Housing crisis keeps buyers on sidelines
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For some prospective home buyers in Southern California, the effect of the U.S. mortgage crisis has been to keep them on the sidelines of the home market, wary of stepping in for fear prices will fall further.
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Brooklynâs Foreclosure Prevention Project has been so inundated with calls from those in trouble with mortgage bills that it had to stop taking them.
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Some economists warn the market's fate hinges largely on mortgage rates because low interest rates are the reason buyers have been able to continue to afford ever-increasing home prices here.
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Even borrowers with strong credit are feeling the pinch as home values fall and monthly payments rise.
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As the U.S. mortgage crisis forces more properties into foreclosure, even renters are feeling the pain.
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Weak housing market hurting demand for power tools.
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Here's an uncomfortable housing scenario that's getting more common in this soft market: You put in a contract on a new house. You can't sell your old house. The sellers are getting pushy.
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A drop in the pace of home sales was not enough to keep housing from getting even more expensive across Massachusetts last month.
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A troubled company in the troubled housing sector.
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The National Association of Realtors is still talking out of both sides of its mouth.
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U.S. home sales will be a good deal   weaker this year than earlier thought as potential buyers   remain on the sidelines waiting for better deals, a national   real estate group said on Thursday.
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The slump in the housing market has no quick fix  -  and it could expand into a full-blown recession
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Homeowners unable to pay monthly mortgage bills and facing foreclosure shouldn't count on help from Washington this year. Regulators and lawmakers seem to be taking a wait-and-see approach as they confront the fallout from several years of lenders making too many home loans to people with inadequate credit.
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Distinctions between local economies are being overridden by a mortgage market that has made it more difficult for many would-be homebuyers to obtain financing.
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A record number of homeowners with high-cost mortgages have fallen behind on their payments or are facing foreclosure, a side effect of the growth in lending to people with poor credit, according to an industry group survey released yesterday.
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Lenders are pulling deals for 100%-plus mortgages, leaving first-time buyers with a financial headache.
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WASHINGTON -- Pending sales of existing homes fell in July to the lowest level in nearly six years as the mortgage market's troubles made it tough for many borrowers to finalize home purchases.