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Maryland’s Home Prices Rise in June 2012

The recent housing statistics of the Maryland Association of Realtors (MAR) reveal that Maryland’s average home price, median home price and home sales went up in June this year. According to MAR, the average Maryland’s home price in June 2012 was $317,659, a 6.7% increase from last year’s $297,813 average home price. Maryland’s median home …

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U.S. Housing Market Hit Bottom – Zillow Reports

According to Zillow‘s second quarter Real Estate Market Report, home values in the U.S. have reached a bottom. The Zillow report shows that U.S. home values increased by 0.2% year-over-year to $149,300, the first time since 2007 that this happened – five years after the U.S. housing bubble burst. Home values have also increased for …

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Millions of Older Americans at Risk of Losing their Homes to Foreclosure

Over three million older Americans are at risk of losing their homes through foreclosure, this according to the study “Nightmare on Main Street: Older Americans and the Mortgage Market Crisis” conducted by the AARP Public Policy Institute. The AARP Public Policy Institute study measures the progression of the mortgage crisis and its effect on older …

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