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12/19/2006 What Price Would You Take For Your Home?
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As 2006 draws to an end I notice that my local real estate broker has sent along a calendar.
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12/19/2006 Portable Generators Killing Again
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More and more often, natural disasters from summer hurricanes to winter snow storms don't blow through without leaving injuries and deaths in their wake -- not from the event itself, but from misusing power generators to keep the lights on when the power goes out.
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12/19/2006 Housing Counsel: Federal Judge Tells IRS to Have a Heart
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Question: I have been divorced for several years. As part of our settlement agreement, the family home is now owned jointly by my ex and myself. I have just learned that my former husband owes the IRS a lot of money, and am concerned whether the house can be foreclosed by the IRS.
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12/18/2006 Feds charge former Fannie Mae execs with manipulating earnings
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Government
regulators said
Monday they will seek more than $100 million in civil penalties from three
former Fannie Mae executives accused of submitting six years of inaccurate
accounting reports, and the return of more than $115 million in bonuses.
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12/18/2006 Realogy roots run deep with prospective buyer
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The private equity firm that plans to acquire real estate giant Realogy Corp. also played an integral role in building up its business.
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12/18/2006 Dallas housing slowdown drags single-family market
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The Dallas/Fort Worth metro area saw single-family home
sales and prices decline further in November, according to preliminary
statistics provided by North Texas Real Estate Information Systems.
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12/18/2006 The Cendant/Realogy real estate adventure
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Editor's note: An affiliate of private equity firm Apollo
Management L.P. has entered into an agreement to acquire real estate brokerage
giant Realogy -- formerly the real estate
arm of Cendant Corp. -- in a deal valued at about $9 billion. This article,
published earlier this year, describes the Cendant/Realogy adventure in real
estate.
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12/18/2006 Realogy announces acquisition agreement with equity firm
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An affiliate of private equity firm Apollo Management L.P. has entered into an agreement to acquire real estate brokerage giant Realogy -- formerly the real estate arm of Cendant Corp. -- in a deal valued at about $9 billion.
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12/18/2006 Maryland real estate slowdown deepens
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Maryland home sales cooled for the 14th straight month in November amid a gigantic supply of listings, as annual price growth gained slightly, according to statistics provided by the Maryland Association of Realtors.
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12/18/2006 Real estate rates down overnight
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Long-term mortgage interest rates were lower Friday, and the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield slipped to 4.59 percent.
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