A daily dose of headlines for real estate agents, mortgage lenders and consumers.

Experienced agent, good agent?
Boston Globe:
An agent with 15 years of experience can have 15 years of constantly growing and changing information or 6 months of information that has been recycling for the last 14.5 years.
5 most (and least) affordable U.S. cities
CNN Money
: With mortgage interest rates scraping the bottom and home prices rising very slowly, housing is near record high affordability.
Housing double dip not just homebuyer tax credit hangover
CNBC: There's no question that the home buyer tax credit, which expired at the end of April. It would be wrong, however, to blame it entirely on the tax credit hangover.
Slow growth's silver lining: Low interest rates
Smart Money: With mortgage rates hovering near 40-year lows and selling prices still depressed, many potential borrowers are wondering whether rates have further to fall.
Where is the economy headed?
New York Observer: Investors of all stripes have cashed out recent gains in response to evidence that the economic recovery is losing its initial momentum.
Bonds to finance three D.C. residential projects
Washington Business Journal
: Bonds issued Thursday will help developers start or complete three apartment projects throughout the city, adding or saving 408 units of affordable housing.

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