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By RUTH SIMON and JAMES R. HAGERTY
The proportion of U.S. homeowners who owe more on their mortgages than the properties are worth has swelled to about 23%, threatening prospects for a sustained housing recovery.
Nearly 10.7 million households had negative equity in their homes in the third quarter, according to First American CoreLogic, a real-estate information company based in Santa Ana, Calif. Read the rest of this entry »
TAMPA, Fla. – Nov. 17, 2009 – Real estate agent Ken Brownlee’s phone stopped ringing last month once clients figured they would be unable to close before an $8,000 federal tax credit expired.
Most of his buyers were first-timers looking for a sweet deal on a short sale or foreclosed home.
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