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12/20/2006 Curb Global Warming At Home
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If you've been wondering what you can do around the house to help cool global warming, a major utility company offers its customers a first-of-its kind payment plan as an alternative or adjunct to existing do-it-yourself options anyone can choose.
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12/19/2006 Colorado probes newspaper mortgage ads
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Colorado officials are apparently
investigating whether advertisements in Denver-based newspapers offering low
interest rates on mortgage loans were a bait-and-switch tactic.
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12/19/2006 Delays, mistakes in closing documents cost lenders repeat business
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Nearly one in three borrowers taking out a new mortgage in 2006 experienced
problems during the origination process, including errors in closing documents,
miscommunication of loan terms, or an unresponsive or unavailable loan
consultant or mortgage broker
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12/19/2006 Colorado real estate endures cool November
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The real estate slowdown deepened in Colorado during November as single-family home sales and prices lost more ground, according to statistics released by the Colorado Association of Realtors.
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12/19/2006 S&P adds 10 cities to home-price index
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Ten
additional U.S. cities will be added to a closely watched home-price index used
as a benchmark for investors active in housing futures trading.
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12/19/2006 Housing permits fall for 10th straight month
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The rate of residential building permit authorizations fell
for the 10th consecutive month in November, the U.S. Census Bureau and
Department of Housing and Urban Development reported today,
and was 31.3 percent below the November 2005 level.
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12/19/2006 Builder confidence sinks in December
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The National
Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index dropped
slightly in December compared to November, and was substantially lower compared
to the index in December 2005.
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12/19/2006 Real estate rates get overnight boost
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Long-term mortgage interest rates were higher Monday, and the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield slipped to 4.58 percent.
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12/19/2006 Inman News 2006 forecast report card
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A year ago, Inman News provided a list of real estate predictions for
2006. Here's how we did:
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12/19/2006 The Royal Canadian Legion, the Gift & Our Housing
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"The gift that keeps on giving" may be still be an understatement in describing what the federal government gave The Royal Canadian Legion and what The Legion is accomplishing with it. This gift benefits not only The Legion and its members, but also many citizens and communities across the country that gain much needed housing as a result.
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