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04/23/2007 Retiring in Mexico: No Longer Just a Dream
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"Sounds so simple I just got to go," James Taylor sings about Mexico. That's exactly what the developers of a new American-developed, full-ownership, beachfront, active adult community in Mexico are hoping seniors will do.
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04/23/2007 Major Mortgage Players Pledge Foreclosure Relief; May Alleviate Fallout
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With major mortgage market players pledging new relief plans for financially-strapped subprime homeowners, the foreclosure fallout this year and next may not be as severe as some real estate analysts had forecast.
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04/23/2007 Housing Counsel: Buying Foreclosure Property is Risky Business
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Question: We have been reading that a lot of homeowners are in financial trouble, and their homes are going into foreclosure. We would like to buy a home at a foreclosure sale, and need guidance as to how to go about this process.
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04/20/2007 Too-good-to-be-true loans end an era
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The 10-year T-note improved this week, back down from the spooky-healthy job-market surprise two weeks ago, mortgages about 6.25 percent. However, the 10-year is now smack in the middle of a three-week trading range with no reason to move until the economy declares itself in new data.
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04/20/2007 Massachusetts pursues alleged mortgage fraud and 'rescue' scheme
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The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office has obtained a preliminary injunction against 15 individuals and companies who allegedly participated in a mortgage fraud and foreclosure rescue scheme. The injunction prevents them from engaging in foreclosure rescue transactions, the office announced this week.
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04/20/2007 California supports title insurance industry crackdown
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A federal agency's report that calls for tighter oversight of the title insurance industry is "a terrific affirmation of ... the need for greater transparency and the regulations we have proposed to bring healthy competition," according to California's insurance commissioner.
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04/20/2007 HomeGain launches home-valuation tool
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Online real estate service HomeGain today launched a revamped online home-valuation tool the company created seven years ago.
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04/20/2007 A pretty good week, despite the rain
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I didn't show any properties last weekend, because it rained.
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04/20/2007 Overnight real estate rates dip again
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Long-term mortgage interest rates sank further Thursday, and the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield gained to 4.67 percent.
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04/20/2007 Order-taking is dead
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(This is Part 1 of a six-part series.)
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