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11/27/2006 Neighboroo puts neighborhood statistics on the map
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Neighboroo.com digs far deeper than "red state" or "blue state" in mapping statistics for a given area.
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11/27/2006 California real estate affordability drops
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Housing affordability in California dropped 4 percentage points in the third quarter compared to the same quarter last year, the California Association of Realtors trade group reported today.
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11/27/2006 Future home buyers determine real estate trends
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The most significant factors impacting housing over the coming years are whether aging baby boomers decide to grow old where they are and where young immigrants decide to settle, according to a new study released today by the Mortgage Bankers Association.
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11/27/2006 High court to rule on states' authority over mortgage lending subsidiaries
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The Supreme Court this week will hear arguments in a case that could limit the power of states to impose their own stricter standards on the mortgage lending subsidiaries of federally chartered banks.
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11/27/2006 RealEstate.com launches beta home-search site
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RealEstate.com has launched a new online property search site for the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area. Now in beta form, the site will be expanded nationwide next year, the company announced.
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11/27/2006 Austin real estate posts best October ever
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The Austin, Texas, housing market posted an October record for both single-family home sales and prices, as homes sold at the fastest pace ever for the month, the Austin Board of Realtors reported.
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11/27/2006 Mortgage lead generator taps into credit scores
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The biggest Internet lead generator in the home lending
industry says it's enhancing the quality of its leads by tapping into credit
scores generated by its parent company, Experian.
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11/27/2006 Long Term Mortgage Rates Lowest Since First of the Year
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McLEAN, VA -- Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS) in which the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.18 percent with an average 0.5 point for the week ending November 22, 2006, down from last week when it averaged 6.24 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 6.28 percent. This is the lowest the 30-year FRM has been since the week ending January 26, 2006, when it averaged 6.12 percent.
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11/27/2006 Housing Counsel: Your Privacy is Lost When You Obtain a Mortgage Loan
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Question: We recently went to settlement on our first home. The attorney conducting the process handed us a large pile of papers and asked us to sign them. One of them was a form which would authorize our lender to get our personal financial information from the IRS. We objected but were told that this was a lender requirement. Is this legal?
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11/27/2006 Do "Low-Doc" Home Mortgage Borrowers Have Something to Hide?
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Ever wonder why so many people opt for "no doc" and "low-doc" home mortgages that do not require verification of income or assets? Traditionally reduced-documentation loans were used by small business owners and self-employed professionals with complicated corporate profiles, partnership interests and irregular income patters because of bonuses or commissions.
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