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July 5, 2010

Metro Vancouver housing market steady: real estate board survey – Vancouver Sun

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Metro Vancouver housing market steady: real estate board survey
Vancouver Sun
VANCOUVER ? Metro Vancouver's housing market experienced steady activity to start the summer season although sales were 30 per cent lower than the same time

March 24, 2010

Stamp duty rumours for Budget are pre-election ’smoke and mirrors’ – Fair Investment Company

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Stamp duty rumours for Budget are pre-election 'smoke and mirrors'
Fair Investment Company
motivated by the upcoming general election and that if it comes to pass, will not be as beneficial to buyers or the housing market as expected.

Darling expected to raise stamp duty threshold – Moneywise Magazine

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Moneywise Magazine
Darling expected to raise stamp duty threshold
Moneywise Magazine
and the provision of social housing woefully inadequate, rented accommodation will become even more vital to the UK housing market," he adds.

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First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Extension ? April 30th Expiration a Popular Issue – Subprime Blogger (blog)

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First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Extension ? April 30th Expiration a Popular Issue
Subprime Blogger (blog)
Many Americans are wondering if there will be an extension of this tax credit as there are many signs of a slowing housing market.

The Day Ahead: EU Issues, Durable Goods, New Home Sales, Treasury Auction – MortgageNewsDaily.com

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The Day Ahead: EU Issues, Durable Goods, New Home Sales, Treasury Auction
MortgageNewsDaily.com
?Sales are weak because builders, who must cover their costs, have trouble competing in today's saturated housing market,? said economists from IHS Global

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Canadians worried about home prices, mortgage rates: Surveys – Vancouver Sun

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Canadians worried about home prices, mortgage rates: Surveys
Vancouver Sun
about rising prices and interest rates, but that is not stopping many from entering the housing market sooner, or taking on more debt than they want to.

Live analysis of the Budget by The Times’s Economics team, March 24 at 12.30pm – Times Online

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Live analysis of the Budget by The Times's Economics team, March 24 at 12.30pm
Times Online
Did the stamp duty break boost the housing market? Industry sectors news at a glance. Interactive heatmap, video and podcast We are backing British business

The Next Act in the Reform Drama ? Fannie and Freddie – MoneyRates (blog)

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The Next Act in the Reform Drama ? Fannie and Freddie
MoneyRates (blog)
The government remains thoroughly tied up in orchestrating the recovery of the housing market. Even as it plans to scale back its direct intervention in the

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Darling ’should offer greater mortgage support to FTBs’ – Which4U – UK

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Which4U – UK
Darling 'should offer greater mortgage support to FTBs'
Which4U – UK
Peter Bolton King, NAEA chief executive, states: "FTBs are central to a properly functioning housing market so it makes good economic, social and political

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Obama to overhaul Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac – The Virginian-Pilot

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Obama to overhaul Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
The Virginian-Pilot
The treasury secretary also argued for continued government subsidy of the housing market. But it's not clear what system might replace Fannie and Freddie

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