“Home improvements can further boost home values and help sustain both the housing recovery and economic growth,” Realty Times reports.
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Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced that mortgage lenders will be able to offer up to $2,000 to home owners with little or no equity in their homes who are seeking to refinance their mortgage under a government program.
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With inventories of for-sale homes near record lows, real estate professionals are finding greater competition against their peers to score listings.
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New York state officials are considering a proposed a program that would offer home owners whose houses were destroyed by Superstorm Sandy, full market, pre-Sandy value for their homes.
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Baby boomers’ retirement savings and home values dropped sharply at the worst possible time, The New York Times reports.
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The Mortgage Bankers Association forecasts that commercial and multifamily lending will increase 11 percent in 2013.
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