We’ve made a lot of noise recently that things are going a lot better for homebuyers than for sellers. Opportunities abound in today’s housing market for buyers — from cheap real estate prices, to historically-low mortgage rates, to Federal tax credits (click here to read the latest on its possible extension) — assuming that you can qualify for financing.

Barbara Corcoran, real estate consultant for NBC’s Today Show, visited the morning show’s  set this week for a short segment called “Buying at the Bottom.” Corcoran shared strategies which potential buyers can utilize in order to find the best deals in this tough, but bottoming, market.

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