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10/24/2006 Chase partners with First American
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National home loan lender Chase has teamed up with The First American Corp. to create Quantrix Valuation, a joint venture designed to assist in property appraisals, the companies announced today.
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10/24/2006 Weichert acquires relocation services company
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Weichert Companies has acquired a relocation company that was owned by Paxton Van Lines, according to an announcement today.
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10/24/2006 Point2 announces real estate agent directory
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Point2 Technologies Inc. has introduced a real estate agent directory that is sorted by cities and neighborhoods and associated with property listings. The new tool is integrated with the real estate tech company's property-search portal.
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10/24/2006 Multiple homes still in vogue among affluent
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Second, third and fourth homes are still in vogue for affluent homeowners who participated in a study by Sotheby's International Realty and Architectural Digest.
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10/24/2006 High-end real estate listings crowd California market
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Sales of homes priced above $2.5 million in a seven-county region in Northern California increased from 210 homes in third-quarter 2005 to 214 homes in third-quarter 2006, according to a report by the Alain Pinel Realtors brokerage company.
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10/24/2006 Demand for Massachusetts homes hits 10-year low
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Sales of single-family homes and condominiums declined in Massachusetts for a sixth consecutive month in September compared to the same period a year ago, even as housing affordability improved last month due to lower home prices and a drop in mortgage rates, according to data released by the Massachusetts Association of Realtors.
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10/24/2006 Overnight real estate rates gain
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Long-term mortgage interest rates were up Monday, and the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield rose to 4.83 percent.
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10/24/2006 'Nontraditional' mortgages rise as overall origination falls
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A slowing housing market has put a damper on first-mortgage origination volume for the first half of the year, an industry survey released Monday shows.
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10/24/2006 Applications help lenders go paperless, automate, outsource
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Companies that help mortgage lenders go paperless, work online, and automate or outsource the work of processing loans are unveiling new services this week at the Mortgage Bankers Association's annual convention in Chicago. A roundup of some of the announcements:
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10/24/2006 Will New MLS Rules Change The Marketplace?
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For as long as anyone can remember the only form of listing allowed in local MLS systems has been the "exclusive right to sell" agreement.
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