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02/28/2007 Idaho Realtors back minimum-service bill
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The Idaho Association of Realtors has introduced legislation, similar to measures proposed and passed in other states that have drawn fire from federal agencies, to mandate a higher level of real estate service.
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02/28/2007 Home loan delinquency rates hit 4-year high
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Delinquency rates on home loans made by
federally chartered banks rose to a seasonally adjusted 1.91 percent in the
fourth quarter of 2006, a level not seen since 2003, but still well below
delinquency rates of the 1990s.
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02/28/2007 New-home sales plummet in the West
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The rate of new single-family home sales in January was an estimated 20.1 percent below the rate for the same month last year, the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today.
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02/28/2007 Rates fall, home loan apps rise
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Overall mortgage application volume picked up last week as
rates on long-term loans declined, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported
today.
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02/28/2007 Dow's freefall sinks overnight real estate rates
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Long-term mortgage interest rates continued to drop Tuesday and the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield tumbled to 4.51 percent after a decline in China's stock market and disappointing U.S. economic reports pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average down more than 400 points.
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02/28/2007 Mortgages are not sexy party conversation
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Editor's note: In this in-depth four-part series, Inman News tackles the exploding trend in real estate blogs. We chat with some of the most well-known and prolific bloggers in the real estate brokerage, mortgage and title insurance industries to see what makes these blogs tick. (Read Part 1 and Part 2.)
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02/28/2007 RE/MAX buys back major regional operation
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RE/MAX International, a
major real estate franchise company, on Tuesday announced an agreement to
acquire RE/MAX of California & Hawaii, an independently owned regional
operation that serves 448 independently owned and operated franchise offices
and 10,270 sales associates.
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02/28/2007 Wanted To Rent: Technology-Friendly Apartments
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If you have an apartment for rent, advertise the geek appeal as well as the curb appeal.
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02/28/2007 Market Conditions
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Santa Fe, New Mexico, real estate experts are reporting that the market is changing.
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02/28/2007 Brokers Tackle Broad Policy Agenda
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Reflecting a decision to become more proactive in the legislative and regulatory arena, the National Association of Mortgage Brokers last week outlined an ambitious policy agenda that it says is aligned with consumers' needs.
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