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02/15/2008 Getting real with brands
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Kaira Sturdivant Rouda, president of Real Living, joins InmanTV to discuss her new book, "Real You
Incorporated," which explores essentials for women entrepreneurs and the
pursuit of building a genuine, personal brand in business. Rouda is a key leader
at Real Living, a real estate brokerage company based in Ohio, and she also
shares how ideas in the book relate to real estate agents.
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02/14/2008 Many Californians locked out of home ownership
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Home prices have outpaced household income throughout California, and in 14 counties the median income needed to purchase a median-priced home is more than double the median household income, according to a report released today.
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02/14/2008 Mortgage rates end week higher
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Mortgage rates inched higher this week despite a lack of strong economic
news, Freddie Mac reported today.
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02/14/2008 NAR reports Q4 price drops in most metros
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The median price of U.S. single-family resale homes dropped 5.8 percent in the fourth quarter compared to the same quarter in 2006, the National Association of Realtors reported today, with prices falling in 77 of 150 metro areas tracked.
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02/14/2008 Nightly real estate rates inch up
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Long-term mortgage interest rates rose again Wednesday, and the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield increased to 3.73 percent.
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02/14/2008 Morgan Stanley axing 1,000 mortgage jobs
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Morgan Stanley announced Wednesday the company will lay off 1,000 employees
as it scales back residential mortgage operations in the U.S. and closes a
UK-based subsidiary, Advantage Home Loans.
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02/13/2008 Lawyers seek more evidence in Idaho antitrust lawsuits
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A U.S. District Court Judge last month tossed out antitrust charges filed by buyers of vacant lots in four separate class-action lawsuits filed against Idaho real estate brokerage companies, though lawyers for the buyers are contesting the decision.
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02/13/2008 Economic stimulus bill signed into law
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President Bush today signed into law a $152 billion economic stimulus bill that will temporarily allow Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Housing Administration to guarantee mortgages as large as $729,750 in some high-cost markets.
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02/13/2008 MGIC says it will survive, but won't profit in 2008
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Private mortgage insurer MGIC Investment Corp. said fourth-quarter losses totaled $1.47 billion, as the company paid out more claims on bad loans and boosted projections of future claims on loans that were bundled up as collateral for securities sold to Wall Street investors.
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02/13/2008 U.S. foreclosure filings up 79% in 2007
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U.S. foreclosure filings rose 79.2 percent in 2007 compared to 2006, with 1 percent of all households entering a stage of foreclosure, data company RealtyTrac reported today.
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