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• Will The Paulson Plan Reduce Foreclosures

  Sunday Apr 20 | via Realty Trac 

  That's the cry in a lot of quarters now that the Federal Reserve has become the savior of Wall Street, the buyer of last resort for tainted mortgage-backed securities. 1 comment

  Related Topix: Foreclosures, US News, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

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• As Bank Seizures Swell, Investors Seek Elusive Prey

  Mar 13, 2008 | via Realty Trac 

  Consider the bank-owned property at 890 Sparrow Way in the Perris, Calif. community of Harmony Grove .

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  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, Corona, CA, Riverside County, CA

• Watson votes to downsize family home

  Saturday May 10 | via Austin American-Statesman 

  During the past 12 years, this house has been home to a lawyer, a mayor, a state senator and a "rookie of the year." Since he purchased his Old Enfield home in 1996, Texas Sen.

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  Related Topix: US News, Travis County, TX, Austin, TX, Home Listing, Home, Real Estate

• Realtor group presents alternate home efficiency proposal

  Wednesday May 7 | via Austin American-Statesman 

  Energy-efficiency audits are fine, according to the Austin Board of Realtors, but mandatory improvements are not.

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  Related Topix: Home Listing, Home, Real Estate, Austin, TX

• Fannie Mae loses $2.2 billion

  Tuesday May 6 | via Austin American-Statesman 

  Shares of Advanced Micro Devices Inc., say their largest jump in more than three months on speculation that officials are close to announcing plans to split up the company.

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  Related Topix: Advanced Micro Devices, Startups, Housing, Foreclosures, Semiconductors, Advanced Micro Devices

• Austin Realtors question plan to require efficiency upgrades for older homes

  Tuesday May 6 | via Austin American-Statesman 

  An older woman wearing a blue dress and pearls peers through a white-trimmed window.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Austin, TX, Real Estate, Home Listing

• Austin Energy-Efficiency Property Upgrades at Point of Sale

  Tuesday May 6 | via Austin TX Real Estate Blog 

  Some weeks ago I received an interesting email from the Austin Board of Realtors government affairs committee.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Austin Metro, Austin, TX

• Housing aid bill faces veto by President Bush

  Friday May 9 | via Sac Bee 

  Last Updated 1:47 pm PDT Friday, May 9, 2008 Two men walk by two homes for sale in Palo Alto, Calif., Wednesday, May 7, 2008.

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  Related Topix: Texas, George Bush, Housing, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

• Foreclosure

  22 hrs ago | via Fort Worth Business Press 

  The residential foreclosure wave has hit and while some real estate professionals are jumping ship, others are sailing on smooth waters.

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  Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, Housing, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures, Texas

• Be picky to make sure power of attorney is honored

  Yesterday | via Denton Record-Chronicle 

  By PAMELA YIP / The Dallas Morning News pyip@dallasnews.com The durable power of attorney is a critical component of estate planning.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Denton, TX, Estate Planning, Personal Finance, Dallas Metro, Dallas Metro, Texas

• Real Estate Weekly: Envious eyes cast on Texas housing markets

  Friday May 9 | via MarketWatch 

  So far, the real estate slowdown that has been plaguing many parts of the country hasn't been messing with Texas very much.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Dallas Metro, Texas, Housing

• U.S. housing rebound is a long way off, industry leaders say 10:45 Am CT

  Friday May 9 | via WFAA 

  By STEVE BROWN / The Dallas Morning News stevebrown@dallasnews.com Don't look for a rebound in the U.S. housing market this summer.

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  Related Topix: Texas, Housing

• Huge jump in energy bills

  6 min ago | via Daily Express 

  FAMILIES face another crippling rise in energy prices with bills set to soar by 46 per cent - 415 a household.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home

• Bits Bucket And Craigslist Finds For May 13, 2008

  6 min ago | via The Housing Bubble Blog 

  Toll Brothers Inc., the largest U.S. luxury homebuilder, reported the eighth consecutive quarterly decline in revenue as demand for new homes tumbled.' 'The average price of Toll's gross signed contracts in the ...

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  Related Topix: Construction, Toll Brothers, Foreclosures

• The Flippers Market Gone Bust

  7 min ago | via The Housing Bubble Blog 

  WBUR reports from Massachusetts. "More than 9,000 homes around Massachusetts have gone into foreclosure so far this year.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Massachusetts

• Bernanke: Financial turmoil in markets easing

  7 min ago | via Myrtle Beach Online 

  Turmoil in financial markets has eased somewhat, but the situation is still "far from normal," Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday.

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  Related Topix: Ben Bernanke, Sea Island, GA, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Business News

• Stocks head to higher open after retail sales report

  7 min ago | via Examiner.com 

  Wall Street headed to a higher opening on Tuesday after a better-than-expected report on retail sales and comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that turmoil in the financial markets have eased.

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  Related Topix: Financial Markets, Ben Bernanke, Retail, Wal Mart Stores, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance