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3 votes

What Fed's Latest Move Means for Mortgages

Jk_and_iron_mam_comment_thumb Posted By: Jon Klaus, about 13 hours ago
Category: Mortgage & Lending — Type: News
Source: smartmoney.com

Fed will keep overall rates low, but one signal suggests shift for homeowners.
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3 votes

Home Buyer Tax Credit: Now, More Are Eligible

Jk_and_iron_mam_comment_thumb Posted By: Jon Klaus, about 13 hours ago
Category: Housing — Type: News
Source: smartmoney.com

Boon to go beyond first-time buyers. What it means for real-estate market.
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3 votes

Where the Jobs Will Be in 2010

Jk_and_iron_mam_comment_thumb Posted By: Jon Klaus, about 13 hours ago
Category: Economy — Type: News
Source: customsites.yahoo.com

Regions across the U.S. will see job growth in the first quarter of 2010. But the growth will be sporadic and many areas will continue to lag
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3 votes

Obama signs bill assisting homebuyers, jobless

Jk_and_iron_mam_comment_thumb Posted By: Jon Klaus, about 13 hours ago
Category: Economy — Type: News
Source: finance.yahoo.com

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama signed a $24 billion economic stimulus bill into law Friday, giving tax incentives to prospective homebuyers and additional jobless benefits
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4 votes

Personal bankruptcies climb 9% in October

1106403-r3-029-13_comment_thumb Posted By: Stephanie Tautkus, about 21 hours ago
Category: Economy — Type: News
Source: us.lrd.yahoo.com

The number of Americans filing personal bankruptcies surged 9% in October, and were on target for the highest annual total in four years, according to a report issued Wednesday.
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4 votes

Borders Closing 200 Waldenbooks Stores in January

1106403-r3-029-13_comment_thumb Posted By: Stephanie Tautkus, about 21 hours ago
Category: Commercial Real Estate — Type: News
Source: us.lrd.yahoo.com

The country's second-largest brick and mortar book retailer, Borders Group, is closing 200 of its mall-based Waldenbooks stores in January. As a result, approximately 1,500 positions--the majority of which are part-time jobs-...
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5 votes

10 Signs for Winter-Proof Your Home

174956small_comment_thumb Posted By: Uwe Siegert, 1 day ago
Category: Opinion — Type: News
Source: raisingspaces.com

Save energy and protect your home in the winter after reading this light-hearted top 10 list.
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5 votes

Commercial real estate pros say no recovery until 2011

Jimbo_comment_thumb Posted By: James Ward, 1 day ago
Category: Real Estate News — Type: News
Source: pacific.bizjournals.com

Commercial real estate pros say no recovery until 2011
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5 votes

House Ethics Committee Clears Rep. Shuler.

Jimbo_comment_thumb Posted By: James Ward, 1 day ago
Category: Real Estate News — Type: News
Source: foxnews.com

In a letter released Wednesday, the committee said it was dropping its probe of the North Carolina Democrat after concluding that his actions in a land deal involving the Tennessee Valley Authority were not improper in any way and did not violate ...
1 comment |

4 votes

Why This Real Estate Bust Is Different

Jimbo_comment_thumb Posted By: James Ward, 1 day ago
Category: Real Estate News — Type: News
Source: businessweek.com

Unrealistic assumptions, layers of investors, sky-high prices, and possible fraud will make it hard to clean up the mess in commercial real estate.
1 comment |

4 votes

Report paints gloomy picture of Las Vegas commercial

Jimbo_comment_thumb Posted By: James Ward, 1 day ago
Category: Real Estate News — Type: News
Source: lasvegassun.com

When it comes to optimism about commercial real estate, Las Vegas received an unsurprising negative mention in a national report issued Thursday.
1 comment |

5 votes

House votes to expand homebuyer tax credit

Jk_and_iron_mam_comment_thumb Posted By: Jon Klaus, 1 day ago
Category: Housing — Type: News
Source: news.yahoo.com

Buying a home is about to get cheaper for a whole new crop of homebuyers $6,500 cheaper.
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5 votes

Fannie to Rent to Owners in Foreclosure

Jk_and_iron_mam_comment_thumb Posted By: Jon Klaus, 1 day ago
Category: Housing — Type: News
Source: online.wsj.com

Fannie Mae will allow homeowners facing foreclosure to stay in their homes and rent them for up to one year in a new program to help troubled borrowers.
3 comments |

6 votes

the-telltale-signs-of-chinese-drywall

Rjw_comment_thumb Posted By: Richard Warren, 1 day ago
Category: Housing — Type: News
Source: finance.yahoo.com

Chinese drywall has higher levels of some chemicals than domestic versions, here’s how to tell if your home has the imported drywall.
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5 votes

Real estate woes are all about the money

Jk_and_iron_mam_comment_thumb Posted By: Jon Klaus, 1 day ago
Category: Commercial Real Estate — Type: News
Source: dallasnews.com

Real estate will not recover until the economy starts adding jobs and banks start lending money for business expansion.
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7 votes

Senate Approves Extended U.S. Homebuyer Tax Credit

Rutgersscarletknight_comment_thumb Posted By: Robert Mack, 2 days ago
Category: General Real Estate — Type: News
Source: bloomberg.com

Lawmakers voted 98-0 for the measure, sending it to the House. The $8,000 homebuyers’ tax credit would continue until April 30 and be expanded
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6 votes

The Biggest Bet in Las Vegas

Hawaii_005_comment_thumb Posted By: Ted Harris, 2 days ago
Category: Local Real Estate — Type: News
Source: msnbc.msn.com

MGM Mirage's 67-acre CityCenter is the ultimate test of Sin City's bigger-is-better business model.
3 comments |

7 votes

Commercial RE pros: 46% say no recovery until 2011

1106403-r3-029-13_comment_thumb Posted By: Stephanie Tautkus, 2 days ago
Category: Commercial Real Estate — Type: News
Source: denver.bizjournals.com

Commercial real estate pros: 46% say no recovery until 2011
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6 votes

Commercial prop market to hit bottom in 2010, report says

1106403-r3-029-13_comment_thumb Posted By: Stephanie Tautkus, 2 days ago
Category: Commercial Real Estate — Type: News
Source: latimes.com

After spending more than a year in suspended animation, the commercial real estate industry is expected to hit bottom in 2010 with a wrenching thud.
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5 votes

Bulk REO & Commercial Deals

00kplogoa_comment_thumb Posted By: Kenneth Harmon, 2 days ago
Category: Real Estate Investing — Type: News
Source: bulkreocommercialdeals.blogspot.com

678 467 1958 AP.Services@Yahoo.com As the largest direct commercial entity affiliated with the F.D.I.C., we can provide every type of commercial property within any region of the country.
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