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01/29/2007 Location, Location, Location: What's the Impact on Value?
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What key characteristics of a home's location -- not the features inside -- push sales values up or down most dramatically?
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01/29/2007 Housing Counsel: Looking Forward in 2007
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At the end of each year, some people look back -- while others look to the future. The past, as the saying goes, is prologue; other than to learn from our mistakes, there is nothing we can do to change or modify 2006.
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01/29/2007 Decreased Costs Expected to Spark Remodeling Projects
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At the top of many homeowners' to-do list is a remodel project. Whether it's a new bathroom, kitchen, room addition or garage -- some of the more popular remodels -- now could be an excellent time to get started.
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01/29/2007 Budget More Beds For Elderly Facing Housing Crunch
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Nowhere are affordable housing shortages more acute than where they are needed to serve aging Americans.
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01/26/2007 Seize the next wave of real estate buyers
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(This is Part 2 of a five-part series. Read Part
1.)
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01/26/2007 Housing reality: neither bubble nor bottom
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Mortgage
rates have risen again, sharply, beginning to push 6.5 percent for low-fee,
30-year loans, and big-media "news" won't discover the jump until
late next week because of lags in national surveys. It's real, though, right
now.
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01/26/2007 Wachovia to exit subprime mortgage lending
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Wachovia Corp. is closing its
Marietta, Ga.-based subprime lending subsidiary EquiBanc Mortgage Corp., which
has offices in 25 states and Washington, D.C.
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01/26/2007 Vote on weirdest real estate deal
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Editor's
note: Inman News made a call to action for readers to share the details of
their weirdest real estate transactions and we have a collection compiled at
the Inman News Blog.
We picked the following story, which we thought was the funniest. We're asking
readers to join in and vote. Click
here to read the stories so far or leave your own, and then comment on
which one was best.
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01/26/2007 Job market prospects brighten
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A key indicator that measures job offerings in major U.S.
newspapers rose four points in December and could signal a stronger labor
market in the coming months, The Conference Board reported Thursday.
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01/26/2007 A new day for competition
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I brought
this big bag of goodies home from the Real Estate Connect conference a couple
of weeks ago, and I promptly filed it. (By that, I mean put it on the floor in a
corner).
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