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Archive for the ‘Breaking News’ Category

July 12th, 2008

Indiana mortgage brokers face ban

The story, which you can read a transcript of, said that as many as two-thirds of all Indiana mortgage brokers may lose their licenses. The big problem is that new state regulations require that at least one staff member at every Indiana mortgage brokerage pass a competency exam that allows them to oversee their office.

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July 9th, 2008

Sales of new homes drop again

In what should come as a surprise to no one, the sales of new homes dropped once again this May.

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July 7th, 2008

Will home values decline even more in your city?

What if you could predict those areas of the country where housing prices will dip the most in the next two years? Well, even if you can’t, the folks at PMI Mortgage Insurance Company have given it a try.

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July 6th, 2008

Home equity delinquencies reach high

The housing industry has set yet another dubious record: The number of borrowers who have fallen more than 30 days behind on their home equity lines of credit has hit the highest level in mor ethan a decade. This news comes from the American Bankers Association.

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July 6th, 2008

Building cars AND houses

Would you buy a house from Ford? I wouldn’t. How about from Toyota? That, I might consider.

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July 3rd, 2008

Virginia county will buy foreclosed homes

There are different ways to handle the foreclosure problem that has spread across the nation. Fairfax County, Va., has found its own.

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July 2nd, 2008

Iowans searching for housing following flood

But there’s a side to the severe floods throughout the Midwest that we haven’t heard much about: Where are all those people who’ve lost homes going to live?

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July 1st, 2008

Even Mark Twain can’t escape housing market

The Associated Press in a June 28 story by writer Stephanie Reitz reported that several historic homes are struggling to stay open because of the economy. Corporations and individuals are providing less financial support while the costs of keeping the historic sites open to the public are rising.

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June 30th, 2008

Arnold has high hopes for California real estate

He’s a better actor than he is a governor, and that’s not saying much. But how good of an economic forecaster is Arnold Schwarzenneger? In about a year, we’ll know.

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June 28th, 2008

Home sales figures: A bit of good, a bit of bad

The National Association of Realtors last week released their latest home-sales data. For once, there was some good news. But, of course, the report contained a lot of bad news, too.

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