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Interesting times for the Dallas real estate market as several neighborhoods are seeing homes sell fast for thousands more than they would have just 18 months ago. But with the Federal Reserve toying with interest rate changes, will next month’s forecast be far less optimistic than the June breakdown from Local Market Monitor? “Low Risk”…
Interesting story in the Los Angeles Times. According to their business desk, banks are easing lending restrictions and lending more freely, using “creative financing,” which could bring more risk to the market. The story, which talks about “piggyback financing” and other risky mortgage loans, says that with higher prices comes more risk in housing finance.…
Just to show you how crucial housing and home building remains to the nation’s economic recovery, Fed Chairman Ben Bernake rubbed shoulders (and used hand gestures) with Bob the Builders last week in Orlando. His talk was the hottest ticket in town at the 2012 National Association of Home Builders International Builders Show in Orlando. Dallas photographer…
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