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A home is offered for sale in Elgin, Ill., in May 2009. That area was hit hard by foreclosures and short sales.NYT: The Obama administration has been trying to keep defaulting owners in their homes. Now it will take a new approach: paying some of them to leave.




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The number of buyers who agreed to purchase a home fell sharply in January, a sign that demand for housing is sinking this winter as stormy weather slammed Eastern states.




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Fort Bend County, an  upscale suburb west of downtown Houston, saw incomes grow 10 percent between 2007 and 2008. The county has also added 5,913 new jobs since the second quarter of 2007. Professional success often requires some degree of sacrifice. Surprisingly, one of those sacrifices might include moving to the outskirts of some big cities.




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The government is giving homeowners another year to refinance their loans under a little-used program designed to help borrowers whose homes have plummeted in value.




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A "Sold in 2 Days" sign is seen at a home for sale in Concord, N.H. Sales of previously occupied homes tumbled for the second straight month in January.Sales of previously occupied homes took a large drop for the second straight month in January. It was another sign the housing market’s recovery is faltering.




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