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Marketing Strategies: 5 Steps to Becoming a Success Magnet

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Marketing Strategies: 5 Steps to Becoming a Success Magnet By Maya Bailey What would it mean for you to manifest the success you desire and the success you deserve? The following “5 Steps to becoming a Success Magnet” will give you a formula to manifest the success you desire and the success you deserve. This five step formula comes from my direct experience of having been a psychologist for 2...

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Builder Confidence in the 55+ Housing Market Shows Significant Improvement in the First Quarter

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Builder Confidence in the 55+ Housing Market Shows Significant Improvement in the First Quarter Builder confidence in the 55+ housing market for single-family homes had a significant increase in the first quarter of 2012 compared to the same period a year ago, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) 55+ Housing Market Index (HMI) released recently. The index increa...

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First Quarter Metro Area Home Prices Stabilizing, Sales Up and Inventory Down

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First Quarter Metro Area Home Prices Stabilizing, Sales Up and Inventory Down Median existing single-family home prices are firming in many metropolitan areas, while improving sales and declining inventory are creating more balanced conditions, according to the latest quarterly report by the National Association of Realtors®. The median existing single-family home price rose in 74 out of 146 metr...

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Fixed Mortgage Rates Hit Record Lows…Again

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Fixed Mortgage Rates Hit Record Lows…Again Freddie Mac recently released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing average fixed mortgage rates again hitting new record lows. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage at 3.79 percent continues to remain well below 4 percent and 15-year fixed-rate mortgages are also slightly down at 3.04 percent. Additional details from the P...

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March Pending Home Sales Rise, Market Recovering

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March Pending Home Sales Rise, Market Recovering Pending home sales increased in March and are well above a year ago, another signal the housing market is recovering, according to the National Association of REALTORS®. The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contract signings, rose 4.1 percent to 101.4 in March from an upwardly revised 97.4 in February and is 12.8 perc...

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Mortgage Rates Reach Another Record Low

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Mortgage Rates Reach Another Record Low Mortgage rates fell for a fourth consecutive week and the fifth time in the past six weeks, with the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rate dropping to 4.05 percent, according to Bankrate.com’s weekly national survey. The average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.45 discount and origination points. The average 15-year fixed ...

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U.S. Housing Market Finally Reaches a Turning Point

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U.S. Housing Market Finally Reaches a Turning Point Home valuations will start to climb again while adjacent consumer industries will capture significant new growth opportunities in 2012 and beyond as the U.S. housing market finally turns the corner, concludes a major new study released today by The Demand Institute. According to the study, the recovery of the housing market will have far-reaching...

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Interview Attire 101: Seven Suggestions to Help You Make an Impression

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Interview Attire 101: Seven Suggestions to Help You Make an Impression One of the most stressful rites of passage in an adult’s life is the dreaded job interview. There’s so much to worry about: how to make a good impression on your interviewer(s); how to present yourself as the absolute best candidate for the position; and, of course, what the heck you should wear! “The clothes you wear to...

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Real Estate Market Stabilizing This Year

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Markets Seen Stabilizing This Year Home prices this year cease their decline and gain 0.2 percent across all markets as more and more individual markets stabilize in the months to come. However, though national prices will be flat, some 40 percent of the top 50 markets it tracks will stabilize in 2012, forecasts Clear Capital, a provider of data and solutions for real estate asset valuation and ri...

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