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• Washington Profits From Foreclosures

  Monday Apr 28 | via Realty Trac 

  There's a new initiative on the table in Washington, one that could do a lot to reduce foreclosures nationwide while actually generating a profit for Uncle Sam.

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, Democrat, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Featured Article

• Washington Profits From Foreclosures

  Monday Apr 28 | via Realty Trac 

  There's a new initiative on the table in Washington, one that could do a lot to reduce foreclosures nationwide while actually generating a profit for Uncle Sam.

  Comment?

  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, Democrat, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Business In Brief - May 7, 2008

  Tuesday May 6 | via Rock Hill Herald 

  Henry Crocker, area developer for the Charlotte and Asheville markets, will conduct a Quiznos ownership seminar at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Marriott Executive Park, 5700 Westpark Drive.

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  Related Topix: York County, SC, Foreclosures

• Apartments rise; vacancies up

  Thursday May 1 | via News & Record 

  Ten percent of the apartments in the Triad are vacant, but that isn't stopping the construction of new complexes.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Charlotte, NC, Greensboro, NC

• IBM unit to add 600 Charlotte jobs

  Tuesday Apr 29 | via Charlotte Business Journal 

  An IBM Corp. division that processes loan applications for the mortgage industry will create 600 jobs in Charlotte over the next four years and invest $2.4 million to expand its local facility.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Charlotte, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC

• Assessments little help in setting sales prices

  Sunday Apr 27 | via The Charlotte Observer 

  Your tax value notice feels like a sort of report card, an official pronouncement of your home's worth.

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  Related Topix: Charlotte, NC, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage

• Foreclosures up in county

  Thursday Apr 24 | via Clarke Times-Courier 

  Foreclosures up in county A small group of about a dozen people clustered together outside the main entrance to the county courthouse in Berryville Monday morning, taking temporary shelter from the light, ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Clarke County, VA, Berryville, VA, Boyce, VA

• System allows N.C. Realtors to share data

  Yesterday | via StarNewsOnline.com 

  Published: Friday, May 9, 2008 at 9:02 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, May 9, 2008 at 9:09 p.m. Consumers may soon be able to pull up property listings from all over North Carolina by accessing a local real estate ...

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  Related Topix: Blowing Rock, NC, Carolina Beach, NC, Real Estate, Raleigh, NC, Raleigh Metro, North Carolina

• New N.C. program to share real estate listings on Internet

  Monday May 5 | via Triangle Business Journal 

  Triangle Business Journal - by Chris Coletta Loan pool aims for $16M to fuel housing [Raleigh/Durham] The four largest realtors networks in the state are joining forces to share their public data across the ...

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, North Carolina

• Marge Colborn: Highlights from High Point

  Friday May 2 | via Detroit News 

  Brace yourself: There's good and bad news in the furniture business. The bad news is that consumers who've lost their homes in foreclosures aren't buying furniture, and home sales, in general, are weak.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Housing, North Carolina, Opinion

• How Not To Save Housing

  Apr 1, 2008 | via The Washington Post 

  Wednesday, April 2, 2008; Page A19 In politics, it is imperative to be seen as "doing good." The present housing crisis is a case in point, as Congress now seems increasingly intent on aiding millions of ...

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  Related Topix: North Carolina, US News, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures, Opinion

• Slideshow

  Tuesday May 6 | via Reuters 

  Junta says "doing its best" Video: Cyclone's deadly power Cyclone exposes myth of iron military Factbox: Aid offers for Myanmar Factbox: The Irrawaddy delta Obama, Clinton face crucial tests 10:03am ET Barack ...

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  Related Topix: Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, North Carolina, Foreclosures, Blog News

• Eye-to-eye ends with the economy

  3 min ago | via Las Vegas Sun 

  Republican Rep. Jon Porter on the theme of his campaign. You need to upgrade your Flash Player Audio Clip Porter talks about oil prices.

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  Related Topix: Clark County, NV, Home, Mortgage, US News

• Research: Home Buyers, Sellers Influenced by Media

  5 min ago | via Scoop 

  Media stories on real estate trends and the affect they have on buyer and seller behaviour has been monitored for the first time and the results show the impact is immediate and significant.

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  Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, Home Listing, Real Estate

• Fight looms over proposed appraisal rules

  6 min ago | via San Francisco Chronicle 

  The outcome could directly affect the price you pay for your next piece of real estate and the amount of mortgage money you can obtain.

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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Fannie Mae, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Jackson avoids losing Neverland Ranch

  6 min ago | via Los Angeles Times 

  Pop star Michael Jackson sidestepped a foreclosure auction of his Neverland Ranch after an investment company bought the loan on the troubled Los Olivos property, a spokeswoman said today.

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  Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson, Foreclosures, Los Olivos, CA, Santa Ynez, CA, Santa Barbara County, CA

• HSBC and Barclays curb sub-prime slide

  34 min ago | via Telegraph.co.uk 

  HBSC and Barclays will this week give the banking industry some much-needed cheer with evidence that both have their sub-prime problems under control.

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  Related Topix: Barclays plc, Banking, Mortgage, Home