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Spring homebuying season makes a comeback

by Amy Scott
May 10, 2021
But some real estate brokers think the market may be loosening a little and buyers may be starting to get a little more power.
Listed homes are getting snapped up, but things might be starting to get a little easier for buyers, according to some in the industry.
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Home prices have been rising at fastest clip in 15 years

by Samantha Fields
Mar 30, 2021
Prices climbed 11% year over year in metro areas, driven by the limited number of homes for sale and low mortgage rates.
Booming home prices, driven by limited inventory and low interest rates, can frustrate potential buyers.
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Help, I'm stuck in my starter home!

by Amy Scott
Dec 3, 2018
And that makes it harder for everyone to move up the housing ladder.
Nguyen Do, 38, in front of the house he thought would be his "starter home," in Vienna, Virginia.
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Tax Bill 2017

The home equity loan interest deduction is dead. What does it mean for homeowners?

by Jana Kasperkevic
Dec 22, 2017
Fewer people might take out home equity loans as a result.
A worker saws wood at Canal Crossing, a new luxury apartment community consisting of 393 rental units near the university city of New Haven on August 2, 2017 in Hamden, Connecticut.
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The American dream: How undocumented immigrants buy homes in the U.S.

by Jana Kasperkevic
Sep 11, 2017
It’s all thanks to ITINs — individual tax identification numbers.
Home ownership is part of the American dream. 
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Myths around homebuying: the dreaded 20 percent and millennial apathy

by Jana Kasperkevic
Aug 11, 2017
Don’t give up on that dream of a white picket fence just yet.
Juan Carlos Correa (L) , a prospective home buyer is shown a short sale home by Denise Madan, a Real Estate agent with Re/Max, as he shops for a house on April 22, 2014 in Coral Gables, Florida
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Tiny homes seem perfect for most millennials, except for one big problem

by Jana Kasperkevic
Jun 15, 2017
Traditional lenders have shied away from financing the trendy homes, but that could change next year.
A portable home made by Titan Tiny Homes. 
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What new home sales mean for the economy

by Andy Uhler
Dec 23, 2015
New home sales are up in 2015. How do these purchases influence the economy?
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Young buyers want to live in the 'burbs

by Mitchell Hartman
Sep 29, 2015
Faced with soaring prices in the hottest urban markets, young would-be homebuyers will likely flock to the suburbs.
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Late springs warms up housing

by Mitchell Hartman
May 25, 2015
After a dismal kickoff to 2015, the housing economy is picking up.
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