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Property owners face 18 percent tax increase

Scott Peterson Dennis Huspeni Reporter- Denver Business Journal Email  | Facebook  | Twitter  | Real Deals blog Denver property owners beware: Get ready to pay higher property taxes in 2013. They should expect an 18 percent increase from 2012 when they open their … Continue reading

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Election and Housing: Is Your Home’s Value Better Off?

Are we better off today than we were four years ago? That is the constant question on the eve of yet another tight presidential race. From the perspective of home prices, the answer is, as always, it depends on where … Continue reading

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Home Builders Need Mortgage Bankers to Keep Recovery Alive

A jump in signed contracts to buy newly built homes in September brought volumes to the highest level since April of 2010, when the home buyer tax credit temporarily infused the housing market. The median price of a newly built … Continue reading

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Home Sales on Track to Hit 5-Year High

Sales of existing single family homes and condominiums beat expectations for August, rising to the highest level since May of 2010, when the government’s home buyer tax credit juiced sales temporarily. This time it could be argued that the government … Continue reading

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Home Prices Are Not Rebounding as Fast as You Think

Home prices are rising faster than expected so far this year, or are they? Prices nationwide in July rose 3.8 percent year-over-year, according to the latest reading from CoreLogic. This includes prices of distressed properties and is the biggest annual … Continue reading

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Pending Home Sales Beat Expectations in July

Despite expectations of a drop-off in home sales this fall, a forward-looking indicator shows a growing number of buyers are jumping back into the housing market. The National Association of Realtors’ Pending Home Sales Index rose 2.4 percent in July … Continue reading

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Home prices rise

Home Sales A home is advertised for sale in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. U.S. home prices are making slight gains, an industry group reported Tuesday. (AP PHOTO/DAMIAN DOVARGANES) Posted: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 4:00 am Home prices rise … Continue reading

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Why Rise in Home Prices May Not Mean Much—Yet

Average home prices through May increased for the second month in a row, according to the latest SP/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, which measure both the top ten and top twenty housing markets in the US. Prices are still down from … Continue reading

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Home Prices See Gains, But That’s Not the Whole Story

It is not exactly a trend, but for the second-straight month, U.S. home prices saw year-over-year gains. Including distressed sales (foreclosures and short sales), prices rose 1.1 percent in April, according to a new report from analytics firm CoreLogic. Excluding … Continue reading

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Home Sales Split By Price

Sales of existing homes in October beat expectations, registering a gain of 1.4 percent from the previous month, but that number masks a market that is heavily weighted to the low end. Realtors say they expect sales to bounce around … Continue reading

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