Real Estate Investors

By Chris Isidore, senior writerOctober 8, 2010: 6:50 PM ETNEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Get ready for a bumpy ride in the housing market. The growing number of freezes on home foreclosures is likely to shake up the struggling U.S. housing market. Experts say home prices could rise in the short term, but the eventual glut of foreclosure sales could hurt the market in the long run. The move by some major lenders such as Bank of America , JPMorgan and Ally Financial to put some of their foreclosures on hold could help temporarily lift prices, by removing the inventory of bargain-base

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