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10 Cities Experiencing Home Price Rebounds

Michael Kling
Friday, November 6, 2009

Seventeen metro areas in the much watched S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indexes saw price increases from July to August, according to Standard & Poor's.

Home prices in both the 10-city and 20-city composite indices and all metro areas except for Cleveland either improved or fell more slowly. Charlotte, Cleveland and Las Vegas were the only metro areas to see monthly price declines. The 10-city index fell 10.6 percent, the 20-city index 11.3 percent from 2008 levels. It capped off about seven months of home prices, beginning in early 2009.

The numbers may not sound great, but they're a great relief from the plummeting prices of 2007.

"Broadly speaking, the rate of annual decline in home price values continues to improve," David M. Blitzer, chairman of the Index Committee at Standard & Poor's told the press on Tuesday. "While many of the markets remain down versus this time last year, the relative rate of decline has shown some real improvement. California, in particular, has seen some real positive prints in recent months."

Economists credit lower home prices and low interest rates with drawing buyers into the market. Lenders say the first-time homebuyers' tax credit, a credit of up to $8,000, has helped

5. Phoenix, AZ.

Phoenix home prices rose 1.6 percent after a 1.8 percent increase from June to July. The city was one of the hardest hit in the real estate bubble. Prices have dropped by more than 25 percent since last year.

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5 Evil Things Credit Card Companies Can (Still) Do

by Julianne Pepitone
Saturday, October 24, 2009provided by


 The credit card reform bill tries to help cash-strapped customers, but companies are coming up with new ways to boost profits.

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Credit card companies are socking it to consumers left and right.

They're hiking interest rates to as much as 36% and doubling minimum monthly payments, frustrating customers who are already cash-strapped and credit-crunched.

In an effort to curb these abusive practices, President Obama signed into law a credit card reform act in May that's rolling out in three parts over 12 months.

At the same time, credit card companies have been hard at work coming up with new ways to boost profits while sidestepping the reforms.

"Card issuers are making sure they can make up the lost money in new ways," said Bill Hardekopf of Lowcards.com, a research company funded by a commercial debt collector.

 
 
 
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