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11/22/2006 Home buyers gain upper hand in Central Ohio
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Central Ohio home sales in October dropped to their lowest level in four years amid a massive supply of listings, which sent the average sales price down further, the Columbus Board of Realtors reported.
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11/22/2006 PropertyShark launches in San Francisco
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PropertyShark, a
company that provides detailed online property information and mapping for
several major U.S. real estate markets, has launched mapping
tools for San Francisco.
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11/22/2006 Home loan applications slow
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Although the 30-year fixed mortgage rate dropped to its lowest level since January, overall mortgage applications last week were down 3.7 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from the week before, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's latest survey.
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11/22/2006 Overnight real estate rates stall
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Long-term mortgage interest rates were mostly flat Tuesday, and the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield dropped to 4.57 percent.
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11/22/2006 New Orleans real estate company rebuilds, adapts
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NEW ORLEANS -- Arthur Sterbcow has dealt with a lot of flat
tires in the past year -- 17 at last count. It's not surprising given the
countless roofing nails, broken bits of glass and other debris that still
litter the streets around the flood-ravaged neighborhoods of New Orleans. Curb
appeal is not a high priority in the area's real estate market these days.
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11/22/2006 HOA Tree Planning
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"God is the experience of looking at a tree and saying "Ah!"" Joseph Campbell.
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11/22/2006 'First Responders' to Get HUD Discount
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Federal housing authorities are adding "first responders" to a restructured program aimed at getting government-owned homes into the hands of workers who are seen as the key to improving the quality of life in distressed urban communities.
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11/22/2006 Price, Amenities Draw Travelers to Vacation Homes
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Own a vacation home rental?
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11/21/2006 MLSs create obstacle to change
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Multiple listing services stand in the way of change, and they owe it to their subscribers to push for data standardization and regionalization, said David Charron, president and CEO for Metropolitan Regional Information Systems Inc., the largest MLS in the nation.
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11/21/2006 Minnesota and HUD to crack down on affiliated title insurers
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Minnesota and federal housing officials have launched a crackdown on affiliated business arrangements in which real estate brokerages, lenders or builders own a share of companies that provide title insurance.
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