Slump helps first-time home buyers

May 8th, 2009 - MSNBC

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Slump helps first-time home buyers

Kostas Kalaitzidis wanted to buy a home when he moved to Phoenix in 2008, but between his modest salary and the expensive market, he couldn’t swing it.

What a difference a year makes.

Kalaitzidis recently made an offer on a home priced at $82,000, far less than the $220,000 it might have fetched last year.

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