Are figures really rosier than reports are making out? Columnist Kenneth Harney explains what's really happening in the U.S. economy this week.
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Several markets across the country are starting to heat up -- if you know what to look for. Take across Florida -- prices are depressed, sales are down in the double digits compared to a year ago, while foreclosures and short sales rule. However, it's turning and the smoke is starting to rise before the flame ignites.
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Can my builder lower prices -- after I bought? Can my mother-in-law limit my interest in a home I am buying with my husband? How can I protect myself against mortgage fraud? Peter G. Miller looks at the week's most interesting questions for Realty Times.
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Our market experts in the Northeastern United States are trying to put a positive spin on what continues to be a downward-trending market.
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With summer coming and temperatures rising quickly, many people are already turning the air conditioner on. But did you know that what's atop your home may or may not be helping you stay cool?
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Often we discover by accident an incredibly timesaving tool, which we COULD have been using for years in our computer work, but just had not known about. Well, you will bless the day that you learned here about this true time saver.
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Investor Report: Traditional Credit Sources Squeezing Pipeline Investors who got used to easy money during the boom years - helped along by Wall Street, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and private mortgage insurers - need to adjust to some sobering new realities: Their traditional sources of credit are squeezing the pipeline. FULL STORY->
Regional Report: West In looking at reports from the Western United States Real Estate market, it's a mixed bag as usual from our crew of on-the-ground market experts. FULL STORY->