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The December 2011 Realtors Confidence Index survey reports that all cash buyers are 31 percent of the residential existing home sales market. This appears to be reflective of tight credit markets—some buyers needing to pay cash due to excessively tight credit standards, and investors with cash buying up properties when first time buyers needing mortgages are unable to make competitive offers.
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