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Distressed Sales Remain a Concern Twenty-nine percent of recent buyers purchased a home in foreclosure or through a short sale, according to the latest REALTORS® Confidence Index. REALTORS® who participated in the survey are also concerned about a growing number of foreclosures and the hurdles bu...

Foreclosures Decline for Third Month Foreclosures were filed on 332,292 U.S. properties in October, a decrease of 3 percent from September, but still up nearly 19 percent from October 2008, according to foreclosure sales site RealtyTrac.October marks the third-straight month of declines in forecl...

Application Index for Purchases Falls Mortgage applications rose 3.2 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis last week compared with the previous week, but most of the increase was in refinances. The seasonally adjusted purchase index declined 11.7 percent from the previous week and is at its lowe...

Low Prices Draw Investors Back to Market Real estate investors are moving back into the market, according to a new survey from Move.com.According to the Move.com survey, 12.1 percent of home buyers today plan to buy a home as an investment property, compared to 5.6 percent in March 2009. The surv...

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Homes For Sale In Hicksville - October 2006-2009 YTD Market Statistics The Average Days On Market of the Homes For Sale In Hicksville - October 2006-2009 YTD has been increasing for several years. The Average Days On Market of Homes For Sale In Hicksville - October 2006-2009 YTD have increased by...

Senate Approves Tax Credit Extension, Expansion The Senate yesterday passed legislation to extend the $8,000 home buyer tax credit to May 1, 2010, for first-time buyers and add a $6,500 tax credit for repeat buyers if they've lived in their home for five of the past eight years. Home prices are c...