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05/24/2007 CAR's malicious prosecution suit to proceed
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A malicious prosecution complaint filed by the California Association of Realtors against attorney David Barry and his client can proceed to trial, after a decision denying Barry's motion to dismiss the case was affirmed by a state appeals court.
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05/24/2007 Life After Real Estate -- Life Insurance?
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We've all seen it or have been reminded of it often enough.
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05/24/2007 Indoor Carpeting May Make Some People Become Ill.
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In the 1980s it seemed that all new homes offered wall to wall carpeting as standard. But in today's home market, people are looking at a variety of floors and floor coverings -- and wall to wall carpeting may be on the outs.
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05/24/2007 Insuring Special Events In Your Home
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The groom gallops from the altar. Rain washes out the family reunion. The sweet sixteen soiree goes sour. The graduation party fails. The bat mitzvah isn't kosher.
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05/23/2007 American Express will let customers charge mortgage payments
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American Express will let customers who pay a one-time fee of $395 use their credit cards to make their monthly mortgage payments automatically, earning points that can be redeemed for services or cash.
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05/23/2007 Former FBI director tapped for Fannie Mae board
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Former FBI Director Louis Freeh has been elected to serve on Fannie Mae's board of directors, making him the eighth new member of the board since 2004, when accounting and management scandals forced the company to restate earnings and remove top managers.
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05/23/2007 Property I.D. sues to get HUD off its back
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Property I.D., a company that shared the profits it made providing natural hazard disclosure reports to home buyers with real estate brokers, says it's filed suit to end a nearly two-year-long investigation of the company's business practices by federal regulators.
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05/23/2007 Refis, home purchases rise
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Overall mortgage application activity picked up last week as interest rates sprang higher, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported today.
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05/23/2007 Overnight real estate rates mixed
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Long-term mortgage interest rates were mixed Tuesday, and the
benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield rose to 4.83 percent.
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05/23/2007 NAR plans to create credit union and tech incubator
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The National Association of Realtors will raise membership dues in 2008 as part of an initiative that has a goal to raise $60 million to $100 million in the next three to five years for a variety of projects, including the creation of a technology corporation and a credit union.
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