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04/25/2007 New-home sales dive 24% in March
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The rate of new single-family home sales dropped about 23.5 percent in March compared to the same month last year, while the median price rose about 6.4 percent, the U.S. Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development reported today.
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04/25/2007 Home loan apps rise 3.6%
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A sizeable drop in mortgage rates last week inspired an upturn in mortgage applications, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported today in its weekly survey.
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04/25/2007 Dip in overnight real estate rates
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Long-term mortgage interest rates were down Tuesday, and the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield fell to 4.62 percent.
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04/25/2007 Companies, agents break into real estate video
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Editor's note: In an increasingly competitive marketplace, brokers and agents are trying new things to gain an edge. In this four-part series, Inman News offers a look at new tools available for Realtors, including online communication plug-ins, online video and single-property Web site marketing. (Read Part 1 and Part 2.)
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04/25/2007 'No Signs Of Turnaround' In Home Price Decline
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There's plenty of year left, but early predictions that the housing market would rebound in 2007 have so far fallen flat as more buyers bail and sellers wail.
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04/25/2007 'Either-Or' Apartment Projects
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Make way for the "androgynous" multi-family housing development in which the "sex" of the property -- for sale or for rent -- won't be known until six months prior to the marketing phase begins.
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04/25/2007 Ask the HOA Expert
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Question: Our HOA has been in existence for a couple of years. The main entrance is very unattractive and needs lighting and a sprinkler system. The cost of these improvements would be $5000 and we only have $1000 in reserves. What would be the best way to handle this matter?
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04/24/2007 Attempt to clarify Zillow home values fails in Arizona
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Proposed legislation in Arizona that would have formally legalized Zestimates -- the home-value estimates generated at Zillow.com -- failed in the state House of Representatives today.
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04/24/2007 California home sales fall, prices rise in March
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The rate of single-family home sales plummeted 20.8 percent while home prices rose 3.2 percent in March compared to the same month last year, the California Association of Realtors trade group reported today.
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04/24/2007 Old Republic sues Florida title agency
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An independent title agency in Florida is facing a civil suit alleging its owner used escrow funds to purchase real estate and luxury cars, including a BMW coupe and a Hummer H2.
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