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05/30/2007 Rising rates cut into home loan apps
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Overall mortgage application activity tumbled last week as interest rates continued to climb, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported today.
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05/30/2007 Real estate rates climb overnight
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Long-term mortgage interest rates were up again Tuesday, and the
benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield gained to 4.88 percent.
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05/30/2007 Real estate plays catch-up with e-signatures
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Editor's note: More big companies, trade groups and entrepreneurs are investing in technology platforms, back-end systems and software to automate the real estate transaction, but most consumers are still closing deals the old-fashioned way. In this three-part series, Inman News eyes progress on the paperless front. (See Part 1, "Brokers realize benefits of paperless office."
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05/30/2007 Housing By the Numbers
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There's no question that most Americans suffer from obesity. Face it, we're fat. And so are our homes, at least when measured by the number of bedrooms.
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05/30/2007 California Sales Slump, Median Price Rises
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California's existing housing sales slumped 27.8 percent in April, compared to a year ago, but the median price rose 6.2 percent, in a market characterized by less action in the more affordable sector.
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05/30/2007 Ask the HOA Expert
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Question: Many of our members spend the winter months in Florida or Arizona. Since board meetings take place during their absence, it limits their ability to serve on the board. We are thinking about having understudies who could stand in for directors who are out of town. What do you think of this plan?
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05/29/2007 '16 Minutes' spoof continues discounter debate
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Just when you thought the heated debate over the "60 Minutes" segment on the real estate industry had subsided, a spoof video has stirred the issue of real estate commissions and discount practices to a boil once again.
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05/29/2007 Appeals court throws out $32.4M damage award to Chicago Title
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First American Corp. is chipping away at the damages awarded to rival Chicago Title in a lawsuit that claims First American lured a top manager away in violation of a noncompetition agreement.
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05/29/2007 Consumer confidence improves
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Despite record-high gas prices, consumer confidence brightened in May, The Conference Board reported today.
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05/29/2007 U.S. home-price index falls into negative territory
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A national home price index fell 1.4 percent in the first quarter compared to the same quarter last year, and a separate 20-city index dropped 1.4 percent for the month of March compared to March 2006.
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