REALTORMag.com’s recent article reported on a study performed by PMI Mortgage Insurance Company which showed that, of the 50 most populous metropolitan areas in the United States, Long Island was one of the top 20 housing markets that would see a further decline in housing prices.
Long Island was 19th overall as being the nation’s riskiest …
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Millions of Americans’ credit scores are sinking to new lows, the Associated Press reported yesterday. Data provided by FICO Inc. shows that 25.5 percent of consumers now have a credit score of 599 or below, marking them as poor risks for lenders. This could lead to those consumers being denied credit cards, loans or mortgages.
It …
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Recent government data showed that sales of new homes rose by 26.9% in March, breaking a four-month slump that was the result of both the sagging economy and the brutal snowstorms that blanketed much of the country.
According to the data, 411,000 new homes were purchased in the month of March, up from February’s dismal figure …
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