Real Estate ABC - Information on Buying and Selling A Home

Interest Rate Report - January 2009

U.S. mortgage interest rates continued to fall week after week in December, as economic data all pointed to harder times ahead.

Existing Home Sales - January 2009

Existing home sales dropped across the board in November, with the Northeast posting the largest month-to-month declines.

Take Advantage of Homeowner Programs to Avoid Foreclosure

Millions more of American homeowners are expected to fall into foreclosure during the next few years. In some cases, there may be no way to avoid foreclosure. Yet in many other cases, homeowners can avoid foreclosure by talking with their lenders and possibly taking advantage of new federal programs.

Tips for First Time Home Buyers

Buying a home can be a long, complicated and frightening process, and it is important to be prepared. Knowledge is power when it comes to negotiating the difficult world of home prices, interest rates and mortgage loans. For a first time home buyer, the more information you can gather before you start shopping, the better off you will be.

How to Sell Your Home in a Slow Market

Learn how to sell your home in the current real estate market. Knowing how to prepare your home for sale, when to allow access for showings, and how you can offer buyer incentives will help you find the right buyer, even in a declining market.

Foreclosures and the Housing Crisis

The housing crisis is causing a mess, because of lower home values and massive foreclosures, often blamed on the sub-prime mortgage industry and unethical loan officers. Find out what started the boom, and how that led to the current bust.

Home Buyers Guide - The Appraisal

Buying a home can be a complex process with many important steps. After finding your dream home, and acceptance of the purchase offer, the appraisal is the next step in becoming a homeowner.

Should You Start with a High Sales Price?

Because of the change in real estate market conditions, more sellers are competing for fewer home buyers. Therefore, it is important to challenge a long-standing "myth" of real estate, that the initial listing price is not that important because it can always be adjusted down later. Find out why making this mistake can prove so costly.

The Fed's Historic Actions May Not Have Historic Consequences

The Federal Reserve made the historic decision to lower interest rates to near zero percent and it sent long-term mortgage interest rates plummeting to the lowest level on record.

The Federal Reserve's Mortgage Market Rescue Efforts

After facing months of criticism for sitting on the sidelines as the U.S. mortgage market fell to pieces, the Federal Reserve board was very busy in November, taking drastic measures in an attempt to shore up the faltering lending industry.

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