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12/21/2007 Market Conditions: Warwick, Rhode Island
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Realtor Ron Rhipps, of Warwick, Rhode Island, is excited for buyers. He reports, "The real estate market is wild! Transactions are happening and some buyers are making some great buys."
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12/21/2007 Filling a Realtor Seminar in a Tougher Market
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Real estate seminars can be used to gain notoriety for a local affiliate or even a real estate company. Through the years, the seminars have been extremely successful for both, but a constant challenge remains -- filing the room.
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12/21/2007 Don't Let Your Fireplace Steal The Heat From Your Home
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On a cold winter day, there's nothing quite like snuggling by a cozy, wood-burning fireplace -- right? It's comforting and when you go to resell your home it can add value depending on how your particular fireplace is set up.
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12/21/2007 Ask Realty Times
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Question: My lender has gone bankrupt but has not sold my loan to another lender. The interest rate continues to rise every month. How I can get the loan transferred and then modify the current loan into a fixed-rate loan?
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12/21/2007 Loan Contingencies Require Careful Attention
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When directors of the California Association of Realtors® meet for the conduct of association business, there are always "hot topics" being discussed in the hallways, at regional caucuses, and in the meetings of various committees. At their recent meetings in Anaheim, one of the topics d'jour -- especially at committees dealing with legal and transactional issues -- was that of loan contingencies.
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12/20/2007 Economic indicator drops sharply in November
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The U.S. leading index, which is intended to gauge future economic activity, dove 0.4 percent in November following a 0.5 percent drop in October, the Conference Board reported today. The index score of 136.3 in November was the lowest since mid-2005.
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12/20/2007 Freddie Mac: Long-term mortgage rates up this week
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The interest rates for 15- and 30-year fixed-rate mortgages rose in the week ending Dec. 20, according to a weekly survey by Freddie Mac.
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12/20/2007 Overnight real estate rates down again
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Long-term mortgage interest rates continued to fall Wednesday, and the
benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield dropped to 4.03 percent.
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12/20/2007 Real Estate Outlook: Economy Solid and Encouraging
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Despite the impressions you might get from the network news, the U.S. economy continues to churn out solid, even encouraging, numbers -- and that's important for anyone interested in real estate.
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12/20/2007 Inflation Report Signals Tougher Credit Ahead
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It turns out the Fed was right and Wall Street was wrong. Inflation is a real threat, big enough to impact consumers more than previously thought.
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