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02/21/2008 Mortgage rates climb this week
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Long-term mortgage rates rose sharply this week, Freddie Mac reported today, as inflation ran high and investors eyed mortgage-back securities in light of higher loan limits.
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02/21/2008 Stocks, housing dent economic outlook
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Declines in stock prices and housing permits continued to impact the economic outlook in January, as The Conference Board reported today that its U.S. leading index fell for the fourth straight month.
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02/21/2008 Real estate rates jump overnight
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Long-term mortgage interest rates continued higher Wednesday, and the
benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield sank to 3.89 percent.
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02/21/2008 Lowered bond prices raise worry in buyout deals
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Plummeting bond prices have cast a cloud of financial uncertainty over leveraged buyout deals of the past two years -- including last year's acquisition of real estate brokerage and franchise powerhouse Realogy by an affiliate of private equity firm Apollo Management LP.
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02/20/2008 HAR.com search site gets a facelift
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The Houston Association of Realtors has renovated its popular public property-search site to integrate Microsoft's Virtual Earth interactive mapping technology and to include other new features.
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02/20/2008 U.S. housing starts, permits hit 17-year lows
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The rate of single-family housing starts and building permits issued dropped to the lowest level in 17 years in January, the U.S. Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today.
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02/20/2008 Mortgage applications tumble in latest survey
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Mortgage application volume posted a sharp drop last week as long-term interest rates gained considerably, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported today.
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02/20/2008 Overnight real estate rates continue climb
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Long-term mortgage interest rates rose again Tuesday, and the
benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield increased to 3.9 percent.
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02/20/2008 Illinois bill would restrict real estate rebates
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The Illinois Association of Realtors is opposing state legislation that seeks to restrict cash rebates and other rewards offered by real estate professionals to unlicensed persons who engage in real estate transactions.
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02/20/2008 Helping buyers in today's tough credit market
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