CNBC Explains: Real Estate
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The housing market is one of the pillars of the U.S. economy and there may be no better indication of how the market is doing than housing starts.
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You may have heard this term in the aftermath of the real estate bubble. So what is an underwater mortgage? CNBC explains.
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Sometimes financial terms sound exactly like what they are. That's the case with a jumbo mortgage. CNBC explains.
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The Case-Shiller Index tracks changes in the value of residential real estate, both nationally and in 20 metropolitan regions.
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The term is short for Other Real Estate Owned (OREO), but that may be too confusing with the cookie.
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Tax deductions are an important part of calculating your annual income. But many people are unclear about how deductions affect overall tax payments. Salman Khan of the Khan Academy explains a simple calculation you can do, depending on your tax bracket, to help you estimate the effect.