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US mortgage rates post record 1-day drop

Pic2whitebkg-100wd_comment_thumb Posted By: Rob K. Blake, 6 days ago
Category: Mortgage & Lending — Type: News
Source: reuters.com

NEW YORK, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Rates on U.S. 30-year mortgages posted a record drop of 1-1/8 percentage point to 4-7/8 percent on Tuesday, after the Federal Reserve said it would implement a $600 billion
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Deflation And What It Means To Americans

Josh_head_profile_preview_comment_thumb Posted By: Joshua Dorkin, 8 days ago
Category: Economy — Type: News
Source: mortgagevirtuoso.thewrittenblog.com

Business television and newspapers have made deflation a hot topic this week; Deflation is a recurring cycle in which the prices of goods and services fall. Find out what it means to you.
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Commercial real estate markets to slow into '09

Tdcava_comment_thumb Posted By: StephanieT, 11 days ago
Category: Commercial Real Estate — Type: News
Source: news.google.com

The economic downturn will slow commercial real estate markets into 2009, the National Association of Realtors said on Thursday. The association's Commercial Leading Indicator
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2009 commercial real estate outlook darkens

Tdcava_comment_thumb Posted By: StephanieT, 12 days ago
Category: Commercial Real Estate — Type: News
Source: msnbc.msn.com

The 2009 outlook for the commercial real estate sector has turned suddenly bleak. Rents and vacancies at shopping centers and office buildings will suffer the most.
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2 votes

Bernanke Says More Measures Possible

Npi_logo_comment_thumb Posted By: nationwidepi, 14 days ago
Category: Real Estate News — Type: News
Source: mortgagenewsdaily.com

"The current financial crisis and global economic slowdown likewise have been an occasion for unprecedented international policy coordination, within Europe but also globally," said the Fed Chairman.
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2 votes

5 Tips to Make Cold Calling Easier

Npi_logo_comment_thumb Posted By: nationwidepi, 14 days ago
Category: Real Estate Marketing — Type: News
Source: rismedia.com

By Maya Bailey, Ph.D. RISMEDIA, Nov. 17, 2008-Have you often avoided making those dreaded cold calls? Do you dream of ...
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2 votes

Lowe's says housing recovery further off

Josh_head_profile_preview_comment_thumb Posted By: Joshua Dorkin, 14 days ago
Category: Housing — Type: News
Source: reuters.com

A recovery in the U.S. housing market will likely not occur until 2010 as economic forecasts indicate home prices and existing home sales will bottom later than expected, says CEO of Lowes.
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7 Ways for Obama to Save the Housing Market

Josh_head_profile_preview_comment_thumb Posted By: Joshua Dorkin, 14 days ago
Category: General Real Estate — Type: News
Source: usnews.com

Economists have dreamed up all sorts of pricey ways for Uncle Sam to aid homeowners.
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2 votes

Citigroup: About 50,000 job cuts in "near-term"

Josh_head_profile_preview_comment_thumb Posted By: Joshua Dorkin, 15 days ago
Category: Economy — Type: News
Source: calculatedrisk.blogspot.com

Citigroup said at the end of the September it employed 352,000 people, and that its near-term headcount target is about 300,000. Now that's a MAJOR downsize!
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1 vote

HUD Unveils New Rules for Mortgages

Josh_head_profile_preview_comment_thumb Posted By: Joshua Dorkin, 19 days ago
Category: Mortgage & Lending — Type: News
Source: online.wsj.com

HUD announced new rules aimed at helping Americans shop for mortgages more effectively, but said it lacks powers to enforce those rules.
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2 votes

New mortgage disclosure rules coming -- Newsday

Rjw_comment_thumb Posted By: Richard Warren, 20 days ago
Category: Mortgage & Lending — Type: News
Source: newsday.com

HUD overhauls 1974 law requiring "good faith estimate" of mortgage costs, including lenders' payments to mortgage brokers.
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2 votes

These Are Good Times for Hard-Money Lenders

Josh_head_profile_preview_comment_thumb Posted By: Joshua Dorkin, 21 days ago
Category: General Real Estate — Type: News
Source: finance.yahoo.com

Like all disasters, the financial crisis has its share of beneficiaries who profit from it. The hard-money lenders, who lend strictly on the basis of collateral, have profited from the financial meltdown.
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Homeowners With Adjusting ARMs Get Lower Rates

Josh_head_profile_preview_comment_thumb Posted By: Joshua Dorkin, 26 days ago
Category: Mortgage & Lending — Type: News
Source: mortgagevirtuoso.thewrittenblog.com

The interest rate against which adjustable-rate mortgages change is falling -- evidence that the global banking system is starting to stabilize.
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4 votes

Ideas for 2nd Stimulus Cover Broad Swath

Photo_christian_comment_thumb Posted By: Christian Malesic, about 1 month ago
Category: Economy — Type: News
Source: finance.yahoo.com

Legislators can not agree on the form the 2nd stimulus will take, but most agree it is coming.
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2 votes

Mortgage and Foreclosure Fraud Mushroom

Josh_head_profile_preview_comment_thumb Posted By: Joshua Dorkin, about 1 month ago
Category: Mortgage & Lending — Type: News
Source: citizeneconomists.com

We know mortgage fraud mushroomed during the boom times of subprime loans. Yet it continues to hover just off the main radar screen, remaining conveniently just outside of public awareness. What exactly is mortgage fraud anyway?
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2 votes

FDIC Seizes Two More Banks

Photo_christian_comment_thumb Posted By: Christian Malesic, about 1 month ago
Category: Economy — Type: News
Source: foxbusiness.com

Two banks -- one in Illinois and one in Michigan -- failed on Friday night, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said, underscoring just how much the credit crunch is hurting financial institutions.
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2 votes

IMF warns of financial meltdown - Yahoo! News

Rjw_comment_thumb Posted By: Richard Warren, about 1 month ago
Category: Economy — Type: News
Source: news.yahoo.com

The IMF warned on Saturday that the global financial system was on the brink of meltdown, while France and Germany pushed ahead with a pan-European crisis response to try to prevent the worst global downturn in decades.
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2 votes

lease option tips | Legalwiz.com

Rjw_comment_thumb Posted By: Richard Warren, about 1 month ago
Category: Real Estate Investing — Type: News
Source: legalwiz.com

Article on Lease-Options.
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Robert Shiller on Bailout: Plugging Holes in a Sinking Ship

Josh_head_profile_preview_comment_thumb Posted By: Joshua Dorkin, about 1 month ago
Category: Opinion — Type: News
Source: spiegel.de

In a SPIEGEL interview, Yale economist Robert Shiller discusses the causes and consequences of the global economic crisis. He argues there is a substantial risk of recession and that the next few years will be lean ones.
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