It was not easy to find candidates for traditional mortgages loans to people with good credit records or the resources for a substantial downpayment among home buyers who qualified under HUD's guidelines.

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Then perhaps some guidelines can be made which also big supermarket buyers will be forced to take notice of.

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The Shanghai municipal government set new price guidelines on homes that qualify for preferential transaction tax treatment, widening a tax benefit for many home buyers in the city as developers struggle with falling sales there.

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