A woman in the Atlanta area says a man posing as a real estate agent duped her out of a deposit she says she paid to rent a home that was already under contract.
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“One of the key developments for the housing market last year was the general consensus that home prices, on a national basis, bottomed earlier in the year,” according to a new report by Fannie Mae economists.
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The number of eligible home buyers who have had  a foreclosure on their record will reach 1.5 million by the first quarter of 2014.
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Building has resumed in Windermere, Fla. on the site of what is believed will be the largest privately owned home in the country, also known as “Versailles.”
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Americans are feeling better about the trajectory of home prices and the real estate market’s potential impact on the broader economic recovery, according to a new Bloomberg poll.
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The nation’s five largest banks are making big progress toward completing the requirements outlined in a settlement with federal and state officials last year over faulty foreclosure allegations.
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