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09/25/2007 Home prices continue decline in major cities
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Two indices measuring home-price changes in major U.S. cities showed continuing declines in July, with each showing a steeper rate of decline in each of the seven months from January through July.
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09/25/2007 DocuSign completes $12.4 million round of financing
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DocuSign, a company that offers e-signature technology for real estate professionals and other industries, today announced that it has raised $12.4 million in its latest round of investor financing, for a total of about $29 million since the company launched.
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09/25/2007 Overnight real estate rates still higher
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Long-term mortgage interest rates were up again Monday, and the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield rose to 4.63 percent.
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09/25/2007 Bill would let bankruptcy courts impose loan mods
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Legislation that would allow bankruptcy courts to modify the terms of a homeowner's mortgage loan could save 600,000 homes from foreclosure, the bill's sponsor claims.
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09/25/2007 10 Ways To Buy Better In A Down Market
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At first it may seem like a no brainer, low-hanging fruit and child's play, but purchasing in a down market is not as easy as it may seem. The problem is not a shortage of homes or a lack of sellers willing to bargain, rather it's that buying in such a market can be risky. Why? Because values may continue to fall.
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09/25/2007 September Roundup
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Mortgage Rates
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09/25/2007 See Beyond "House" to Appreciate "Home": Cabbagetown Tour
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The success of home staging and other cosmetic make-overs, seems to indicate that buyers viewing a property may not know how to look beyond the surface to visualize their own lives and taste superimposed on someone else's personal space. Buyers may benefit from making a conscious effort to strengthen their visioning ability since the acquired skill of productive home viewing forms the basis for the significant financial decision -- to buy or not to buy.
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09/25/2007 Green Planning Greener Than Hybrid Vehicles
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Build more conveniently located homes in walkable neighborhoods and not only will people get more housing choices, drive times will shrink and that will reduce the nation's carbon footprint.
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09/25/2007 Ask George & Chuck: Questions from Consumers
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Question (CA): My partner and I recently purchased our first home, a 3 bedroom, 2 bath townhome. It is in a good area of the city we live in and is brand new construction. There is a private charter school (grades 9-12) being built across the street from us and will open in the Fall of 2008. The loan we took is a 5/1 ARM, and we signed papers in February of 2007. We took the loan for 100 percent of the purchase price. All the townhomes have been sold at this time.
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09/24/2007 Realtor board official faces embezzlement charges
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An official for a small Realtor board in Vermont is facing embezzlement charges for allegedly ringing up about $30,000 worth of personal expenditures using a board credit and debit card, according to reports.
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