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  1. GMAC Financial Services' SmartEdge Adds Insurance, Banking to CurriculumRead the original story

    9 min ago | Automotive

    GMAC Financial Services has expanded its financial literacy program, SmartEdge, to now include curriculum on insurance and banking.

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    Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Automakers

  2. What It Takes to Get a Mortgage Now

    38 min ago | KAIT-TV Jonesboro

    Ever since Wall Street lost its appetite for mortgage securities, the supply of money for home buyers and refinancers has been tight.

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    Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage

  3. New housing bill to aid low income earnersRead the original story

    1 hr ago | The Irish Times

    Social welfare recipients and low income earners seeking to buy new houses could be given up to 60 per cent of the value of the property by the exchequer under the new Housing Bill published today by Minister ...

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    Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Mortgage

  4. Should I refinance my home?Read the original story

    1 hr ago | About.com

    When interest rates fall, home owners rush to refinance mortgages, often without pausing to consider whether doing a refinance is a good idea or if it makes financial sense.

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    Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Mortgage

  5. The "Sad Rule" of Buying a HomeRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Free Money Finance

    I've already detailed how wacky my house-buying experience has been , but here's one guideline I think works.

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  6. What Does the Housing Bill Do?Read the original story

    2 hrs ago | Conglomerate

    The news has been abuzz this week after President Bush signalled he would not veto the housing bill, H.R. 3221 , which was passed soon after by the House of Representatives.

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    Related Topix: Foreclosures, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

  7. Cramer: "You Have To Buy A House"Read the original story

    2 hrs ago | Housing Doom

    Today we turn to CNBC's Jim Cramer for our morning dose of twisted logic: The Federal Housing Authority will put $300 billion to work to help homeowners with exotic loans and that will put a bottom in housing.

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    Related Topix: Foreclosures, Home Listing

  8. Loss Aversion and Real Estate [The Frontal Cortex]Read the original story

    2 hrs ago | ScienceBlogs

    The latest report on home sales is bleak: Sales of new homes fell in June for the seventh time in the past eight months, more proof that the worst housing slump in decades is getting deeper.

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    Related Topix: Housing, Home, Mortgage

  9. My Inner Poor Person and Other Reflections on the Real Estate MarketRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Sacramento Real Estate Blog

    Many of the folks who are on the long-haired hippie side of the political spectrum like me will tell you that they're pretty angry like this guy at Phil Graham for calling us a "Nation of Whiners". In my case, ...

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    Related Topix: Real Estate, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Events

  10. New home sales stronger than expectedRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | CNN Money

    ... shrinking retirement portfolios, "people do not feel as wealthy, people do not feel as confident going into a home buying situation," he said. "People are still in shock," said Speiss as they look at their increasing daily and monthly costs and ...

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    Related Topix: Housing, Briefing.com, Startups, Media, Briefing.com, Home Listing

  11. Why Do We Need Publicly-Listed Commercial & Investment Banks? Part OneRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | The Reasoned Sceptic

    A collection of often sceptical, always candid observations and insights on the US economy, politics and large-cap equity markets by the Chief Investment Officer of Performance Research Associates, LLC.

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  12. The housing bailout isn't just for troubled homeowners.Read the original story

    5 hrs ago | AARP The Magazine

    RON LIEBER If you are ignoring the housing bailout bill because you think it benefits only troubled homeowners, you may miss out on a windfall.

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    Related Topix: Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

  13. Heidi & Spencer pretend to shop for $12 mil house, bribe realtor to go along with itRead the original story

    6 hrs ago | The Superficial

    Heidi and Spencer love to take everyday events and turn them into photo shoots so fucking retarded, you'll swear you've been huffing paint all morning.

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  14. How to NOT overpay when buying a homeRead the original story

    10 hrs ago | Charleston Real Estate Blog

    News How to NOT overpay when buying a home The best way to NOT overpay when buying a home in the Charleston real estate market is to use a buyers agent and hopefully that agent will be me.

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    Related Topix: Real Estate, Home, Charleston, SC, Home Listing

  15. Government tries to double-bill taxpayersRead the original story

    13 hrs ago | Statesman Journal

    We are at least a year away from seeing the bottom of the housing bust and things may look a little differently by the time we finally reach a resting place.

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  16. Commentary: Saving Medicare fix avoided one more letdownRead the original story

    13 hrs ago | The Daily Advertiser

    Ted Kennedy, that Yankee liberal most of us here in the South have a great dislike for, came to the rescue recently.

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    Related Topix: US News

  17. Spain Business Brief - Friday July 25 2008Read the original story

    Wednesday Jul 16 | Typically Spanish

    Spain Business Brief - Wednesday July 23 2008 - Jul 23, 2008 - 12:41 PM Minister for Tax and the Economy, Pedro Solbes - Archive Photo EFE enlarge photo The government revises is forecast for the growth of the ...

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    Related Topix: Santander, Spain, Spain, World News, Cantabria, Spain

  18. Will new prez boost market?Read the original story

    7 hrs ago | Chicago Sun-Times

    Nearly half of home-shoppers believe the housing market will improve once the new president takes office in January, according to a new survey.

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    Related Topix: Home Listing, Real Estate, Autos

  19. Housing Bill Has Something for Nearly EveryoneRead the original story

    7 hrs ago | HendersonvilleNews.com

    If you are ignoring the housing bailout bill because you think it benefits only troubled homeowners, you may miss out on a windfall.

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    Related Topix: Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

  20. Mary Umberger: 81% afflicted with housing depressionRead the original story

    7 hrs ago | Chicago Tribune

    I f you're apprehensive about the job market, one field that seems to keep plenty of people employed is the public-opinion polling business, judging by the quantity of real-estate related surveys that wash up ...

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