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SoCal median home price jumps 6.4 percent |
07-17-09 |
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| SAN DIEGO (AP) — A real estate tracking firm says the median price of a home in Southern California surged 6.4 percent in June from May to the highest level in 30 months.
MDA DataQuick of Sa... |
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New home appraisal rules stir industry backlash |
07-14-09 |
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| Less than three months after new rules for home appraisers kicked in, the real estate industry is in uproar.
Realtors, homebuilders, mortgage brokers and the appraisal industry itself all agree th... |
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Your Money: Pensions, savings bonds, mortgages |
07-14-09 |
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| With government playing a bigger role in the economy, it's hard to keep track of all the changes affecting our personal financial lives. The flagging economy has lead to a barrage of questions. Are... |
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Backyard playgrounds mix fun, supervision |
07-14-09 |
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| Parents who want to pry their children away from the television or lure them from the video game console might want to consider putting a playset in the backyard.
Commonly found in neighborhood pa... |
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Let mulch work for you |
07-14-09 |
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| The dictionary says that mulch is anything you lay on top of the soil to protect it. Protect it from what, though?
Sun and rain, that's what. Sun beating down on bare soil results in temperatures ... |
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Dubai: World's tallest tower to open this year |
07-14-09 |
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| UBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Middle Eastern developer building the world's tallest skyscraper vowed Monday to complete the tower by year's end, though the exact date remains uncertai... |
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D.C. commercial property market resisting downturn |
07-14-09 |
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| It's often said that Washington D.C. functions as a world of its own, out of step with the rest of the country. Fortunately for owners of office, retail and apartment space, the maxim also applies ... |
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4 families rebuilding finances post-foreclosure |
07-14-09 |
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| Even after a sheriff's sale, the financial and emotional strains that surround a foreclosure are rarely over.
For the past six months, the Associated Press has followed four families who lost thei... |
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Cities and citizens try to reclaim vacant blocks |
07-13-09 |
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — David Brown Kinloch could have lived elsewhere, but he chose to move into an abandoned home in a distressed Louisville neighborhood that others were lea... |
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Mortgage rates fall for 2nd-straight week |
07-10-09 |
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| McLEAN, Va. (AP) — Average rates for 30-year mortgages fell for the second-straight week, but still remained above record lows reached earlier this year, Freddie Mac said Thursday.
The avera... |
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$8,000 Tax Credit for First Time Homebuyers
