The saying that says, “Where there’s muck, there’s gold”, so is it in the housing market where local banks are fueling the home sales markets with moves to sell out their excess of foreclosed homes that fell victim to ill-loans approved by corrupt loan officers. The sales of such homes turns tangible assets back into fluid currency for use in other business they have to partake in. (more…)

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New York City, the plushest state in the US, has once again made the headlines; and this one’s no different than the previous ones.

Homes were 28% more expensive than the earlier reports and the results? Sales plummeted to about 22%. Unbelievably, the typical price of houses in Manhattan sky rockets to $1.6 million and obviously, the average Joe can’t afford it. More so with co-ops and condominiums as they rose to about 96% with the average cost being $2.1 million.

New Yorkers both have mixed emotions about it. They wouldn’t know if they should feel happy that the market value of their houses are increasing per annum, or quite worried as to how will it be in the future.

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