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12/19/2007 Home loan apps plunge 19%
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Mortgage application volume last week posted the sharpest drop in recent years as interest rates continued higher, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported today.
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12/19/2007 Frontdoor gets more property listings
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Leading Real Estate Companies of the World, a global network of real estate companies, has struck a deal with Scripps Networks' HGTV to provide property listings for the cable network's new real estate Web site, Frontdoor.com, launched just last week.
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12/19/2007 Congress OKs tax relief on forgiven mortgage debt
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Congress has passed legislation that would open up a three-year window during which homeowners who end up in foreclosure -- or negotiate workouts or short sales with lenders -- won't have to pay taxes on up to $2 million of forgiven debt.
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12/19/2007 Real estate rates fall overnight
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Long-term mortgage interest rates were lower Tuesday, and the
benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield dropped to 4.12 percent.
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12/19/2007 Markets brighter south of the border
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12/19/2007 Closings: Whatever Happened to Your $10 billion?
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As the year draws to an end it's not only important to ask who was naughty or nice, it's also time for a little accounting.
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12/19/2007 Builders' Confidence Shaken, But Overbuilding Continues
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For the third consecutive month, builder confidence sustained record lows. One out of five builders are confident about the single-family home market, according to a monthly index.
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12/19/2007 Interest Rate Update
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Today's Interest Rates from Realty Times are based on a 30 year amortization rate, with good credit and no origination fees.
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12/19/2007 Mortgage Moment: Mortgage Broker or Banker?
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Use MM #4
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12/19/2007 Ask Realty Times: Canceling Private Mortgage Insurance
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