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How The "Declining Markets" Designation Is The 2008 Equivalent Of 125% Home Loans

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Using mash-up software, the graphic depicts Countrywide Home Loan’s “declining markets” against a map of the country. The brighter the “spot”, the more that housing values are expected to fall in that locale. It’s no wonder that home appraisals are…

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The Graph That Shows Why New Home Sales Are At 17-Year Lows

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In the last 24 hours, every business television program and newspaper has carried some variation of the “Home sales sink to 17-year low” headline. It’s a negative-sounding headline and it ignores basic math and statistical analysis. First, the New Home…

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What International Buyers Need To Know About Today’s Foreign National Mortgage Market

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As the dollar slides against the world’s currencies, foreign national buyers are flocking to U.S. housing market for second homes and investment properties. Looking at the graph, it’s not hard to see why. Since September 2007, a European’s cost to…

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