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02/22/2007 Overnight real estate rates quiet
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Long-term mortgage interest rates were mostly unchanged again Wednesday, and the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield rose to 4.69 percent.
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02/22/2007 Silicon Valley Home Prices Due For Decline
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Single-family home prices in Silicon Valley are among the last in the state to avoid year-over-year declines, but that's likely to end this year.
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02/22/2007 Own or Rent? Study Shows Location and Discipline Key
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A study by the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia concludes that on average, Canadians who own their homes become wealthier over time than renters.
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02/22/2007 New Award to Encourage Universal Design
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A few years back, when universal design was getting out of the thinking stage and into show houses, I asked a residential builder what he thought about front-loaded washers, no-step showers and grab bars in bathtubs.
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02/21/2007 Virtual tour company builds floor plans with lasers
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The revolution in online interactive mapping tools empowers home buyers with a great view ... of roofs. And while mapping can satiate the thirst for "location, location, location" information, real estate agents know that what's on the inside counts, too.
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02/21/2007 Apartment-hunting hits cell phones
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Sprint cell
phone customers now have the ability to view nearby apartments for rent on
select Sprint or Nextel phones thanks to a new tool from Smarter Agent.
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02/21/2007 Economy grows at snail's pace
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The U.S. economy continued to show improvement in January,
albeit sluggish, the Conference Board reported today.
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02/21/2007 Real estate data security embraces text messaging
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A new
security product that aims to protect real estate data by eliminating password
theft debuted last week.
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02/21/2007 Home loan apps drop 5.2%
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Falling interest rates last week weren't enough to sustain
home purchases and refinancings, as overall mortgage application volume
declined, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported today.
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02/21/2007 Overnight real estate rates stagnate
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Long-term mortgage interest rates were flat Tuesday, and the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield fell to 4.68 percent.
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