Spring home buying season -- old rules, new tools

Here's how to put yourself in the best position as you start eyeing homes.

It's that time of year again: After the long, cold winter, when shopping for new homes grinds nearly to a halt, the warm weather brings people out and into real estate offices.

But this year, shoppers face a changed environment...

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2005 Was a Very Good Year for Home Owners

(March 2, 2006) -- Home prices rose an average of 13 percent last year, according to a report released by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, the agency that manages mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.The report pointed out that home prices grew far more rapidly last year than the prices of other goods and services included in the Consumer Price Index (12.95 percent vs. 4.3 percent, respectively).

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