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	<title>Triangle Homes On Sale</title>
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	<description>Marcus Kirtley, REALTOR®</description>
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		<title>Nine Consecutive Gains for Pending Home Sales</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Washington,  					December 01, 2009
Pending home sales have risen for nine months in a row, a first for the series of the index since its inception in 2001, according to the National Association of Realtors®.
The Pending Home Sales Index,* a forward-looking indicator based on contracts signed in October, increased 3.7 percent to 114.1 from 110.0 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trianglehomesonsale.com/nine-consecutive-gains-for-pending-home-sales/</link>
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		<title>Homebuyer Tax Credit Best Tool for Sustaining Housing Recovery, Says NAR</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Washington, October 07, 2009 
The best available tool for sustaining the still-fragile housing market is the $8,000 homebuyer tax credit, and it is essential that Congress extend the credit into 2010, the National Association of Realtors® testified at a hearing of the U.S. House Small Business Committee today.
The tax credit expires November 30.
NAR Regional Vice [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trianglehomesonsale.com/homebuyer-tax-credit-best-tool-for-sustaining-housing-recovery-says-nar/</link>
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		<title>Credit Crunch Constrains International Home Buyers in U.S. Market</title>
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Washington, September 15, 2009
Interest in U.S. real estate by international buyers declined due to the  worldwide recession and severe credit crunch, according to the 2009 National  Association of Realtors® Profile of International Home Buying Activity.
The share of Realtor® clientele who are foreign buyers is smaller than in  previous years, but among those [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trianglehomesonsale.com/credit-crunch-constrains-international-home-buyers-in-u-s-market/</link>
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		<title>Realtors® Urge Congress to Act Now to Extend Homebuyer Tax Credit</title>
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Washington, September 14, 2009
The National Association of Realtors® is calling upon its 1.2 million members  to urge Congress to extend the successful homebuyer tax credit into next  year.
Since its inception earlier this year, the $8,000 first-time homebuyer tax  credit has brought 1.2 million new buyers into the market—350,000 of whom would  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trianglehomesonsale.com/realtors%c2%ae-urge-congress-to-act-now-to-extend-homebuyer-tax-credit/</link>
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		<title>Tips For Pricing Your Home</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Consider comparables. What have other homes in your neighborhood sold for recently? How do they compare to yours in terms of size, upkeep, and amenities?


Consider competition. How many other houses are for sale in your area? Are you competing against new homes?


Consider your contingencies. Do you have special concerns that would affect the price you’ll [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trianglehomesonsale.com/tips-for-pricing-your-home/</link>
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		<title>First-Time Buyer Tax Credit is Working</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An NAR practitioner survey showed first-time buyers purchased 30 percent of homes in July, and that distressed homes accounted for 31 percent of transactions. NAR President Charles McMillan said the first-time buyer tax credit is working. “In addition to first-time buyers, we’re also seeing increased activity by repeat buyers. While many entry-level buyers are focused [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trianglehomesonsale.com/first-time-buyer-tax-credit-is-working/</link>
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		<title>Largest Gain in a Decade</title>
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Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said he is encouraged. “The housing market has decisively turned for the better. A combination of first-time buyers taking advantage of the housing stimulus tax credit and greatly improved affordability conditions are contributing to higher sales,” he said.
The monthly sales gain was the largest on record for the total existing-home [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trianglehomesonsale.com/largest-gain-in-a-decade/</link>
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		<title>Strong Gain in Existing-Home Sales</title>
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For the first time in five years, existing-home sales have increased for four months in a row, according to the National Association of REALTORS®.
Existing-home sales – including single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops – rose 7.2 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.24 million units in July from a level of 4.89 million in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trianglehomesonsale.com/strong-gain-in-existing-home-sales/</link>
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		<title>Buyers Rush to Beat Tax Credit Deadline</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Real estate professionals report that first-time  home buyers are flooding the sale market, pressed to finalize a deal before the  federal government&#8217;s $8,000 tax credit offer expires on Nov. 30. 
Because mortgage approvals, residential  inspections, and other steps in the buying process typically take about two  months, buyers hoping to take [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trianglehomesonsale.com/buyers-rush-to-beat-tax-credit-deadline/</link>
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		<title>Single-family construction rises for fifth month</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &#8212; At least the market for new homes isn&#8217;t getting worse, and that&#8217;s the first step to getting better.
In fact, the overall economy is getting a small boost as more buyers walk into model houses ready to sign contracts and builders hire workers to pour foundations and pave roads.
Construction of single-family homes rose in [...]]]></description>
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