24/7 Wall St. recently asked real estate experts and several real estate organizations to weigh in on how sellers can get their house sold at the best price and in the shortest amount of time.
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House prices have fallen in many areas of the country during the last five years, forcing sellers to get more realistic.
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A series of arson fires in Detroit is setting dozens of vacant buildings and homes ablaze. Firefighters, meanwhile, have a controversial proposal on the table: Let the vacant homes and buildings burn to help trim city costs, MSNBC.com reports.
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Sales of new single-family homes dropped to their lowest level in March since November 2011, but analysts say there were glimmers of hope behind the Census Department’s data released Tuesday, which showed a much stronger winter selling-season than originally reported.
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The country has gotten a lot more peaceful in the last 20 years, but in some states, you can find more peace than in others, according to the United States Peace Index, conducted annually by the Institute for Economics & Peace.
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Although U.S. foreclosure activity may be declining, the problem is far from over. There have been 5 million foreclosures since 2007, reports the Center for Responsible Lending, which estimates that between 3 million and 5 million more will occur over the next couple of years.
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