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08/22/2007 Inman TV: Social mapping with Platial.com
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Platial.com lets you create your own maps for the Web and layer in all kinds of information and create your own mash-up. CEO Di-Ann Eisnor tells us more about the trends in social mapping and how it can be used in real estate.
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08/22/2007 TLC For Virtual Staging
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Freeland, WA-based Barbara Moran founded a virtual staging company, Virtual Staging, virtually by accident.
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08/22/2007 Mortgage Fraud Marches On
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Steps being taken to prevent borrowers from "piggybacking" on someone else's credit records won't stop the practice, at least not right away, according to some mortgage market professionals.
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08/22/2007 Perfecting Praise in HOAs
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There is a myth hanging around that homeowner association volunteers are scarcer then hen's teeth and those that aren't must be loonier than a toon for stepping up.
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08/21/2007 Kokomo, L.A., polar opposites in housing affordability
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Indiana is home to the most affordable small and large metro housing markets in the country, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index.
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08/21/2007 MGIC, Radian merger derailed
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The fate of a planned merger of mortgage insurers MGIC Investment Corp. and The Radian Group Inc. may be settled in court, as both companies try to assess their losses in a subsidiary, C-BASS LLC, which is invested heavily in subprime mortgages.
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08/21/2007 Blog petition promotes affordable housing
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A national group has launched a blog-based petition drive to gather support for affordable housing.
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08/21/2007 Countrywide confirms layoff of 500 in Alt-A, subprime divisions
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Even as it recruits new sales staff from troubled competitors, Countywide Financial Corp. says it's laying off some workers in divisions that handle loans the company is cutting back on.
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08/21/2007 RealtyTrac: Nevada remains tops in foreclosure rate
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Foreclosure activity nearly doubled in July compared to the same month last year, to a rate of one foreclosure filing for every 693 U.S. households, data provider RealtyTrac reported today.
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08/21/2007 Overnight real estate rates down again
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Long-term mortgage interest rates dipped further Monday, and the
benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield fell to 4.63 percent.
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