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09/21/2006 Slow market drives up commissions in some areas
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The housing market slows down -- real estate commissions go up. It's a pattern that agents are witnessing in markets across the country.
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09/20/2006 Ohio backs off tighter limits on real estate partnerships
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Ohio officials are drafting new regulations governing affiliated real estate business arrangements, but have backed away from tightening restrictions on how much of a stake real estate and mortgage brokers can own in title insurance agencies.
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09/20/2006 Fed stands pat on short-term interest rates
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The Federal Reserve Board's Federal Open Market Committee today decided to keep its target for the federal funds rate at 5.25 percent.
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09/20/2006 Nearly one-fourth of online mortgage shoppers borrow within a year
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Real estate and mortgage lead generator HouseValues Inc. is touting the results of a study that found 22 percent of consumers who submitted mortgage loan requests at the company's Web site took out a mortgage within 12 months.
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09/20/2006 S.F. Bay Area home sales drop 25%
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Home sales in the San Francisco Bay Area fell 24.9 percent in August compared to August 2006, real estate research company DataQuick Information Systems reported today, and median prices dropped in three counties compared to year-ago levels.
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09/20/2006 Dallas home sales decline
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Home sales in the Dallas/Fort Worth metro area fell 7.5 percent in August from their year-earlier level, while prices maintained modest growth, according to preliminary statistics provided by North Texas Real Estate Information Systems.
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09/20/2006 Disaster-insurance discussion makes waves in real estate industry
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Discussions are swirling in industry and government circles about insurance problems -- a lingering effect of multiple hurricane disasters in the past two years.
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09/20/2006 College-town property rents increase
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Rents at student housing properties increased during a difficult two-year period for conventional apartments, according to a new research report by the National Multi Housing Council, a Washington, D.C.-based industry trade group.
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09/20/2006 HUD settles discrimination complaint against architect, developer
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced a settlement today in a disability discrimination complaint brought by a couple against the architect, builder and developer of a condo project in Carolina, Puerto Rico.
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09/20/2006 Real estate refinancings jump
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Overall mortgage applications were up 2 percent last week on a seasonally adjusted basis from the week before, taken higher by a surge in refinancings, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported today.
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