Daily Archives: May 23, 2012

NAR Data Points to Recovery, but How Long will it Last?

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05/22/2012 By: Esther Cho, DSNews.com The take on the state of the housing market, according to Capital Economics, is that the U.S. is currently in recovery mode. Although other reports may contend the bottom is yet to be reached, the … Continue reading →

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Affordability Reaches all-Time High Again

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05/22/2012 By: Esther Cho, DSNews.com With low rates and low prices, homeowner affordability continues to hit record levels, reaching another high during the first quarter of 2012, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI). … Continue reading →

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Buyer Alert: Rising Prices Ahead

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Posted by Scott Van Voorhis May 22, 2012, Boston.com We are primed for a home price turnaround in Greater Boston and across Massachusetts. And we are not talking about 2013 or some other distant year in the future, but the … Continue reading →

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Mass. Home Prices Show Modest Increase

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  May 23, 2012, Jenifer B. McKim, Globe Staff Prices for single-family homes in Massachusetts increased modestly in April — marking the first bump in seven months — igniting cautious hope within the real estate industry that the yearslong housing … Continue reading →

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Friends of Music to Meet

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The Marshfield Mariner, May 23rd, 2012 Marshfield Friends of Music will host their annual meeting on Monday, June 11th at 6:30 p.m. in the Marshfield High School Music Room.  Those who have children in the Marshfield Schools’ music program are … Continue reading →

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Harmful Effects from Changing the Listing Price?

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Posted: 23 May 2012, KCM Blog This is a post we originally ran this time last year by Ken H. Johnson, Ph.D. — Florida International University (FIU) and Editor of the Journal of Housing Research as our guest blogger. To … Continue reading →

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Morning Radar: Zillow Mortgage Rates Reverse Course

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HousingWire.com, May 23rd, 2012 HousingWire’s Morning Radar takes a look at what’s trending across the internet. No more record lows for 30-year-fixed-rate mortgages Zillow reported that its real-time measure of 30-year-fixed-mortgage rates rose in the latest week, stopping a four-week … Continue reading →

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Ask the HOA Expert

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RealtyTimes.com, May 23rd, 2012 Our board president replaced sidewalks that he deemed needed replacing and then sent the affected homeowners the bills along with a letter stating that the sidewalks were an owner’s responsibility according to the governing documents. Can … Continue reading →

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Aging Baby and Echo Boomer to Impact Housing

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RealtyTimes.com, May 23rd, 2012 The demographic shift of the aging baby boomer generation will soon have an impact on the nation’s housing market. Full Story: http://realtytimes.com/rtpages/20120523_echoboomer.htm Follow Len and Leslie Marma of Success! Real Estate on their facebook business page, … Continue reading →

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