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11/23/2007 Realtors become own media to sustain market optimism
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(This is Part 2 of a two-part series. See Part 1.)
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11/21/2007 Online real estate ad spend to grow during downturn
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Spending on online real estate advertising will continue to grow during the housing downturn, surpassing spending on print ads by 2011, according to a forecast by Borrell Associates Inc.
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11/21/2007 Consumer confidence hits two-year low
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11/21/2007 Four servicers agree to streamline California workouts
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Four companies that service 25 percent of outstanding subprime loans in California have agreed to streamline the loan modification process to allow some borrowers with adjustable-rate mortgages to avoid interest rate resets.
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11/21/2007 Local Stats More Telling: NAR
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A record 30,000 real estate agents and brokers were sent home from their annual convention in Las Vegas last week with one important message:
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11/21/2007 More Gifts That Really Hit Home
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We've got a list for you and we've checked it twice to make sure you get the most housing bang for your holiday spending bucks.
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11/21/2007 Formal Consensus
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When it comes to decision making in homeowner associations, parliamentary procedure (like Roberts Rules) is often the basis for making them. It provides a systematic and efficient way to get business done. However, parliamentary procedure is based on the democratic notion of "majority rules." Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. Americans have come to think this is the best option. While the system works pretty well, there is another process for decision making called "Formal Consensus."
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11/21/2007 Mortgage loan applications, interest rates fall
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Mortgage loan applications for the week ending Nov. 16 fell 3.6 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from a week earlier, with refinance and adjustable-rate mortgages accounting for a larger share of applications than the week before, the Mortgage Bankers Association reports.
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11/21/2007 Resale home prices fall 2% year-over-year in Q3
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Median single-family resale home prices rose in 62 percent of metro areas tracked by the National Association of Realtors in the third quarter compared to third quarter 2006, according to a report released today, while the U.S. median price fell 2 percent and total existing-home sales dropped in most states.
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11/21/2007 Real estate journalism fellowships awarded
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The National Association of Real Estate Editors has named Alan J. Heavens of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Seattle-based freelance writer Jane Hodges, who writes for Dow Jones and the Seattle Times, as the winners of the Sixth Annual NAREE Bivins Fellowship.
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