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02/20/2007 Cash-Out Numbers Shrink As Appreciation Slows
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Screws are tightening on the cash-out refinancing market.
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02/19/2007 Stewart earnings tumble 51%
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Stewart Information Services Corp. on Friday reported its 2006 earnings were down significantly from 2005 despite strong performance in the fourth quarter.
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02/19/2007 Overnight real estate rates stall
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Long-term mortgage interest rates were mostly flat Friday, and the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield dropped to 4.69 percent.
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02/19/2007 Housing is 'wild card' for Fed
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rates stabilized near 6.25 percent at the close of last week, with the 10-year
T-note providing gravity in a range near 4.7 percent. The bond market has done
a lot of intra-day bouncing, trying to find a level after a two-month,
straight-line run-up in rates, then a downward correction, and then the Federal
Reserve Chairman's annual testimony to Congress.
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02/19/2007 Subprime Mortgage Meltown Could Squeeze Some Credit-impaired Home Buyers
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The meltdown in the subprime mortgage sector continued last week, raising concerns that home buyers with impaired credit will face higher rates and far fewer options in the months ahead.
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02/19/2007 Homebuyers Pay More for "Green" Homes
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A recently released survey by Green Builder Media and Imre Communications indicates that homebuyers are willing to pay a premium for green homes -- homes that are environmentally safe and, in many cases, more valuable than those traditionally-built.
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02/19/2007 Y2K II?: The New Daylight Saving Time
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This year's change from Standard Time (ST) to Daylight Saving Time (DST) could create a little havoc around homes laden with older electronic and other devices that recognize the old DST.
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02/19/2007 Housing Counsel: Capital Gains Tax and Depreciation
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02/16/2007 Meet the Bubble Debunkers
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Editor's note: Talk of a real estate bubble, brewing for many years, has spawned an assortment of real estate blogs devoted to bubble talk and statistical analyses. These bubble sites offer a counterpoint to industry data and mainstream media coverage, and have gained a following among consumers and industry analysts alike. Several "bubble bloggers" -- some named and some choosing to remain anonymous -- have shared their views with Inman News. (Read the intro to this series, "The rise of real estate bubble blogs.") This article focuses on a real estate agent who said in his blog that the "bubble is a myth."
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02/16/2007 Meet the Bubble Bloggers Roundup
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A giant genre of real estate blogs has risen that is devoted to a discussion on housing bubbles and the possibility of a real estate market crash. Markets indeed have slowed in many areas, and these bloggers are still at it, often posting articles daily for their growing audiences of followers and critics to read.
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