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What the Housing Market Needs Now

What the Housing Market Needs Now

What do consumers need to get back into the housing market? Confidence. Talk in Washington about the MID and onerous 20-percent down payments undermine a recovery in housing. SOLUTIONS FOR THE HOUSING CRISIS Related Resources: ‘We Can’t Ignore [...]

2011 Housing Opportunity Pulse Survey

Survey Shows Opposition to Down Payment Requirements and Elimination of Mortgage Interest Deduction NAR’s ninth housing pulse survey reflects that, as the housing market continues to struggle, Americans worry that policy proposals coming out of Washington could [...]

REALTOR® Call for Action: MID Under Attack Again?!?!

The Mortgage Interest Deduction (MID) may be under attack again. As the 112th Congress struggles to finalize a budget plan for this year, everything is back on the table. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) recently stated [...]

NAR President’s Podcast: MID Benefits Middle Class

2011 NAR President Ron Phipps discusses how the mortgage interest deduction predominantly benefits the middle class and how we need to make our state and local lobbying efforts just as effective as our lobbying efforts on [...]