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01/21/2008 ActiveRain secures $2.75 million from HouseValues
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Real estate social networking site ActiveRain will receive $2.75 million in a Series A minority investment from HouseValues, a real estate marketing and lead-generation company based in Kirkland, Wash., ActiveRain executives announced today.
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01/21/2008 Mortgage exec allegedly kills wife, jumps from bridge
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An executive at a bankrupt subprime mortgage lender who is believed to have killed his wife before taking his own life was motivated by personal, rather than financial, problems, authorities said.
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01/21/2008 Coldwell Banker United buys South Carolina company
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Coldwell Banker United Realtors, a top Coldwell Banker affiliate in the South and Texas, has acquired South Carolina-based Coldwell Banker Coastal Properties, the company said today.
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01/21/2008 Nightly real estate rates barely budge
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Long-term mortgage interest rates were flat to slightly lower Friday, and the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield inched up to 3.63 percent.
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01/21/2008 Real estate as media enterprise
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01/18/2008 No new housing initiative in Bush's $150 billion stimulus plan
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A $150 billion economic stimulus package unveiled by President Bush Friday doesn't address a top priority of the National Association of Realtors -- raising the $417,000 conforming loan limit to allow Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to purchase "jumbo" loans.
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01/18/2008 Fed's call for stimulus may be too little, too late
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Markets have entered a panicky freefall, the common precursor to at least a temporary rebound. Mortgages reached 5.75 percent, approaching the 5.25 percent all-time lows of '02-'04 from which rates vee'd up every time. Of course rates could go lower, even set a new record, but this is a bird-in-hand moment for refinancing.
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01/18/2008 Mortgage, bond insurers could be facing big losses
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Analysts at Standard & Poor's Ratings Services say mortgage and bond insurers could be facing losses 20 percent greater than the rating agency had calculated less than a month ago.
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01/18/2008 What to do this year? Video video
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I walked out of this year's Real Estate Connect conference with two thoughts: I'm gonna figure out how to work the Web, and I'm gonna learn video.
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01/18/2008 Housing further dims economic outlook
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Continued weakness in home construction contributed significantly to December's 0.2 percent decline in the U.S. leading index, a gauge of future economic activity, The Conference Board reported today.
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