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January 2, 2009
Real Estate Adviser: Seller financing is 'in' for 2009 home sales
By Tom Kelly
Special to the Journal
Special to the Journal
Searching for a home can be draining in “normal” times. When inventory is high and home mortgages are more difficult to obtain, finding a property and securing financing can be downright exhausting.
“Creative financing” is one thing that's in for 2009, according to an annual survey conducted by Mark Nash, a Coldwell Banker broker and real estate author who uses a network of 839 Realtors in all 50 states and eight Canadian provinces to get consumer responses to a variety of housing questions.
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