begun. Although a loan modification or foreclosure might allow them to put their housing problems behind them, millions will be dogged for years by … Read more

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Housing Crisis Likely to Drag Down Credit Scores

RISMEDIA, June 30, 2010—(MCT)—For countless Americans struggling to make their mortgage payments, the problems have just begun. Although a loan modification or foreclosure might allow them to put their housing problems behind them, millions will be dogged for years by … Read more

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Home Buyers Who Missed 8,000 Dollar Tax Credit Coming Out Ahead

RISMEDIA, June 29, 2010—(MCT)—Home shoppers who missed the April 30 deadline for a housing tax credit might have the last laugh. For a variety of reasons, they could end up saving more than the ,000 they could have received from … Read more

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Low Mortgage Rates Not Enough to Lure Potential Home Buyers

RISMEDIA, June 28, 2010—(MCT)—Mortgage rates have tumbled to record lows, but high unemployment and job jitters by still-working Americans mean the milestone is unlikely to attract enough borrowers to boost the unsteady housing market, economic and real estate professionals say. … Read more

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Florida’s Existing Home, Condo Sales Rise in May 2010

Sales of existing homes in Florida rose 18% in May 2010, marking 21 months that sales activity has increased in the year-to-year comparison, according to the latest housing data released by Florida Realtors. A total of 16,745 single-family existing homes … Read more

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Homes Shrink as Market Sinks

RISMEDIA, June 26, 2010—(MCT)—When the going gets tough, the houses get smaller. Or at least that’s what data from the U.S. Census Bureau are suggesting. The average size of a new single-family house shrank significantly from 2008 to 2009, the … Read more

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Homes Shrink as Market Sinks

RISMEDIA, June 26, 2010—(MCT)—When the going gets tough, the houses get smaller. Or at least that’s what data from the U.S. Census Bureau are suggesting. The average size of a new single-family house shrank significantly from 2008 to 2009, the … Read more

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Fannie Mae Getting Tough on Home ‘Walkaways’

RISMEDIA, June 25, 2010—(MCT)—Taking aim at homeowners who are able to pay their mortgage but decide it’s not worth it, Fannie Mae plans to go after them in court and to limit their access to home loans for seven years. … Read more

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As Tax Credit Expires, New Home Sales Sink

RISMEDIA, June 25, 2010—(MCT)—Sales of newly built U.S. homes collapsed in May 2010, the government said recently, falling to a record low and stirring concerns among some economists that the housing market would stumble again now that a popular federal … Read more

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Obama Administration Approves State Plans for Use of 1.5 Billion Dollars in ‘Hardest Hit Fund’ Foreclosure-Prevention Funding

RISMEDIA, June 24, 2010—State Housing Finance Agencies (HFAs) in Arizona, California, Florida, Michigan and Nevada can begin to use .5 billion in “Hardest Hit Fund” foreclosure-prevention funding under plans approved recently by the Obama Administration. This aid will support innovative … Read more

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