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A Simple Explanation Of The Federal Reserve Statement (January 25, 2012)

Wednesday, the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee voted to leave the Fed Funds Rate unchanged within its current target range of 0.000-0.250 percent. The Fed Funds Rate has been near zero percent since December 2008. For the third ...
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Arizona home sold 1/21/2012 - 1/24/2012

Phoenix Arizona has 4,231 active listings as of 1/24/2012. Active listings total $1,122,034,240  in volume. For the past month, Phoenix’s average list price for sale has been $225,898 . In the last 3 days, 81 new listings came on the market, 93 homes have changed to pending, and 25 homes have suc ...
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Arizona Update on HARP 2 program

Update regarding the Arizona HARP version 2 program (we’re calling it the HARP-2) Click here to read about the details on the HARP-2 program HARP-2 has been available since Decemeber 1st 2011, but only at 10% capacity. The most anticipated feature, which is the ‘no-appraisal required/no max loan to value’ is still not yet available. A ...
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Arizona Home Buyers can still use FHA loans on flipped homes

Arizona Home Buyers can still use FHA loans on recently flipped homes. HUD has confirmed thaty they have extended the FHA anti-flipping waiver for another year. Homes that have been purchased less than 90 days ago and are on the market for sale are eligible for FHA financing until December 12th 20 ...
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Throughout the U.S., average home values were down in the month of October 2011

Arizona Homeowners, Take What You Will from National Reports Yesterday, the findings in the Case-Shiller Index report were substantiated by the government: throughout the U.S., average home values were down in the month of October. The Federal ...
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Arizona Mortgage Payments/Mo reduced by 12% since February 2011

Low Arizona mortgage rates: What should you do now? There is a direct correlation between mortgage rates and housing costs: a decline in the former will almost inevitably lead to a decrease in the latter. As far as market trends go, this is your time to refinance your house or purchase a new asse ...
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