Housing: "First-time buyers and investors" are "market’s lifeblood"

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calculatedriskblog.com - 11/2/2009

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From three DataQuick reports on Las Vegas, Miami and Phoenix ... Las Vegas: In September, a popular form of financing used by first-time home buyers – government-insured FHA loans – accounted for 53.8 percent of all home purchases, up from 52 percent in August . Absentee buyers bought 40.4 ...

dqnews.com - 10/31/2009

Las Vegas Home Sales Report

— dqnews.com — Las Vegas September Home Sales Joining much of the West, Las Vegas bucked the seasonal norm and... logged higher home sales in September than in August – something seen only three other times in 15 years. The median sale price held at $130,000 for the ... (more) Las Vegas Home Sales Report

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