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06/12/2006 Knockbox sends real estate info to wireless Internet users
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These walls can talk: A new device broadcasts a photographic tour, buyer presentation and other details about for-sale properties to visiting agents and prospective buyers over a wireless Internet connection.
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06/12/2006 Real estate inventory swells 60% in top metro areas
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The number of existing homes listed online for sale in the largest 100 metro areas in the nation grew 60 percent from May 2005 to May 2006, according to an analysis of homes listed online at the Realtor.com property-search site.
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06/12/2006 Online real estate buyer's agent expands national footprint
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Online real estate buyer's service BuySide Realty today announced its expansion into Georgia, making it the fourth state for the company that launched two months ago.
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06/12/2006 Overnight real estate rates take a breather
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Long-term mortgage interest rates were flat Friday, and the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield sank to 4.97 percent.
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06/12/2006 Countrywide's real estate loan production stalls
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Countrywide Financial Corp.'s mortgage loan fundings for May dipped 0.3 percent from a year ago to $38.6 billion, the company announced today.
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06/12/2006 Gulf Coast brokerages prepare for hurricane season
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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, as many Gulf Coast brokerages learned from last year's storms, and disaster preparedness is taking the spotlight now that hurricane season has begun.
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06/09/2006 Interest rates may have 'topped'
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Ten-year Treasury yields are bouncing close to 5 percent, holding mortgages in familiar terrain just above 6.5 percent. Stocks worldwide have had a horrible month, all commodities except oil have cracked (gold the leader, today $614 vs. last month's $728 high), and odds are improving that interest rates have topped.
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06/09/2006 Mississippi could face long-term housing troubles
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Mississippi could face a long-term shortage of affordable housing in the wake of rebuilding efforts from last year's Gulf Coast hurricanes if leaders don't take action now, a new report urges.
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06/09/2006 Official: U.S. should take back Fannie Mae bonuses
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The government will pursue some Fannie Mae executives to recover bonus money they reaped in an accounting scheme, if the mortgage giant itself fails to do so, an official said Thursday, according to media accounts.
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06/09/2006 Survey: College-educated young adults favor place over jobs
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Place is more important than professional opportunities to college-educated people ages 25-34, according to a survey released today.
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