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This week’s relevant news links! (March 2010)
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Seattle, U.S. home prices rise: Case-Shiller report
–Home prices across the U.S. rose for the seventh straight month in December, and were also up in Seattle.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011161384_caseshiller24.html
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FHFA releases home price report, Seattle/Bellevue/Everett up 1.34% in 4Q
–Of the 25 top metro’s in the USA since 1991, Seattle/Bellevue/Everett ranks 3rd in overall appreciation. Does this signal the bottom of price declines?
http://www.fhfa.gov/webfiles/15451/finalHPI22510.pdf
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January home sales fall 7.2 percent nationally
–Sales of previously owned homes plunged in January to their lowest level since summer.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011195302_apushomesales.html
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Mortgage Rates Rise; 30-Year Fixed Crests 5%
The widely predicted rise in rates will erode buying power and narrow the pool of perspective buyers
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World markets get lift from solid economic data
–World markets rose Friday after mostly solid economic data helped shore up investor optimism
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011192314_apworldmarkets.html
