It seems that this may be another in what is appearing to be a string of articles about the possibly recovering housing market. After years of continuous bad news, the housing market continues to surprise.  Last week, the latest good news came in the form of the monthly Existing Home Sales report.
An “existing home” is [...]

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Foreclosure-tracker RealtyTrac reports that the number of foreclosures nationwide rose 7 percent on a month-to-month basis last month.
However, 3 states dominated the foreclosure list, tallying more foreclosures between them than the rest of the country combined.

California : 30.0 percent
Florida : 15.7 percent
Arizona : 5.4 percent

On a per-household basis, the states ranked 2, 3 and 4. Only [...]

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If you’re looking to add invisible shelves in your home or workplace, you can either buy them on Amazon.com for $14 a piece, or you can build them yourself with a just a few simple tools.
In this 3-minute video, life-help website VideoJug shows how to install invisible shelves in an easy-to-understand, anyone-can-do-it fashion.  The acting is [...]

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About two and a half years ago, while my daughter was still in undergraduate school, she came home for a visit and during one of our discussions said, “Mom, Bill ‘friended’ me on Facebook and it creeped me out”. Bill is my partner and friend. I said, “Well, did you [...]

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The Federal Open Market Committee voted to leave the Fed Funds Rate within its target range of 0.000-0.250 percent.
It also reiterated plans to support the mortgage market to the tune of $1.5 trillion.
In its press release, the FOMC noted that the U.S. economy is ”leveling off” and that financial markets continue to improve.
The change in verbiage [...]

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The above video was created by the Federal trade Commission to help people understand that dangers they face when the stress of their situation allows them to fall prey to people who would take advantage of them.
Thanks to Jay Thompson at ThePhoenixRealEstateGuy for the tip!

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The national home supply is falling, down to its lowest levels since December 2008.
In June, there was 9.4 months of supply, down from a year-ago level of 11.0 months. It’s one more sign that the housing market may be mending itself.
Housing supply is an important metric because home values across every U.S. market are [...]

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