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09/21/2006 MLSs attack for-sale home 'relisting' practices
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That new property listing may not be so new, after all.
Some agents are pulling properties out of local multiple listing services and then relisting the properties with the MLSs in an effort to give the properties a fresh start in the eyes of other agents and prospective buyers.
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09/21/2006 Home Possible mortgages now available to military personnel
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Freddie Mac will offer its "Home Possible" mortgages -- which give teachers, firefighters, law enforcement and healthcare workers 30 percent more buying power -- to 1.5 million members of the U.S. armed forces.
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09/21/2006 Trulia taps into home-search stats
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Real estate data geeks and curious consumers will have a lot more information to sort through on real estate search site Trulia.com after the company unveils a handful of new tools on Monday.
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09/21/2006 Company behind Mortgage101.com signs up five new clients
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Online mortgage lead generator LION Inc. -- the company behind the Web site Mortgage101.com -- says it has signed up five new lenders as clients.
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09/21/2006 Surveys: Mortgage rates end week mixed
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Mortgage rates declined for the second straight week in Freddie Mac's mortgage survey, thanks to the real estate slowdown and tamer inflation, while Bankrate.com reported that rates stood still, the companies announced today.
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09/21/2006 Real estate magazine publisher buys Web site developer
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Dominion Enterprises, which publishes a handful of real estate magazines, said today that it will acquire Advanced Access for an undisclosed cash purchase price. The combined company will provide Internet advertising and marketing services to 145,000 customers nationwide.
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09/21/2006 North Carolina home sales steady in August
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Existing-home sales in North Carolina barely budged in August compared to a year ago, while the average home price eked out a slight year-over-year gain, the North Carolina Association of Realtors reported today.
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09/21/2006 Real Living gives agents new choice for healthcare
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Real Living Inc., one of the nation's largest residential real estate companies, has partnered with an insurance broker to make a benefits package available to its employees and affiliates.
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09/21/2006 Get Title Insurance ends consumer cash rewards
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A company that provides home buyers with multiple quotes from title insurance companies is abandoning its strategy of offering consumers cash rewards because the practice falls into a "gray area" of the law, the company said Wednesday.
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09/21/2006 Another drop in overnight real estate rates
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Long-term mortgage interest rates were down again Wednesday, and the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield stayed at 4.73 percent.
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