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Aug. 25--Last year, Billings real estate professionals spent a lot of time assuring their customers that the local market was in much better shape than the doom and gloom reflected in the national statistics.
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WASHINGTON - The economic recovery appears to be stalling as companies cut back last month on their investments in equipment and machines and Americans bought new homes at the weakest pace in decades.
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Subs find they must lay off workers and take up other trades to make ends meet.
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NEW YORK - Stocks are falling after a second straight disappointing report on the housing market and weak durable goods orders added to concerns about the economy.
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Aug. 25--Retirees Burt and Deedy Cousar asked $549,000 for their four-bedroom, three-bathroom cluster home on a pleasant cul-de-sac in Sandy Springs when they put it on the market two years ago.
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Aug. 25--MANATEE -- After a spring/early-summer run that evoked memories of its 2005 heyday, the local housing market fell back to earth last month, according to figures released Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON - Home prices in many parts of the country scream bargain, and mortgage rates haven't been this low for decades.
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Builders turn to multiple listing services to sell specs as new-home buyers rely on agents for expertise in a topsy-turvy market.
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Single-family sales fall to level not seen since May 1995, when Bill Clinton was president.
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Aug. 24--Existing home sales cratered in the Indianapolis area in July, a sign of how fragile the housing market is without the federal homebuyer tax credit.