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May 14, 2025

real estate

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Difficult housing market continues with rising prices, high rates

May 10, 2025 Alex Veiga

LOS ANGELES — Homeownership is receding further out of reach for most Americans as elevated mortgage rates and rising prices stretch the limits of what buyers can afford. A homebuyer now needs to earn at […]

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Home sales rose in February as mortgage rates eased

March 30, 2025 Alex Veiga

LOS ANGELES — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose in February as easing mortgage rates and more properties on the market encouraged home shoppers. Existing home sales rose 4.2% last month from January to […]

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January home sales fall amid high mortgage rates, prices

March 1, 2025 Alex Veiga

LOS ANGELES — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in January as rising mortgage rates and prices put off many would-be homebuyers despite a wider selection of properties on the market. Sales fell 4.9% […]

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October home sales rose, notching first annual gain in 3 years

November 30, 2024 Alex Veiga

LOS ANGELES — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose in October, the first annual gain in more than three years, with home shoppers encouraged by easing rates and a pickup in properties on the […]

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House unanimously passes bill barring foreign enemies from buying NC farmland 

May 3, 2023 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The bill filed to stop adversarial foreign governments from buying farmland in North Carolina unanimously passed the House by a vote of 114-0. The bill will now be taken up by the Senate.  […]

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Bill would bar purchase of NC farmland, land near military bases by certain foreign governments 

March 29, 2023 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — N.C. House Majority Leader Rep. John Bell (R-Wayne) announced the filing of a bill to protect North Carolina farmland and land near military installations from being purchased by “adversarial” foreign entities.  “Allowing foreign […]

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US home sales fell in November, the 10th consecutive month

December 22, 2022 Alex Veiga, Associated Press

The housing market slump deepened in November as sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed for the tenth consecutive month — the longest such stretch on records going back to 1999. Existing home sales fell […]

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US home sales fell in September for eighth straight month

October 26, 2022 The Associated Press

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in September for the eighth month in a row, matching the pre-pandemic sales pace from 10 years ago, as house hunters grappled with sharply higher mortgage rates, rising […]

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Mortgage rates hit 6%, first time since 2008 housing crash

September 17, 2022 Matt Ott, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates climbed over 6% this week for the first time since the housing crash of 2008, threatening to sideline even more homebuyers from a rapidly cooling housing market. […]

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US home sales fell in June as prices reach new heights

July 22, 2022 Alex Veiga, Associated Press

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed for the fifth consecutive month in June as higher mortgage rates and rising prices kept many home hunters on the sidelines. Existing home sales fell 5.4% last month […]

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