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Speculation Abounds - Wherefore Art the New Treasury Secretary? |
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Treasury's Kashkari Wants Transparent TARP |
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Fed, SEC, CFTC and Treasury Department to Establish CDS Clearing House |
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U.S. Libor Rates Higher on Friday |
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Fed's Bernanke Says More Co-ordinated Measures Possible |
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Survey of Remodelers Show Work, Expectations in Decline |
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Rates Pause in Roller-Coaster Ride |
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Lower Rates Spark Increase in Mortgage Applications |
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RealtyTrac Says U.S. Foreclosures Rose 5% in October |
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MBA Mortgage Applications Move Higher in Week Ending November 7 |
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U.S. Inter-Bank Lending Rates Higher After TARP Revamp |
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Paulson Abandons Asset-Purchase Plan, Expands Capital Injection Approach |
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Fed, FDIC and Treasury Issue Joint Statement on Bank Practices |
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Paulson Unveils Phase Two of TARP |
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Wednesday's Events: Paulson to Give TARP Update; Fed Speakers & Bond Auctions |
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FHFA Announces Loan Modification Program for Fannie, Freddie |
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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac to Modify Approach to Foreclosure Prevention, WSJ Says |
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Another Big Bank Moves to Assist Homeowners and Itself |
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Realtors Ask Feds for Reduction in Owner-Occupancy Ratio |
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Tsy's Kashkari Says Extended Bailout of AIG Necessary for Stable Markets |
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Fed & Treasury Revise AIG Loan Terms Under TARP |
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Fannie Mae Reports Record Quarterly $29 Billion Loss |
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From Any Angle, October Nonfarm Payrolls are Horrible, Economists Say |
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Obama has Plenty of Choices for Treasury Secretary |
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Fed's Warsh Says U.S. Financial Structure Has to be Rebuilt |
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Mortgage Rates Decline on Spending, Jobs Fears |
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Jobless Claims Continue to Signal Sustained Layoffs |
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Losses May Sink GMAC's Residential Lending Unit |
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ADP Report Says 157k U.S. Private Jobs Lost in October |
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MBA Mortgage Applications Move Lower in Week Ending October 31 |
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J.P. Morgan Chase Unveils Mortgage Foreclosure Initiative |
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Dallas Fed President Says Slowdown Reversed Inflationary Trend |
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FDIC Extends Opt-Out Deadline For Banks Participating in Guarantee Program |
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Fed's Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey Released |
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Commerce Department Offers One-Stop Site for Economic Survival |
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Fed's Lacker Says Slowing Economy May Lead to Further Credit Tightening |
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Construction Spending Drops in September |
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Fed's Bernanke Urges Reform on Mortgage Securitization Process |
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Zillow Survey Portrays Homeowners in Denial |
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September Personal Income & Spending Report Signals Worsening in Q4 |
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Fed's Yellen Says Rates Could Reach Zero in Weak Economy |
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Cuomo Tells Big Banks - He is Watching |
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Mortgage Rates Swing Upward Again This Week |
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White House Adviser Lazear Says U.S. Can Potentially Rebound |
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Economists Say Contraction in U.S. Q3 GDP Confirms Recession |
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IMF Sets Up New Lending Facility |
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FOMC Puts Risk on Downside Growth, Inflation Off Radar, Analysts Say |
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FOMC Unanimously Votes to Cut Target Rate 50 Basis Points to 1.00% |
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FDIC Unveils Incentives to Mortgage Industry to Amend Loans |
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MBA Mortgage Applications Move Up in Week Ending October 24 |
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Fed Widely Expected to Cut Rates 50 Basis Points to 1.00% |
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U.S. Third Quarter Vacancy Rates Remain Stalled at 2.8% |
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Consumer Confidence Plummets to All-Time Low of 38.0 in October |
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Former Fed Chair Volcker Says "No Doubt" U.S. is in Recession |
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More Banks Sign up to Sell Stock to Treasury |
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Case-Shiller Home Price Index Declines by 16.6% in August |
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New Home Sales Rise 2.7% in September |
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Monday's Events: U.S. New Home Sales, Bond Auctions, ECB's Trichet |
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More Insurance Giants May Dip Into Bailout Fund, Report Says |
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IMF Considering Allowing Countries to Borrow 5 Times Quota Limit |
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Existing Home Sales Pick Up 5.5% to 5.18 Million in September |
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FDIC Chair Promotes Increased Incentives for Mortgage Modifications |
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Long-Term Rates Ease After Mid-Month Jump |
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Ratings Agencies Hit for Role in Financial Crisis |
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Treasury's Kashkari says TARP Moving Forward Rapidly, Effectively |
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FHFA Says House Prices Fell 0.6% in August |
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Home Foreclosures Drop 12% as State Laws Slow Mortgage Defaults |
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Greenspan Says Crisis Worse Than "Anything I Could Have Imagined" |
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Greenspan Calls for More Regulation in Testimony to House |
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Initial Jobless Claims Jump to 478k |
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NAR Presents Four-Point Stimulus Proposal |
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MBA Mortgage Applications Decline in Week Ending October 17 |
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Financial Innovation in China Must Continue, Says Treasury's McCormick |
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China's Strength a Beacon Amongst Failing Economies, Paulson Says |
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Fed's Stern Says Economy Bad But Whether Recessionary is an "Open Question" |
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F.B.I. Resources Overwhelmed by Crisis-Related Crime |
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Treasury Hires Private Firms for TARP Accounting, Auditing |
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Fed Sets Up Money Market Investor Funding Facility |
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U.S. Interbank Lending Rates Continue to Fall |
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Bernanke Endorses Second Stimulus Package |
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U.S. to Host First in Series of Financial Reform Summits |
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Fed's Bernanke to Testify Before House on Idea of Second Stimulus Bill (Update) |
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Laid Off by Lehman: One Broker's Story |
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Economists Expect Further Declines in U.S. Housing Starts |
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Bush Says Government Intervention in Banks Not a Takeover |
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Housing Starts Plunge 6.3% in September, Permits Down 8.3% |
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Mortgage Brokers Had Little Supervision, Rosengren Tells Housing Association |
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Longer Term Mortgage Rates Skyrocket |
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NAHB Builder Confidence at Lowest Reading Ever in October |
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FDIC Offers Additional Insurance and Debt Guarantees |
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Bernanke to Testify on Idea of Second Stimulus Bill |
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September Core CPI Up 0.1% as Total Inflation is Flat |
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Paulson Stresses $250 Billion Buy Was No Nationalization |
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Initial Jobless Claims Fall to 461k |
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Massive Housing Report Published by Census and HUD |
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Economists Say U.S. Retail Sales "Simply Disturbing" |
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Paulson Says $250 Billion Buy Only the Beginning, Report Says |
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Moody's Says Government Plan Will Help, But Not Solve Banking Crisis |
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Fed Beige Book to Give Insight on How Recent Stage in Crisis Hurts Main Street |
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Treasury's Paulson Says Buying Direct Stock in U.S. Financial Firms is Necessary |
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President Bush Announces Measures to Stabilize U.S. Banking System |
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U.S. Will Spend up to $250 Billion on Equity Injections and Debt Guarantees |
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Paulson Calls for Meeting with Banking Executives, WSJ Says |
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Billionaire Investor Soros Slams U.S., EU Officials for Slow Response to Crisis |
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Financial Sector Needs to "Take Lead" in Crisis |
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Japanese Bank Completes $9 Billion Injection in Morgan Stanley |
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Fed Approves Wells Fargo Purchase of Wachovia |
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A Prominent Economist and Comfort from the Past |
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WSJ Says U.S. Government Planning Dramatic UK-Style Intervention |
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Paulson Says Crisis Highlights Need for Regulatory Reform |
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Treasury Likely to Take Bank Equity Stakes |
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Most Mortgage Rates Drop Reflecting Bond Yields |
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RTC could be Rescue Plan Role Model |
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Crisis Taking Toll on U.S. Consumer Confidence, RBC Survey Shows |
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AIG Assumes Additional $37.8 Billion Loan |
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Jobless Claims Continue to Suggest Recession, Economists Say |
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Paulson Says Rescue Fund Will Inject Capital into Financial Institutions |
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Economists Say Soaring Pending Home Sales Don't Point to Bottom Just Yet |
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Pending Home Sales Soar 7.4% in August |
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MBA Mortgage Applications Move Up in Week Ending Oct. 3 |
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World Central Banks Announce Co-ordinated 50bp Rate Cuts |
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Federal Reserve Cuts Rates 50 bps in Co-ordinated Central Bank Action |
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August Consumer Credit Falls at Fastest Pace in Over a Decade |
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IMF Says Global Growth Headed for "Major Downturn" in 2009 |
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Fed Creates New Facility to Purchase Unsecured Commercial Paper |
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Tuesday's Events: Fed's Bernanke, ECB's Trichet to Speak, FOMC Minutes |
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Global Central Banks Continue USD Liquidity Provisions |
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PIMCO's Gross Says Fed Must Act as Clearing House and Buy Commercial Paper |
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Treasury to Name Former Goldman Banker as Interim Head of Rescue Op |
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World Bank President Zoellick Says G7 "Not Working" |
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Countrywide Customers to Get Foreclosure Assistance |
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Wachovia Says Deal With Wells Fargo Still Stands, Citigroup Can Top Offer |
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Treasury May Buy Some Bad Apples From Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac |
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House Approves Financial Rescue Plan in 263 to 171 Vote |
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Citigroup Defends Wachovia Takeover After Surprise Wells Fargo Bid |
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Schwarzenegger Warns California May Have to Resort to Emergency Fed Funding |
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The Sad Reality Foreclosure Alley |
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Economists Say Huge Drop in Nonfarm Payrolls Could Force Fed to Cut Rates |
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Wall Street Holds its Breath For House Vote on Rescue Package |
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Survey Suggests U.S. House Prices Decline from Dual Processes |
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IMF Says Financial Turmoil Now "Full Blown Crisis" |
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Mortgage Rates Moved Slightly During Past Week |
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Greenspan says "Market Freeze Will Thaw" |
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State Regulator's Group Finds Loan Mitigation Efforts "Disappointing" |
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Jobless Claims Consistent with Recession, Trend to Continue, Economists Say |
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Senate Passes New Version of Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 |
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SEC Extends Ban on Short Selling to October 17 |
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Senators Confident New Rescue Package Will Pass This Time |
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Affluent Investors Increasingly Concerned with Broader Economy, Poll Says |
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Buffett Buys $3 Billion in Preferred Stock in GE, Expects U.S. Bailout to Pass |
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September's ISM Manufacturing Index "Screams Recession," Economists Say |
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Construction Spending Falls Flat in August |
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Senator Corker says Senate Will Approve Rescue Plan |
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Call for FDIC Increase Aimed at Reassuring Bank Customers |
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MBA Mortgage Applications Move Down in Week Ending Sept. 26 |
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IMF's Chief Strauss-Kahn Says Europe Must Join US and Devise Bailout Strategy |
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ADP Report Says 8,000 U.S. Private Jobs Lost in September |
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Economists Look to Rate Cuts, Second Financial Rescue Package for Hope |
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Current Events Could make the World a Better Place |
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Case-Shiller Home Price Index Continues to Decline in July |
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Overnight USD LIBOR Makes Biggest Jump on Record |
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Fed Funds Futures Price in 50Bp Cut |
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Tuesday's Events: Canadian GDP; U.S. Consumer Confidence, ISM Chicago PMI |
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Fed's Hoenig Says U.S. Will Emerge From Crisis With a Stronger Economy |
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House Rejects Emergency Economic Stabilization Act |
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U.S. Attorney's Office Investigating Accounting, Disclosure at Fannie and Freddie |
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Bernanke Says Proposed Bill to Restore Flow of Credit |
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Rescue Plan Finalized, $250 Billion in Funding to be Released Up Front |
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Paulson Says Wachovia Was Systemic Risk |
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Citigroup to Acquire Wachovia Operations in Government Brokered Deal |
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Private Mortgage Insurer Changes Business Policy |
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St. Louis Fed' s Bullard Says Inflation and Growth Outlook Uncertain |
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House Republicans Return to Negotiating Table |
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Lawmakers Return to Drawing Board on Financial Rescue Legislation |
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FDIC's Bair Says Seizure of Washington Mutual Was Successful |
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Credits Markets Sick - "Securitization Transmitted Disease" |
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JPMorgan Chase Acquires Washington Mutual for $1.9 billion |
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Senator Shelby Says No Agreement Reached on U.S. Treasury's Bailout Plan |
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Senator Schumer Says Congress Bailout Plan to Come in Traunches |
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Democrats and Republicans Reach Agreement on Bailout Package |
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Uncertainty Leads to Jump in Interest Rates |
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Global Recession in 2009 to be Followed by Recovery in 2010, TD Report Says |
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Double-Digit Decline in New Home Sales Suggests Turnaround is Months Away |
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Treasury's McCormick says "Now is the Time to Act Quickly" |
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New Home Sales Fall 11.5% to Lowest Level Since January 1991 |
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Soaring Initial Claims Suggest +100K Nonfarm Job Losses in September |
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Officials Scramble to Get Bailout Legislation Together |
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Initial Jobless Claims Soar to 493k |
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Senator McCain to Temporarily Cease Campaign to Work on Bailout Package |
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Interest Group and State Regulators Express Opinions on Bailout |
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Bernanke Tells Congress Financial Stability is Threatened |
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Existing Home Sales Fall 2.2% to 4.91 Million in August |
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Freddie Mac's Bitsberger Urges Congress to Quickly Pass Treasury Proposal |
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MBA Mortgage Applications Move Down in Week Ending Sept. 19 |
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Senator Schumer Confident Bill Will Pass in Under Two Weeks |
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ABA Asks Protection for Banks Owning GSE Stock |
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Bernanke Clarifies Government's $700 Billion Proposal |
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Paulson Says Gov't Action Will Protect Taxpayers, Restore Markets |
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House Prices Fall 0.6% in July, Says OFHEO |
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Bernanke Says Government Action Necessary for Health of Economy |
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Former Fed Governor Says Bernanke and Paulson Are Right Men for the Job |
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Fed and Treasury Urge Congress to "Act Swiftly" to Avoid Adverse Effects |
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Draft of Democratic Bill Includes Provision to Acquire Shares from Firms |
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Harvard Study: Home Building and Remodeling Cyclical |
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Fed Gives O.K. For Goldman, Morgan to Become Bank Holding Companies |
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G7 Finance Ministers Committed to Maintaining Stability of Financial Markets |
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The Week Ahead: U.S. Durable Goods |
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CBOE Head Denounces SEC's Emergency Short-Selling Ban |
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Treasury's Paulson Proposes $700 Billion Plan to Bail Out Wall Street |
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OCC Says SEC Rule on Short Selling Could Be Disastrous |
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Obama Says Bailout Plan Must Help Main Street, Not Just Wall Street |
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Fed's Evans Says Price Support Exposes Federal Reserve to Risk |
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Money Market Funds to be Protected by $50 Billion Gov't Fund |
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ECB's Stark Says Financial Turmoil Not Over Yet |
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Fannie and Freddie to Resume Purchase of Mortgage Debt |
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Paulson and Bernanke Swoop to Rescue Financial Markets |
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SEC Bans Short Selling on 799 Financial Stocks |
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Officials Mulling U.S. Government Fund to Buy Unwanted Assets |
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30-year FRM Falls for Fifth Straight Week |
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Economists Say Initial Job Claims Remain Elevated but True Level a 'Mystery' |
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BOJ's Shirakawa Announces USD Liquidity Provision |
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"Huge Wave of Panic" Hits Money Markets as T-Bill Rates Near Zero |
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U.S. Commercial Real Estate Curtailed by Liquidity Crunch |
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FDIC's Bair Says IndyMac Plan Should Act as a "Catalyst" |
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SEC Issues New Rules on Short Selling |
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Plunging Housing Starts a Necessary Step on Road to Recovery, Analysts Say |
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MBA Mortgage Applications Spike 33.4% in Week Ending Sept.12 |
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AIG's Board Says Bailout to Protect Customers, Calm Ratings Agencies |
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FDIC's Bair Calls for Better Regulatory Structures |
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Housing Starts Plunge 6.2% in August, Permits Down 8.9% |
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Wednesday Events: Housing Starts and Building Permits, NAR Real Estate |
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Barclays to Pay Billions For Lehman Brother's Assets, Investment Banking |
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Fed Decides to Bail Out AIG With $85 Billion Loan |
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Senate Banking Committee Chairman Dodd Says Economic Woes to Continue |
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Government Considering Conservatorship for AIG, Report Says |
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FOMC Decision to Hold Rates Causes Mixed Reactions |
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Government May Now Participate in AIG Bailout, Reports Suggest |
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Consumers Must Know the Rules to Protect Their Assets |
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NAHB Builder Confidence Improves in September |
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Fed Fund Futures Not an Accurate Measure of Expectations, Strategist Says |
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Fed Funds Futures Pricing in 100% Chance of Rate Cut Today |
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August Core CPI Up 0.2% as Total Inflation Falls 0.1% |
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Obama Says Government Not Responsible For "Bad Debts" |
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Markets Price in 80% Chance of a Rate Cut at FOMC Meeting |
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Preview: CPI Release Highly Anticipated Ahead of FOMC Rate Decision |
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Opinions Split Over What Fed Will Do, What Fed Should Do |
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Paulson Says U.S. Banking System a "Safe and Sound" One |
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Bank of America, Merrill Lynch CEOs Upbeat About Buyout |
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GSE Executives Left to Bail Out Without Parachutes |
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Standard and Poor's Downgrades Bank of America After Merrill Takeover |
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Fed announces broadened collateral at the PDCF and TSLF |
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Lehman Brothers Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Merrill Sold to Bank of America |
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Lehman Prepares Bankruptcy Papers as Barclays and Bank of America Walk Away |
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The Week Ahead: FOMC Rate Decision, U.S. CPI |
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Greenspan Says Fed Should Avoid Bailout of Lehman Brothers |
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Senators Ask that Conservatorship Freeze Foreclosures on GSE Mortgages |
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Analysts Say Soaring U.S. Consumer Sentiment Won't Prevent Weak Q3 Consumption |
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U of Michigan & Reuters Consumer Sentiment Soars in September |
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Foreclosures at Highest Rate Since January 2005, Says RealtyTrac |
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Most Mortgage Rates Dip to Spring Levels under Federal Conservatorship |
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August All-Items PPI Falls 0.9%, Core Up 0.2% M/M |
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What's Priced in: Current Market Expectations for Future Monetary Policy |
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Friday's Events: U.S. Retail Sales, PPI, Michigan Sentiment; Cdn Cap Utilization |
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Fed Funds Futures Pricing 31.1% Chance of Rate Cut for Fed's Year End Meeting |
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Fed's Kohn Says "Jury Still Out" on Whether Housing Bottom Near |
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Economist Says U.S. recovery Unlikely Before 2009 |
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RBC CASH Index Says U.S. Consumers Feeling Better on All Fronts |
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Quarterly Revenue Survey Shows Broad Advances in Q2 |
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Economists Say Initial Claims Suggest Jobs Market to Stay Weak for Months |
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U.S. Trade Deficit Surges to $62.2 Billion in July |
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Initial Jobless Claims Fall Back Slightly to 445k |
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Thursday's Events: U.S. Jobless Claims, Import Prices; U.S. & Cdn Trade Balance |
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Fed Funds Futures Price in 17.5% Chance of a Rate Cut for Year-End |
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Mortgage Rates Decline Over Labor Day Week but Real News Should Come this Week |
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MBA Mortgage Applications Move Up in Week Ending September 5 |
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Wednesday's Events: Canadian Labour Prod; DOE Oil; ECB's Weber |
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S&P Puts Lehman on Watch for Downgrade |
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Decline in U.S. Pending Home Sales Fail to Suggest a Bottom, Economists Say |
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Treasuries Rally and Stocks Decline as Lehman Shares Tumble |
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White House Says Bailout Plan is the Right Move at the Right Time |
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Experts Moderate Initial Enthusiasm for GSE Takeover |
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Pending Home Sales Falls 3.2% in July |
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IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism Index Improves for Second Month |
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Bernanke Avoids Monetary Policy in Speech on Afro-American Education |
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IMF's Lipsky Sees Global Economic Recovery Coming in 2009 |
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Preview: July Pending Home Sales Expected to Retrace from June Bounce |
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Tuesday's Events: Canadian Housing Starts & U.S. Pending Home Sales |
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Sharp Decline in Mortgage Rates Sparks Treasuries Rally |
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Reactions to U.S. GSE Takeover Range from Strong Support to Taxpayer Worries |
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Economists Pleased with Government Takeover of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac |
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$1.5 Trillion of Fannie and Freddie Default Swaps to be Unwound |
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Treasury Department Announces GSE Conservatorship |
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What's Priced in: Current Market Expectations for Future Monetary Policy |
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Treasury's Paulson Touts Fannie and Freddie Bailout Plan on Media Round |
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U.S. Government Announces Takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac |
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Fed Supports Govt Decision of FF Takover Says Bernanke |
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The Week Ahead: U.S. PPI and Retail Sales |
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Mortgage Delinquency Rate Hits 29-Year High in Second Quarter of 2008 |
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Study Says U.S. 'Housing Bubble Has Popped' |
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Friday's Events: U.S. & Canadian Employment Reports; Ivey PMI |
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August Nonfarm Payrolls Decline 84k, Unemployment Rate at 6.1% |
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Fed's Fisher Says Inflation Might Not Moderate |
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$7,500 Tax Credit Now Available to First-Time Home Buyers |
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Thursday's Events: ECB & BOE Rates, ADP Employment, ISM Services, Fed-Speak |
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Initial Jobless Claims Rise to 444k |
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Economists Say Fed's Beige Book is Downbeat, but No Regions in Outright Decline |
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Mortgage Rates are Mixed, but ARMs Nearly Disappear as Factor in Financing |
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CME Group Volumes Fell 32% in August |
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MBA Mortgage Applications Move Up in Week Ending September 3 |
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Wednesday's Events: BOC Rates; U.S. Factory Orders & Beige Book |
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Radar Logic Survey Says U.S. Housing Sector Will Weaken in 2009, Recover in 2011 |
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Korean Development Bank in Talks to Buy Stake in Lehman |
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Construction Spending Drops in July |
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What's Priced in: Current Market Expectations for Future Monetary Policy |
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Tuesday's Events: EU PPI, UK Consumer Confidence, U.S. ISM Mfg Report |
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Fed's Hoenig Says Fed's Response to Crisis Makes Price Stability Difficult |
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Fed's Kroszner Says Credit Turmoil Impairing Emerging Markets |
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PCE Report Points to Weak Third Quarter, Economists Say |
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Upward Revision to U.S. Q2 GDP Due to Exports and Tax Rebates |
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Q2 Preliminary U.S. GDP Revised Up to 3.3% |
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Thursday's Events: U.S. Prelim GDP, Jobless Claims |
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Bankruptcy Filings Near 1 Million Mark, Up 29% on the Year |
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Mortgage Rates Drop Slightly but Loan Applications Way Down from 2007 Levels |
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FDIC's Problem Bank List Continues to Grow |
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Wednesday's Events: German Inflation Data; U.S. Durable Goods, Oil Inventories |
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MBA Mortgage Applications Move Down in Week Ending August 22 |
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Fed's Lockhart Says House Prices May Fall Another 15% |
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Meeting Minutes Say FOMC's Stance Remains Neutral |
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Lower Gas Prices Drove Rebound in U.S. Consumer Confidence Survey |
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Some Economists Find "Cheery Quality" to U.S. New Homes Sales Report |
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Freddie and Fannie Buck Market Trend |
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Consumer Confidence Improves to 56.9 in August |
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U.S. House Prices Flat in June, Says OFHEO |
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New Home Sales Rise, but Downward Revisions to Prior Data |
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Fed's Fisher Says Growth Could Go Negative, but Focus Remains on Inflation |
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Case-Shiller U.S. Home Price Index Declines by 15.4% in Q2 |
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The Day Ahead: U.S. July New Home Sales, FOMC Minutes |
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Existing Home Sales Don't Signal Market Normalization, Economists Say |
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Existing Home Sales Rise 3.1% to 5.00 Million in July |
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The Week Ahead: U.S. Housing Sales, Case-Shiller Home Prices |
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Jackson Hole "Didn't Settle a Whole Lot" |
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Fed's Plosser Could Vote for Rate Hikes, New York Times Reports |
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Warren Buffet Says U.S. Economy Could be Worse off in Five Months |
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Friday's Events: Fed's Bernanke to Speak on Financial Stability |
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What's Priced In: Current Market Expectations for Future Monetary Policy |
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U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Fall Back to 432k |
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Thursday's Events: U.S. Jobless Claims, Philly Fed |
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Fed's Stern Says Now Not "Appropriate Time" to Close Fannie, Freddie |
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Expect Two More 'Waves' of U.S. Foreclosures, Economist Warns |
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Commercial Real Estate Prices Down for Fourth Straight Month, Moody's Says |
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In Face of Conflicting Economic Reports, Interest Rates Stand Pat |
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NAR Commercial Leading Indicator Weakens, Projecting Further Declines |
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Wednesday's Events: Cdn Retail Sales; BOC to Sell Two-Year Note; DOE Oil Inventories |
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More Negative Press for Fannie and Freddie |
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Fed's Lacker Says Rate Hike Should Come Sooner Rather than Later |
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Fed's Fisher Says FOMC Cannot Risk Credibility, Must Act if Inflation Continues |
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Soft Freddie Mac 5-Year Auction Shows Credit Worries |
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Weakening Economy Favours Obama Win, Economists Say |
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Drop in U.S. Housing Starts Due to Inflated June Figure, but Trend Still Downward |
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Tuesday's Events: PPI, Housing Starts and Building Permits |
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July All-Items PPI Soars 1.2%, Core up 0.7% M/M |
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U.S. Housing Starts Fall 11% in July |
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Foreclosures Loom as Possible Public Health Menace |
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NAHB Builder Confidence Remains at Record Low in August |
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Still No End in Sight for Falling U.S. House Prices, Says Scotiabank Report |
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Monday's Events: Cdn Securities Transactions and Travel; U.S. NAHB Housing Index |
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Fed Fund Futures Expect Slim Chance of Rate Hike in Near-Term |
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Alan Greenspan Sees Housing Prices Sort of Hitting Bottom in mid-2009 |
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Fed's Evans Said U.S. Economy Faces Three-Front Battle |
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Economists Dismiss Boost in U.S. Industrial Production Report |
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U of Michigan Reuters Consumer Sentiment Improves Half a Point in August |
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Fed's Stern Says 1990s Recession Offers Valuable Guide to Current Turmoil |
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Metropolitan Home Prices Decline Nearly 8% in Q2, Sales at 10-year Low |
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Foreclosures Continue To Climb in July, Says Realty Trac Report |
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July Core CPI Up 0.3% as Total Inflation Rises 0.8% |
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Fixed Income Futures Rise on Weekly Jobless Claims |
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Rates Remain Mostly Flat while Mortgage Applications Lag, Hitting Four Year Low |
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MBA Mortgage Applications Decline in Week Ending Aug. 8 |
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Wednesday's Events: U.S. Advance Retail Sales, Business Inventories |
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Central Bank Watch: Banks in Wait-and-See Mode, Some Moves Expected by Year End |
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Fed's Stern Says Inflation Outlook Has Improved |
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One Quarter of U.S. Homes Sold in Past Year Were at a Loss, Report Says |
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Will Vacant Retail Space Fuel the Next Real Estate Bust? |
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Freddie To Stop Buying New York State Subprime Mortgages |
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U.S. Trade Deficit Expected to Boost Q2 GDP |
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What's Priced In: Current Market Expectations for Future Monetary Policy |
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Trade Deficit Unexpectedly Shrinks to $56.8 Billion in June |
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Tuesday's Events: U.S. Trade Balance, Canadian International Trade |
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Fed's Q2 Senior Loan Officer Survey Shows Banks Expect Tighter Credit |
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Monday's Events: Cdn House Prices, Housing Starts; Fed Senior Officer Loans Survey |
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Paulson Says No Plans to Inject Capital Into Freddie, Fannie |
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The Week Ahead Canada & U.S.: U.S. CPI, Retail Sales and Consumer Sentiment |
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Dollar Continues Broad-Based Climb Against Euro, Majors |
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Friday's Events: Canadian Employment; U.S. Unit Labour Costs & Nonfarm Prod |
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Fed Funds Price Out Rate Hikes Following ECB Hold on Rates |
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Consumer Credit Rises Above Forecast in June |
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Canadians Top List of Foreign Buyers of U.S. Property, NAR Says |
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Not-so-Happy Credit Squeeze Milestone |
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Citigroup Ordered to Buy Back up to $20 Billion in Auction-Rate Securities |
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Foreclosed Home Sales Likely Driving Up U.S. Pending Home Sales |
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Pending Home Sales Rebound 5.3% in June |
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Thursday's Events: BOE, ECB Rates; CA Building Permits; U.S. Jobless Claims |
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Initial Jobless Claims are "Useless" Due to Distortion, Economist Says |
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Preview: Pending Home Sales Index to Slow its Decline in June |
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Freddie Mac Announces Huge Second Quarter Losses |
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U.S. Treasury Hires Morgan Stanley to Conduct Review of Fannie and Freddie |
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Wednesday's Events: Cnd Ivey PMI, DOE Oil Inventories, Tsy Sells 10-Year Notes |
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MBA Mortgage Applications Move Higher in Week Ending August 1 |
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FOMC Holds Target Rate at 2.00%, Says Inflation Outlook "Highly Uncertain" |
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FOMC Statement Preview: Economists Looking for Neutral Outlook from the Fed |
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Tuesday's Events: ISM Non-Manufacturing, FOMC Rate Decision |
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Weekly Retail Sales Soar Y/Y in ICSC-UBS and Redbook Surveys |
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Elizabeth Duke Sworn in to FOMC Hours Ahead of Rate Decision |
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Fed Watch: FOMC's Window of Opportunity for Rate Hike Now Closed |
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Challenger Says Planned U.S. Job Cuts Up 140.8% From Last Year |
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Economists Say U.S. PCE Core Deflator Adds to Hawkish View |
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Tax Maven Warns of Problems with New Housing Bill |
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Former Fed's Poole Says Nonfarm Report Was "Marginal Surprise" |
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U.S. July Nonfarm Payrolls Decline 51k, Unemployment Rate Up to 5.7% |
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Greenspan Says Regulator Role Will Undermine Fed's Credibility |
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A Loaf of Bread for Z$200 Billion? Now That's Inflation |
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TSY's Paulson Says Stimulus Has Helped U.S. Economy |
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Freddie Mac Doubles Financial Incentives to Servicers Who Help Borrowers Avoid Foreclosure |
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After Weak U.S. Second-Quarter GDP, Economists Say Worse to Come |
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Chicago Business Barometer Bounces into Growth, Prices at 28-Year High |
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GDP Rises 1.9% in Q2, Revisions Include Negative Quarter in Q4 2007 |
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Preview: Second Quarter GDP Expected to Post 2.3% Growth |
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CIBC's Rubin Sees U.S. Inflation Hitting 6% |
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Hope Now Alliance Saves 1.9 Million Homes From Foreclosure |
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New 2008 Highs for Mortgage Rates |
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The Home Equity ATM Machine Slows in First Half of 2008 |
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SEC Extends Rule Limiting Short Selling Until August 12 |
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Economist Calls U.S. ADP Employment Report "Grossly Over-Optimistic" |
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Fed to Conduct Liquidity Operations Through January 2009, Introduces 84-Day TAF |
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MBA Mortgage Applications Move Down in Week Ending July 25 |
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Wednesday's Events: ADP Employment, Cdn Five-Year Bond Auction, DOE Oil |
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Are Rumors Rather than Reality Feeding Market Behavior? |
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U.S. Consumer Confidence Improves to 51.9 in July |
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Tuesday's Events: U.S. Consumer Confidence, S&P/CS House Prices |
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Case-Shiller U.S. Home Price Index Declines by Record Annual Levels in May |
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U.S. Treasury Will Borrow Record Amount for Second Fiscal Quarter |
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Paulson Encourages Covered Bond Market to Increase Mortgage Financing |
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White House Revises 2008, 2009 Budget Deficit |
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IMF Global Financial Stability Update Says Markets Remain Fragile |
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U.S. Dollar Under Downward Pressure to Start Week |
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Fed's Stern Says Credit Crunch to Last Longer, Could Get Worse |
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U.S. Housing Bill Goes to President's Desk |
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Revisions Boost New Home Sales, Suggest Stabilization, Economists Say |
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New Home Sales Higher than Expected Due to Revisions in May, April |
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Final University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Reports Surprise Upward Revision |
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Foreclosures Spike by 121% from Previous Year, Says Report from RealtyTrac |
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Preview: New Home Sales Likely Fell Again in June |
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Friday's Events: U.S. Durable Goods, U of M Consumer Sentiment, New Home Sales |
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Felons Can't Vote in Florida but are Free to Fleece the Public |
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New York Sues UBS Over Auction Rate Securities |
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NY Fed's Geithner Says Judgment on Regulatory Bill Should Be Held |
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No End in Sight for Housing Market |
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Second Quarter Vacancy Rates Slip from Previous Quarter |
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SEC Chairman Cox Wants More Regulatory Authority Over Investment Banks |
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Thursday's Events: U.S. Jobless Claims, Existing Home Sales, Fed's Geithner |
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Treasury Secretary Paulson Pleased Housing Bill Passed House Quickly |
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Soaring U.S. Jobless Claims Viewed as Reliable Indicator of Weak Labour Market |
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Existing Home Sales Fall 2.6% to 4.86 Million in June |
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Plosser Says Rate Hike is Inevitable Even if Housing Prices Continue to Fall |
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U.S. Fed's Beige Book is Downbeat, But Few Surprises |
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Treasury's Paulson Says it Was Easy to Recommend President Sign Housing Bill |
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Mortgage Rates Fall in Response to Speculation about Overnight Bank Rates |
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Preview: Fed's Beige Book to Confirm Broad-Based Softness in Economy |
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MBA Mortgage Applications Move Down in Week Ending July 18 |
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Wednesday's Events: Canadian CPI, DOE Oil, Fed's Beige Book |
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Fed Discount Meeting Minutes See Fed Majority Take a Wait-and-See Approach |
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House Prices Falls Less Than Expected in May, According to OFHEO |
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Banks, Trade Groups Say that SEC Order Does Not Go Far Enough |
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Tuesday's Events: OFHEO Housing Index; Fed's Plosser |
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Fed's Plosser Calls for a Reversal in Monetary Policy |
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Tsy Secretary Paulson Says Fannie and Freddie Vital to Financial System |
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Treasury's Ryan Expects GSE Legislation to Pass Soon |
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Fed Watch: Bernanke Testimony Focuses on Growth, FOMC Minutes Released |
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Could FDIC also be a "Predatory lender?" |
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The Week Ahead: U.S. Housing Data and Canadian Inflation |
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Scotiabank Says Measures Will Not Prevent U.S. Economic Slowdown |
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Treasury Secretary Paulson Campaigns for GSE Bailout Plan |
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Fed's Stern Says Fed Can't Wait for End of Crisis to Raise Rates |
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Bad News is Good News as Market Reacts to Citigroup, J.P. Morgan Earnings |
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Thursday's Events: BOC MPC Report, U.S. Jobless Claims, Philly Fed Mfg Report |
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U.S. Jobless Claims Rise to 366K in Week Ending July 12 |
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U.S. Housing Starts and Building Permits Soar in June |
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Fed's Kroszner Says Fed Rules Will Affect Subprime and Alternative Mortgages |
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Higher U.S. CPI, FOMC Minutes Lead to Greater Chance of Rate Hike |
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Preview: Housing Starts Expected to Drop 15k in June |
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Fed Minutes Say Next Move Could Be Higher Funds Rate |
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NAHB Builder Confidence Reaches New Historic Low at 16 |
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Wednesday's Events: Bernanke Part II, U.S. CPI, DOE Oil, Cnd Mfg Shipments |
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U.S. June Core CPI Up 0.3% as Total Inflation Surges 1.1% |
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Despite Market Turmoil, Mortgage Rates Remain Becalmed |
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Paulson Says GSEs Need a Strong Regulator |
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U.S. President Bush Asks Congress to Do More |
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Bernanke Says Housing Crisis is Central Issue to Economy |
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Bernanke says U.S. Economy is Facing Numerous Challenges |
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Economists Call Core Inflation 'Tame' Despite Soaring Energy Prices |
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June All-Items PPI Soars 1.8%, Core Contained at 0.2% |
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Bernanke Expected to Focus on Inflation at Semi-Annual Testimony |
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Tuesday's Events: Bernanke's Semi-Annual Testimony, PPI |
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Bold, Creative, Aggressive Policy Action Needed for GSEs to Survive |
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Preview: Inflation Focus at Bernanke's Semi-Annual Testimony, Say Experts |
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Fed is Moving into Consumer Protection Role on Mortgages |
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Regulators Hasten to Assure Depositors that their Money is Secure as IndyMac is put into Receivership |
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Action-Packed Week for U.S. and Canadian Markets |
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Paulson and Bernanke Come to the Rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac |
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Treasury's Paulson Says Goal Is to Back Fannie & Freddie in "Current Form" |
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Government Considering a Fannie Freddie Takeover |
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U.S. Michigan Consumer Sentument Rebounds for First Time Since January |
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U.S. Trade Deficit Unexpectedly Shrinks to -$59.8 Billion |
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Friday's Events: Canadian Employment Report, U.S. & Canadian Trade Data |
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U.S. Foreclosure Rates Decline in June, Says Realtytrac |
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Are Freddie and Fannie Insolvent? |
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Paulson Says Firms Should Be Allowed to Fail |
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Bernanke Calls for Consolidated Supervision of Banks |
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Thursday's Events: U.S. Jobless Claims, Fed's Yellen, ECB's Trichet |
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U.S. Jobless Claims Fall to 346K in Week Ending July 5 |
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Ex-Fed President Says Fannie and Freddie 'Insolvent' |
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Former Fed Official Calls for Abandoning Focus on Core Inflation in Medium-Term |
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Fed Funds Shift Slightly, Still Maintain Rate Hike Likely |
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IndyMac Faces Bank "Run" |
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Fed Report on Inflation Prompts Moderation in Interest Rates |
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Wednesday's Events: DOE Crude Oil, Mortgage Applications |
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MBA Mortgage Applications Move Higher in Week Ending July 4 |
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Treasury's Paulson Says Fresh Capital Will Strengthen GSEs |
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Fed's Lacker Sees Economic Growth Accelerating in 2009 |
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Inflation Concerns Rise Among U.S. Small Business Owners in June |
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Expect Pending Home Sales to Keep Falling, Economists Say |
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Battered GSE Stocks Recover Slightly in Early Tuesday Trading |
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U.S. Pending Home Sales Fall 4.7% in May |
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U.S. May Wholesale Inventories Just Above Forecasts |
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Bernanke Says Fed May Extend Lending Access to 2009 |
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IndyMac Joins Roster of Banks to Fold its Mortgage "Tent." |
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Tuesday's Events.: Bernanke & Lacker Speak, U.S. Pending Home Sales |
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SEC and Federal Reserve Agree to Improve Information Sharing |
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Improve Business By Becoming Green Certified |
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Fed's Yellen Says Markets "May Get Worse Before They Get Better" |
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Economists Divided on Direction of Economy, Inflation |
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The Week Ahead |
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American Cities See Record Annual Foreclosure Rate Increases in Q2 |
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U.S. June Nonfarm Payrolls Decline 62k, Unemployment Rate Remains at 5.5% |
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Fed's Mishkin Says Fed Wants to Contain Inflation Expectations |
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Central Bank Watch: Market Attention Shifts to ECB - Finally Time to Hike? |
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Mortgage Rates Mark Time Waiting for Federal Action |
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Wednesday's Events: U.S. Employment Data Ahead of Nonfarm Payrolls Thursday |
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After ADP, Markets Expect Lower Consensus for Nonfarm Payrolls |
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CIT Group Sells Off its Last Home Related Business Interests |
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Will Lehman Brothers Survive Another Round of Rumors? |
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ISM Manufacturing Halts Four Months of Declines, Rebounds to 50.2 |
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U. S. Construction Spending Drops Further in May |
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MBA Says Home Construction Loan Delinquency Rate Misleading |
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MICA Reports Continued Problems for U.S. Homeowners |
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Tuesday Events: U.S. Retail Sales, U.S. Construction Spending, US ISM Index |
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Is Any Company Safe from Subprime Related Lawsuits? |
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Treasury's Paulson Says Fed's Role Must be as a Stabilizer |
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Dallas Fed Mfg Index Declines in June |
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Chicago Business Barometer Approaches Growth Levels at 49.6 in June |
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Monday's Events: Canadian GDP, ISM Chicago PMI, ECB's Constancio |
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Fed Minutes Says Bear Stearns Actions, Primary Lending Facility Necessary |
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May PCE Core Deflator Rises Lower-Than-Expected at 0.1% |
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Friday's Events: U.S. Core PCE, Personal Income and Spending, Cnd IPPI & RPI |
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And Yet the Sale of Countrywide is Going to Happen |
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Fed Creates Two New Entities for Risk Management and Communication |
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Condo Sales Main Driver of 2.0% Rise in U.S. Existing Home Sales |
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Soaring Gas Price Will Push Millions Off the Road, Says CIBC Report |
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U.S. Existing Home Sales Rise 2.0% to 4.99 Million in May |
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Higher Jobless Claims Data Indicate Job Market Deterioration, Economists Say |
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Thursday's Events: Final US Q1 GDP, Initial Jobless Claims, U.S. Existing Home Sales |
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FOMC Holds Target Rate at 2.00%, Cites Uncertainty in Inflation Outlook |
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New Homes Sales Continue to Fall, Down 2.5% in May |
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Mortgage Rates Continue to Set New 2008 Records, Applications Fall |
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Wednesday's Events: FOMC Rate Decision, U.S. New Home Sales, Durable Goods |
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Durable Goods Excluding Transport Falls in Line with Expectations in May |
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MBA Mortgage Applications Decline in Week Ending June 20 |
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Treasury's Ryan Says Financial System Should Allow Banks to Fail |
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Consumer Confidence Plummets to Lowest Level Since 1992 |
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U.S. House Prices Fall 0.8% Month-Over-Month in April, Says OFHEO |
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FOMC to Hold Interest Rates at 2.00%, Markets to Focus on Statement |
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Greenspan Says Turmoil Could Last for Some Time |
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U.S. Treasury's Paulson Says Housing Remains Biggest Challenge |
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Case Shiller Home Price Index Declines by Record Annual Levels in April |
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Tuesday's Events: Case-Shiller and OFHEO Home Prices, Rich. Fed Mfg, Alan Greenspan |
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Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System Expands to 14 States |
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Treasury's Steel Says De-Leveraging, Re-Pricing of Risk to Continue |
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Chicago Fed National Activity Index Improves in May |
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Monday's Events: Chicago Fed National Activity |
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Operation Malicious Mortgage Yields 400 Arrests |
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The Day Ahead: Cdn Retail Sales; U.S. Senator McCain in Ottawa |
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Treasury's Paulson Says More Liquidity to Financial Institutions to Come |
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Fed Must Protect the Markets from Relapse, Kohn Says |
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Philadelphia Fed's June Manufacturing Falls to -17.1 |
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Economists Divided on Whether Jobless Claims Signal Recessionary Data |
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Thursday's Events: UI Claims, Philly Fed Mfg |
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Long-Term Interest Rates Hit Highest Point since Last October |
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MBA Mortgage Applications Decline in Week Ending June 13 |
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Wednesday's Events: Central Bank Watch and DOE Inventories |
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The Fed Won't Hike at Upcoming Meeting, WSJ and FT Say |
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NAHB Green Building Legislation Offers Incentives to Lenders |
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U.S. Housing Market Bottom Not Yet in Sight, Say Economists |
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U.S. Housing Starts and Building Permits Decline in May |
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U.S. Builder Confidence Matches Historic Low at 18 |
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Two Senators Appear to be "Friends of Countrywide" |
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Washington Post Sources Say Bernanke has no Plans for Rate Hikes |
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Monday's Events: Lehman, Cnd New Vehicle Sales, Empire Mfg Index, Fed's Bernanke |
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Greenspan Says Recovery Still Months Away |
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Annual Home Foreclosures Soared by 48% in May, Says Report |
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Friday's Events: U.S. CPI, Michigan Sentiment; Greenspan Speaks |
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Economists Speculate on Fed's Monetary Policy Following CPI Report |
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Go Green With Your Real Estate Marketing |
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Fed's Plosser Calls Inflation Threat "Serious" and "An Insidious Tax on Consumers" |
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Lehman Brothers CFO and COO Resign With Stock Down 32% in a Week |
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U.S. Fed's Beige Book Says Economy "Generally Weak" With 7 Districts Slowing |
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Fed's Kroszner Says Disclosures Might Not Be Enough |
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Wednesday's Events: Fed's Beige Book, Fed & ECB Speakers, Canadian Q1 Cap. U. |
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MBA Mortgage Applications Fall in Week Ending June 6 |
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Most Mortgage Rates were Stagnant While Application Volume Increased |
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Preview: Fed's Beige Book to Confirm Broad-Based Softness in Economy |
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American Express Survey Shows Companies to Focus on Growth and Expenses |
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Paulson Says Main Message to G8 Will Be Strong U.S. Economy to Reflect in USD |
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Fed's Fisher Says He Does Not Push For Higher Rates |
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Tuesday's Events: Bank of Canada Rate Decision, Trade Data for U.S. & Canada |
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Former Fed Chairman Volcker Says U.S. Undergoing Political and Economic "Shakeup" |
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Paulson Says Fundamentals of Economy Favourable |
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Fed's Geithner Calls on Unified Supervision of Banks and Wall Street |
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Increase in U.S. Pending Home Sales Related to Foreclosures, Economist Says |
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Lenders Facing Another Wave of Write-Offs |
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U.S. Policy-Makers Concerned About ECB Hawkishness, FT Says |
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Central Bank Watch: Bernanke, Trichet Comments Rile Markets |
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Lehman Plans to Raise $6 Billion After $2.8 Billion Quarterly Loss |
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Monday's Events: U.S. Pending Home Sales |
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St. Louis Fed President Bullard Recommends Holding Off Further Rate Cuts |
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Just One Little House, but a Good Indicator of Foreclosed Properties Nationwide |
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Friday's Events: U.S. & Canadian Employment Reports, Fed-Speak |
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Fed's Kroszner Says U.S. Housing to Recover "Gradually" |
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S&P Downgrades MBIA and Ambac to Double-A |
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Fed's Plosser Says Central Banks Must Exercise Caution as Lenders of Last Resort |
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Fed Vice Chairman Warns Institutions to Review Risk in Financial Transactions |
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Fed's Lacker Says Fed Should Identify Boundaries on Lending |
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Fed's Kohn Tells Banks to Strengthen Reserves |
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Mortgage Delinquency Rate Hits 29-Year High in First Quarter |
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Thursday's Events: BOE, ECB Rates; U.S. Jobless Claims, Fed-Speak, Cdn Ivey PMI |
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Fed's Bernanke Sees Inflation Risk Rising |
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Moody's Puts Ambac and MBIA on Review for Ratings Downgrade |
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AG Cuomo May Have Reached Agreement with Credit Agencies |
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Long-Term Interest Rates Higher While Mortgage Applications Continue to Slide |
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Weekly Mortgage Applications Decline Further |
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Wednesday's Events: ADP Employment, ISM Services, Fed's Bernanke |
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Central Bank Leaders Prepared to Face Upside Inflation Risks |
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Global Survey Finds Credit Crunch Defaults Expected to Peak in 2008 |
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Casualties on Wall Street Continue to Rise |
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U.S. Factory Orders Surprise to the Upside, Rise 1.1% in April |
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Bernanke Says Fed "Attentive" to U.S. Dollar Slide |
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Tuesday's Events: Bernanke, Factory Orders |
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Foreclosures Cost Lenders, Homeowners, the Community, and You Big Bucks |
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Fed's Lockhart Says Economy Still Faces Uncertainty - Too Soon to "Breathe Easy" |
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Economists Divided on Implications of U.S. ISM Manufacturing Index |
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President Bush Calls for Permanent Tax Cuts |
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Central Bank Watch: Week of Rate Decisions Ahead, No Changes Expected |
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U. S. Construction Spending Falls in April |
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Monday's Events: ISM Mfg, ECB's Trichet |
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Fed's Rosengren Says Housing Still Adding "Significant Uncertainty" to Economy |
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U.S. Personal Spending Report Allows Fed to Pause Rate Cuts, Economists Say |
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Fed's Kohn Says Financial Regulations Should Be Strengthened |
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Friday's Events: Core PCE, Chicago PMI |
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Fed to Conclude Bear Stearns and JPMorgan Arrangements by June 26 |
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Dallas Fed's Fisher Expects Rate Hike Despite Slowing Growth |
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Thursday's Events: U.S. Q1 Prelim GDP, Jobless Claims, Top FOMC-Speak |
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Fed's Stern Says Inflation Expectations Based on How Fed Raises Rates |
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Fed Governor Mishkin Resigns Post |
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NAR and DOJ Reach 10-Year Settlement of MLS Anti-Trust Suit |
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Lenders Facing Repurchase Demands from Investors |
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Economist Calls April U.S. Durable Goods Report "Awfully Strong" |
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Economic News Impacts Both Short- and Long-Term Rates; Applications Drop |
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U.S. Treasury's Steel Calls for More Financial Education |
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Weekly Mortgage Applications Decline 4.6% |
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Wednesday's Events: U.S. Durable Goods, Fed Speakers, Mortgage Applications |
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Meeting Minutes Say FOMC to Maintain Discount Rate to Slow Inflation |
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Reader Offers Simple Plan to End Foreclosure Turmoil |
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Fed's Yellen Says Current Rates "Appropriate" to Stimulate Growth |
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Tuesday's Events: U.S. S&P/CS, New Home Sales, Cons Conf; Cdn Emp Insurance |
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U.S. Consumer Confidence Falls to 16-Year Low |
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Former Fed Chairman Greenspan Says Chance Of Recession Still Above 50% |
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U.S. New Home Sales Rise 3.3% in April after March Revision |
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Case-Shiller Home Price Index Tumbles Further in March and Q1 |
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Existing Home Sales Fall Less Than Analysts Had Predicted |
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Friday's Events: U.S. Existing Home Sales, Memorial Day Weekend |
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Treasury's Paulson Sees End in Sight for U.S. Credit Crunch |
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Preview: April Existing Home Sales Expected to Decline to 4.85 Million |
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OFHEO U.S. Housing Price Index Posts Largest Quarterly Decline on Record |
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Thursday's Events: U.S. Jobless Claims |
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Fed's Kroszner says Stronger Banking Regulation Will Aid Mortgage Recovery |
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Meeting Minutes Say FOMC Doesn't Want to Ease Even if U.S. Growth Slows |
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Hurricane Coverage May Also Fall Victim to Credit Crunch |
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Fed's Warsh Urges Policy Makers to Focus on Inflation |
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Interest Rates Still Moving Within a Narrow Range; Applications Down |
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Wednesday's Events: FOMC Minutes, DOE Oil Inventories |
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MBA Mortgage Applications Fall 7.8% in Week Ending May 16 |
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Economists Look to FOMC Minutes for Rate Direction |
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Greenspan Says Inflation Not Yet Out of Control |
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Senate Nears Accord on its Version of Housing Rescue Bill |
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Fed's Kohn Says U.S. Economy to Grow in Second Half of 2008, Expects Lower Inflation |
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Tuesday's Events: U.S. Producer Prices, Fed's Kohn, Cdn Wholesales |
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The Housing Bust is Over |
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U.S. Leading Economic Index Rises 0.1% in April |
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The Week Ahead: Retail Sales and FOMC Minutes |
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Atlanta Fed's Lockhart Says U.S. Slowdown to Have Global Impact |
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Rise in Housing Starts Unlikely to Begin a New Trend |
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Housing Starts Take a Small but Encouraging Jump in April |
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Consumer Sentiment Unaffected by Tax Rebates |
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Industrial Production Consistent with Recessionary Levels, Economists Say |
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Bernanke Urges Firms to Raise More Capital |
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Investment Banks Need to Be Regulated |
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Core CPI Gives Fed Green Light to Cut, Economist Says |
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Banks Show Elevated Reluctance To Lend |
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MBA Mortgage Applications Climbs 2.9% |
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Results from Piecemeal Housing Plans Leave Doubts About Effectiveness |
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Dallas Fed Head Fisher Warns that Slowdown Will Be Prolonged but Not Very Deep |
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Fed's Lockhart Sees Fragile Credit Conditions in U.S. |
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Bernanke: Financial Market Conditions "Far From Normal" |
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A Blockbuster Week for Data |
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New Fannie Mae Program May Benefit 150,000 Homeowners |
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House Passes Second Half of Housing Rescue Plan Despite Veto Threat |
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Bill to Aid Communities Cope With Aftermath of Foreclosure Passes House |
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Fed, FTC Propose New Rules on Lenders |
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Economists Divided on What Jobless Claims Say About the Labor Market |
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Consumer Credit Rises Well Above Forecasts in February |
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Deterioration in Pending Home Sales Confirms Broader Trend, Economists Say |
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Mortgage Rates Continue Pattern of Last Few Weeks - Little Movement |
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Kansas Fed's Hoenig Concerned Inflation May Prompt Interest Rate Hike |
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Jump in Mortgage Foreclosures is "Urgent Problem" |
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MBA Weekly U.S. Mortgage Applications Bounce Up 15.6% |
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Doubting the Viability of Fannie Mae |
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Fed's Q1 Senior Loan Officer Survey Shows Broad Tightening of Loan Standards |
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Foreclosures Must Be Averted for Sake of Economy |
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Fannie Mae Reports Larger-Than-Expected Losses in Q1 |
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Task Force May Widen Federal and State Investigation into Mortgage Irregularities |
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U.S. Treasury's Swagel Says U.S. Economy in Slowdown Not Recession |
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House Committee Aproves FHA "Short Pay" Loans |
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U.S. Treasury's Ryan Sees Increasing Failed Trades in Treasuries |
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Fed's Bernanke Says Impossible to Tell When Markets Will Normalize |
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Not Many Positives Coming Out of Jumbo Market Changes |
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U.S. Construction Spending Falls 1.1% in March |
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FOMC Cuts Target by 25 Bps to 2.00%, Says Economic Activity "Remains Weak" |
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Inflation Fears Cast Shadow on Mortgage Rates and Applications Decline |
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Zillow, Always Creative, Puts a New Twist on Mortgage Lead Generation |
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Pimco's Gross Warns that Further U.S. Housing Declines Could Be "Ruinous" |
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Another Loss for Countrywide as Bank of America Plans for Future |
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Consumer Confidence Falls Less Than Expected in April |
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Treasury Secretary Paulson Sees No Need for Second Stimulus Package |
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Case-Shiller Home Price Index Slides in February |
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Treasury Undersecretary Steel Sees Good Progress in Economic Recovery, Housing |
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First Quarter Vacancy Rates Rise Half a Percentage from Previous Quarter |
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Wachovia Settles One Suit, Confronts Money Laundering Charges |
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U.S. M1 and M2 Money Supplies Fall in Week Ending April 14 |
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U.S. New Homes Sales Plummet 8.5% in March to Lowest Level Since 1991 |
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Wall Street Journal's Greg Ip Says Fed May Take "Breather" After Cut Next Week |
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Preview: Further Deterioration Expected in New Home Sales |
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Mortgages Rates, Loan Applications Remain Mostly in Doldrums |
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Existing Home Sales Decline 2.0% in March |
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Home Prices Rose 0.6% in February, OFHEO Reports |
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Preview: OFHEO Purchase-Only House Price Index to Decline in February |
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Existing Home Sales to Fall Below 5 Million in March |
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Former Fannie Mae Execs Consent to Multi-Million Dollar Penalties |
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The Week Ahead: U.S. Housing Sales |
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Citigroup Announces $5.1 Billion Loss in First Quarter |
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Housing Slump May Affect More Banks, Says Rosengren |
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NAHB Calls for Secondary Market for Construction Loans |
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Vacation and Investment Property Sales Strong Despite Market Troubles |
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Fed's Fisher Maintains "Strong Reluctance" About Further Rate Cuts |
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Treasury Curve Steepens as Fed Cuts Priced Out |
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Fed to Make New Credit Card Proposal, Says Braunstein |
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Merrill Lynch Reports First-Quarter Loss, Planned Job Cuts |
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Renters also May Not Find Decent and Affordable Housing |
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U.S. Initial Claims Rise 17k to 372k, Continuing Claims Gain |
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U.S. Fed's Beige Book Reports Economic Conditions Weakened Since February |
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Another Bad Month for Census Report on Permits, Housing Starts |
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Mortgage Rates, Application Volume Show Little Movement for Week |
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U.S. Regional Banks Favoured Less Action Prior to Bear Stearns Rescue |
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NAHB Housing Market Index Unchanged From March and February |
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OFHEO Says Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Made Considerable Progress |
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Bear Stearns Snatches Last-Gasp First Quarter Profit, Faces Multiple Probes |
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Market Recovery to Take Time, Says Fed's Warsh |
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Tuesday's Events: U.S. PPI, Empire Fed Mfg, NAHB Housing Market Index |
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PPI Rises More than Expected, Up 1.1% in March |
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Wachovia Announces Losses and Capital Acquisition |
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Upside Surprise to U.S. Retail Sales Fails to Spur Optimism Among Economists |
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Central Bank Watch: Week Saw Plenty of Rate Decisions but Few Surprises |
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FHA Head Touts Expansion of FHASecure Program Over Proposed Legislation |
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U.S. Consumer Sentiment Falls Further in April |
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Fed to Examine Rules on Capital and Liquidity to Insulate Against Market Shocks |
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Treasury Secretary Paulson Says Economy "Has Turned Down Sharply" |
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U.S. Jobless Claims Down from Spike, but Trend is Still Up, Economists Say |
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Fed's Fisher Says Rate Cuts Not Fully Passed on to Borrowers |
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Capitol Hill Deals with Housing Problems in Several Venues |
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Fed's Kroszner Says Foreclosures to Increase in '08, Urges FHA Modernization |
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More Rate Cuts Could Be Necessary from the Fed, Says IMF |
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MBA Mortgage Applications Rebound in First Week of April |
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Mortgage Rates Drift During Most Recent Survey Week |
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Some FOMC Members Saw Risk of "Prolonged and Severe" Downturn, Minutes Show |
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WaMu Job Cuts, Closings and Wholesale Shutdown |
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Pending Home Sales Fail to Indicate Housing Bottom |
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IMF Says Total Losses from Financial Turmoil Could Reach $945 Billion |
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Consumer Credit Rises Short of Forecasts in February |
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FOMC Minutes to be Scrutinized Tomorrow |
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Boston Fed's Rosengren Surprised Housing Market Hasn't Bounced |
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Experts Divided on Pending Home Sales Despite Consensus for Decline |
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Fed Announces Details of Next in Series of Liquidity Auctions |
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Public Intervention Needed to Tackle Credit Crunch |
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Greenspan Sees an Over-50% Chance of U.S. Recession |
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The Week Ahead: April 7 - 11, 2008 |
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Senator Obama Lays out Housing Policy - Third in a Series |
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Fed's Yellen Says Economic Growth Likely to Be Sluggish in 2008 |
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U.S. Investment Banks Borrow $10 Billion from Fed Discount Window |
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Unemployment Up to 5.1% |
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Federal Reserve Conducts $25 Billion TSLF Auction |
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Fears of Bear Stearns Bankruptcy Fallout Prompted Fed Plan, Says Geithner |
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Fed's Bernanke Defends Bear Sterns Rescue, 'Chaotic Unwinding' Avoided |
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Senate ad hoc Committee Hammers out Housing Rescue Bill |
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Fannie Mae Tightens Loan Criteria for Credit Scores |
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Mortgage Rates Relatively Static While Application Volume Continues Down |
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Central Bank Watch: Bernanke Warns of U.S. Contraction, RBA Holds Rate |
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Hope Now's Successes May be Over Rated |
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U.S. Mortgage Applications Drop 28.7%, Refinances Fall 38.1% |
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Plenty More Subprime Fallout to Come, Says CIBC's Rubin |
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Fed's Bernanke Defends Bear Stearns Bailout, Paints Glum Economic Picture |
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The Day Ahead: ADP Employment Change, Fed's Bernanke Testifies |
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New York Fed to Provide Nationwide U.S. Subprime, Alt-A Loan Data |
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Senator Hillary Clinton's Housing Plan |
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Lehman Brothers Stock Sale Sends Market Surging; UBS Still Writing Down |
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Treasury's Levey Says Financial Information Critical in Combatting Terrorism |
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U.S. Construction Spending Falls 0.3% in February |
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HUD Secretary to Resign |
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Massive Financial Regulatory Changes Proposed by Paulson |
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Senator McCain Vows no Politics with Housing Crisis |
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CPI, Retail Sales Contribute to Lower Long Term Rates |
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Home Prices Continue 5-Month Decline According to New Report |
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Some Good News Regarding Home Sales Comes in NAR Report |
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Price for Bear Stearns Likely to Rise |
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Why is Bear Stearns Trading Higher than the JP Morgan Offer Price? |
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Sinking Mortgage Company Gets Lifeline from Lenders |
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Most Mortgage Rates Increase During Wild Week in Financial Markets |
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OFHEO Lowers Capital Requirements for GSEs to Improve Market Liquidity |
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Housing Starts and Builder Confidence Surveys Released |
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YSP Clarification |
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Big Losses for PMI Company and HR Block Unloads Option One |
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Federal Reserve Makes Three Big Weekend Moves |
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Stockholders Socked as J.P. Morgan Acquires Bear Stearns in Weekend Rescue |
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HUD Introduces New Good Faith Estimate and Proposes Other Changes to RESPA |
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Paulson Releases Presidential Working Group Recommendations |
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Mortgage Mess is Apparently Ready to Claim Two More Victims |
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Mortgage Rates Mixed - Very Mixed - in Last Week's Reports |
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Stop Paying Your Mortgage and Walk Away? |
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Three Mortgage CEOs Spend a Day on the Congressional Hot Seat |
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Still More Troubles for Countrywide |
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Margin Calls Threaten Two Mortgage Companies/Investors |
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HomeSaver Advance is the Latest Program to Assist Delinquent Homeowners |
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Home Equity Hits New Low |
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Pending Home Sales Index Points to a Slow Recovery |
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WaMu Executives Will See Bonuses Protected from Financial Fallout |
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Mortgage Rates Mixed in Freddie Mac, MBA Weekly Surveys |
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Hope Now Alliance Reports Progress in Helping Homeowners |
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Appraisal Reform Accord Reached By NY Attorney General and GSEs |
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NAHB Puts its Economic Stimulus Ideas in Front of the Senate |
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A Look at GSE 2007 Earnings; Ouch! |
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Huge Changes May be Coming for Lenders and Appraisers |
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Mortgage Rates and the Fed - Get it Straight ! |
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GSE Portfolio Caps to be Lifted March 1 |
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New Home Sales and Prices Continue Seemingly Endless Decline |
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Mortgage Rates Back Up to January Levels |
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Case Shiller, OFHEO Reports Add to the General Housing Gloom |
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Are Programs Beginning to Slow Rate of Foreclosure Growth? |
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Existing Home Sales and Prices Fall in January |
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California to Retrain Laid-off Mortgage Workers |
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Fixed-Rate Mortgages Were Pricier Last Week |
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Builders Hold Back on New Construction but Some See Hope |
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House Swaps - Not Just for Vacationers Anymore? |
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Subprime Lawsuits Already Outpacing S&L Litigation |
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Project Lifeline to Cover Nearly All Borrowers |
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Another Attempt to Ameliorate the Housing Situation Proposed |
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Mortgage Rates are Drifting and Applications Trend Down |
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NAR Price Survey Shows House Prices Continuing To Increase In Many Areas |
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Changes in Loan Limits Will Impact Few Home Buyers |
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Buffet Offers Help to Bond Insurers |
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Delinquent Homeowners Get a New "Lifeline" |
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Two Changes in Tax Code May Benefit Some Homeowners |
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Cash-Out Refi's Declining in Both Numbers and Amounts |
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"Foreclosure Avalanche" Prompts Servicer Survey |
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Mortgage Rates Reclaim Last Week's Declines |
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Keeping Them Honest - Comparing 2007 Forecasts With Reality |
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Many Mortgage Delinquents Still Unaware There Is Help |
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MBIA Reports Record Losses While Connecticut Investigates |
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Mortgage Rates Still Falling Hitting Four Year Low |
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NAHB Urges Mix of Housing Measures To Stimulate Economy |
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RealtyTrac Report Confirms Foreclosures Skyrocketing |
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New Homes Sales for 2007 Post Record Decline |
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Countrywide CEO Waives Massive Severance Package |
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Existing Home Sales Drop Again |
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Increased Loan Limts May Be Included In House Bill |
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Mortgage Rates at 2.5 Year Low |
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The Consumer Spending Problem Wall Street Doesn't See Coming |
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Can Saving PMI Also Save the Economy? Cramer Thinks So |
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Fed Slashes Interest Rates |
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NAR Chimes in With an Economic Stimulus Wishlist |
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MBA Touts Role in Helping Mortgage Borrowers |
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Merrill Lynch Losses Near Top of Analysts Estimates |
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Housing Permits and Starts Drop Sharply In December |
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Survey Shows ARMs Diminishing in Appeal |
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Mortgage Rates Plummet While Applications and Refinancing Increase |
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Citigroup Announces Unprecidented Losses; Dividend Cut |
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NAR Launches New Public Info Campaign To Counter Slump |
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Bank of America to Buy Countrywide |
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Fed Chair Promises "Substantive Additional Action" on Behalf of Economy |
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Housing at Heart of Recession Fears |
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Countrywide Reeling Again as Bankruptcy Rumors Fly |
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Mortgage Applications Surge Into New Year |
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Paulson Hints at Expansion of Rate Freeze Agenda |
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Mortgage Regulatory System Now Operational |
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FICO Speeds Rollout of New Product to Meet Lender Demands |
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National City Job Cuts |
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Mortgage Rates Not Far From Where They Started 2007 |
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New Home Sales Drop Again But Prices Fairly Stable |
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Mortgage Applications Slow While Rates Are Mixed |
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Widely Regarded Housing Study Reports Further Home Price Declines |
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ARM Freeze Yields Solution To All World Problems |
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Treasury Secretary Advocates GSE Assistance for High-End Borrowers |
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Foreclosure Filing Up 68 Percent Since November 2006 Per RealtyTrac |
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Two Advocacy Groups Express Different Views on FRB Proposals |
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Mortgage Rates Rise While Application Activity Plummets |
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Morgan Stanley Latest to Accept Foreign Aid |
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Housing Starts, Permits Fall Again But Builder Confidence Stabilizes |
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Federal Reserve Expected To Adopt New Mortgage Regulations |
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FHA Loan Limits Raised By Senate |
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House Committee Votes On Mortgage Bankruptcy Bill |
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Two Surveys Show Big Rate Moves In Opposite Directions |
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Washington Mutual Announces Major Layoffs and Closings |
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Rate Freeze Program Faces More Hurdles Than Just A Bad Phone Number |
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Up In ARMs - The Mortgage Bailout |
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Bush's Subprime Rescue Plan Coincides With Sobering Delinquency Report |
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With Cerberus Sale Dead, Option One Will Close Down Originations |
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Treasury Secretary Outlines Foreclosure Rescue Plan |
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Don't Be Afraid of the Big Bad Housing Market |
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Treasury Department May Broker A Deal For Subprime Borrowers |
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OFHEO Home Price Index Down For First Time In 13 Years |
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New Home Sales Report More Upbeat Than That For Existing Homes |
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Mortgage Rates Continue To Inch Down With One Glaring Exception |
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Wells Fargo Bank is Latest to Announce Mortgage Woes |
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Two New Reports Deepen Housing Gloom |
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2008 Conforming Loan Limit Announced By OFHEO |
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Senator Schumer Seeks Probe of FHLB Loans to Countrywide |
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Citigroup Knocks Builder Stocks and Takes Hit of Their Own |
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Realius - Bringing Joy Back To Real Estate? |
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GSEs Reported Losses Mean They Are Not the White Knight Some Had Hoped |
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Mortgage Rates Steady Among Mixed Economic News |
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Housing Starts? Hold the Applause! |
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HR 3915 - Getting Warmer |
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Housing and Credit Woes Continue to Weigh on Wall Street |
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Mortgage Rates Ease for Fourth Straight Week |
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Zillow to Nationalize Local Real Estate Advertising |
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PMI Insurers May Owe Thanks To Piggy-Back Mortgages |
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E-Trade Suffers Subprime Wrath |
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Lending Survey Indicates Tightened Standards, Lower Demand |
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OFHEO Director Weighs In On Cuomo Probe |
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H.R. 3915: a FRANK Discussion |
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WaMu Troubles Mount While Fortunes and Stock Tumble |
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Mortgage Rates Back To May 2007 Levels |
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HR9315 Passes To Full House For Consideration |
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HR 3915 Addresses Many Aspects of Predatory and Other Mortgage Lending |
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NY Attorney General Files Appraiser Fraud Suit Against First American |
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Current State of the Mortgage Market |
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Growth Worries Push Mortgage Rates Down |
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Apartment Complexes May Benefit From FCC Action Against Cable Contracts |
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ONeal is History and Merrill Lynch is Sued |
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Subprimes Next Victim: Merrill Lynch CEO |
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Credit Counselors and Short Sales May Bail Out Mortgagors |
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Subprime Fallout Will Cost U.S. Billions |
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Countrywide Mortgage Reports Huge 3rd Quarter Loss |
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September New Home Sales Report is Modestly Upbeat |
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Freddie Mac and MBA See Mortgage Rates Through Different Lenses |
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NAR Releases Existing Home Sales Figures For September |
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Real Estate Investors and Agents Decry Short-Sale Process |
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Dozens of Our Readers Report From the Housing Front |
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SEC Turns Spotlight on Countrywide CEO Mozilo |
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Builder Spirits Not Rebounding While Housing Starts, Permints Continue To Slide |
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Mortgage Rates Boosted By Solid Jobs Report - Construction Jobs Suffer |
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ResCap To Cut 3,000 Jobs |
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Treasury Secretary - Housing Decline Significant Risk To Economy |
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Three Banks Move To Loosen Credit Markets |
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Lenders, Feds Finally Paying Attention to Mortgage Crunch |
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NAMB, Harvard Professor Dueling Over Op Ed Column |
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Mortgage Rates Generally Ease as Housing Stats Worsen |
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MBA Proposals For Mortgage Fraud Legislation |
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MBA Advises Against Broadening Fraud Laws |
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Merrill Lynch and WaMu Suffer From Subprime Woes |
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What Is Happening Out There? Share Your Story. |
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Mortgage Rates Move In Different Directions |
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August Pending Home Sales Do Not Portend Well For Year End Closings |
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Construction Spending Slack Picked Up By Non-Residential Sector |
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New Home Sales See Biggest Year Over Year Drop In 37 Years |
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Lennar and D.R. Horton Move To Staunch Housing Hemmorage |
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ARM Applications Continue To Dwindle While Rates Inched Up |
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NAR Report of Existing Home Sales No Surprise To Anyone |
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GSEs May Soon Purchase Jumbo Loans But Other Limits Are Not Budging |
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Foreclosure Scams Can Be Complex Enough To Fool Most |
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Major Homebuilder Runs Successful Weekend Sale |
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Housing Starts Hit 12-Year Low; Multi-family to the Rescue |
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Another Dramatic Downturn in Mortgage Rates |
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FHA Reform Moving Right Along |
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Fed Slashes Interest Rates By 50 Basis Points |
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Mortgage Fraudsters Finding Ways To Exploit Bubble Bust |
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Mortgage Market Disruptions Short-Lived According To NAR |
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Countrywide Fundings Fall; Lines Up $12 Billion Credit |
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Some Mortgage Rates Move Dramatically, Others Stall |
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Schumer Bill Would Lift GSE Portfolio Caps |
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Countrywide To Cut As Many As 12000 Jobs |
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How Long Will That Furnace Last? NAHB Study Has The Answer |
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Delinquency Rates Climb Mainly In Four States |
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Mortgage Servicers Encouraged To Help Homeowners |
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Long Term Mortgage Rates Continue To Fall |
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Bush Plan To Help The Ailing Housing Markets |
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Home Price Appreciation Slowing But Has Not Stopped |
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Home Builders: Credit Crunch Is Hurting Business |
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Mortgage Rates Decline but One Year ARM Rates Go Off the Chart |
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Existing Home Sales Essentially Unchanged In July |
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PBS and Bloomberg Charges Against Insurance Companies Draw Fire |
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New Home Sales Register Improvement Over June |
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Countrywide Rating Watch Revised By Fitch |
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IndyMac To Resume Prime Jumbo Home Loans |
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Countrywide Gets Big Cash Infusion And May Survive Crisis |
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Uptick in Mortgage Rates Not a Result of Subprime Problems |
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Lehman Brothers Shuts Down BNC Mortgage Cutting 1200 Jobs |
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Homeowners Insurance Industry Roasted By PBS, Bloomberg |
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Big Players Call On OFHEO to Rethink GSE Decision |
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Housing Starts Hit Ten Year Low While Builder Confidence Sets Even A Longer Record |
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Countrywide Joins The Mortgage Lending Storm |
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Mortgage Rates Increase Despite Job Figures |
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Home Buyer Survey Ranks Features That Are Important To Buyers |
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Checking Free Credit Reports Is A Good Idea |
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GSE Attempts To Help Mortgage Market Squashed |
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Are Mortgage Applications Up or Are Applicants Hedging Their Bets? |
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Mortgage Payments And Credit Cards - Two Examples Of Creative Thinking |
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Pending Home Sales: A Little Good News In A Grim Time |
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Mortgage Rates Eased By Weakening Housing Demand |
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Alt-A Lender Crashes and Takes Stock Market With It |
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New Study Shows Impact of Government Fees On Home Affordability |
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Housing News Turns The Stock Market To Mush |
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Home Prices Hold Their Own As Existing Home Sales Fall |
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Mortgage Rates Virtually Unchanged From Previous Week |
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Subprime Mess Continues To Wreak Havoc on the Mortgage Market |
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Builders Confidence Hits 26 Year Low as Permits and Starts Fall Again |
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Foreclosure Help Is Available |
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Mortgage Rates Mixed But Application Volume Remains Steady |
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Nobody Understands Buyer Agency - Certainly Not Newsweek |
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More Action RE: Subprime Lending and Mortgage Regulation |
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NAACP Subprime Discrimination Suit |
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Subprime Disaster Continues To Unfold |
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Mortgage Rates Move In Opposite Directions on Surveys |
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Pros and Cons of the Various Housing Indicators |
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Two MBA Surveys Paint Picture of Mortgage Market in 2006 |
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Federal Agencies Issue Final Guidance On Subprime Mortgages |
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American Home Recinds Earnings Guidance In Wake Of Loan Losses |
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Mortgage Rates Curbed By Housing Recession |
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Home Fire Sprinklers - A Great Idea That Has Not Happened Yet |
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Efforts Made To Help Borrowers Avoid Foreclosure |
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Mortgage Rates Roll Back From 2007 Highs |
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New And Existing Home Sales Continue To Languish |
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Subprime Mess Hits Wall Street Again |
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State Of The Nations Housing - Harvard Study |
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Mortgage Rates Take Biggest Jump In Three Years |
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Housing Starts Slip and Builders Still Glum |
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MBA Delinquency Data Not As Dire As RealtyTrac Reports |
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Credit Piggybacking - What Will They Think Of Next? |
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Mortgage Rates Continue Upward Spiral |
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Major Real Estate Corp Sees Marketing Possibilities In Virtual World |
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Will Subprime Problems Spill Over Into Conventional Markets? |
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NAR Forecast Reveals A Wee Bit Of Gloom |
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Real Estate Sales Information Not Public In All States |
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Alt-A Lender GreenPoint Mortgage Closes Multiple Offices |
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Mortgage Rates Climb For Third Straight Week |
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Nothing Wrong With Buying A Flip As Long As It Is A Good One |
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Home Prices Show Positive Growth But Slowest In Ten Years |
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Buying Virtual Real Estate Is Neither Easy Or Cheap |
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Mortgage Rates Surge While Applications and Refinancing Weak |
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Redfin Forced To Shut Down House Reviews While CBS and NAR Fight On |
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Existing Home Sales Were Down 2.6 Percent In April |
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New Home Sales Jump In April |
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Mortgage Rates Move Up On Inflation Worries |
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Virgin Acquires Majority Stake In Family-Centered Mortgage Company |
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Home Builder Confidence Is Down And Permitting Appears To Reflect It |
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NAR Counterpunches After 60 Minute Segment on Discount Agents |
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Second Life Businesses Can Rake In Some Surprising Profits and Participants |
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Mortgage Rates Remain Relatively Stable, Again |
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Is Virtual Real Estate More Than An Oxymoron? |
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One Persons Stigma Could Be Anothers Selling Point |
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Freddie Mac Housing Forecast Sees Slow Recovery |
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Mortgage Rates and Applications Remain Relatively Flat |
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Home Equity Still Being Pulled Despite Soft Housing Market |
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NHMC and NAA Sue HUD over Language Requirements |
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Drop In Investment Purchases Offsets Vacation Property Sales Gains |
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Subprime Market Mess Update |
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Mortgage Rates Inch Downward |
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GAO To Look At Foreclosure Incidence and Causes After Hearings |
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Task Force Takes A Look At Identity Theft |
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Existing Home Sales Drop At Fastest Rate In 18 Years |
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Mortgage Rates Drop Along With Inflation Fears |
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Banking and Housing Giants Testify About Subprime Solutions |
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Watters v. Wachoiva - Supreme Court Sides With Feds In Bank Preemption Case |
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Redfin Revisited: A Company To Watch |
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Job Report Fuels Mortgage Rate Increases Across The Board |
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Census and HUD Data Indicates That Builders Are Not Bouncing Back |
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Senate Moves To Assist Homeowners On Two Fronts |
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Groups Call For Forbearance For Troubled Mortgages |
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Housing Recovery May Be Held Back By Oversupply |
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Mortgage Rates Remain Quiet |
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NAR Chief Economist Upbeat But Points To A Few Possible Problems |
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HUD Report Cites Record High Rates Of Discrimination Complaints |
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Convenants and Restrictions May Restrict Options For Your Castle |
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Mortgage Rates Hold Steady While Applications Fall |
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And Still More On The Subprime Fiasco |
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Subprime Situation Spurs A Whole Lot Of Talk |
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Cyberhomes.com is Latest Competition for Zillow |
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Subprime Situation Stabilizes - For Now |
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Mortgage Applications and Rates See Little Change |
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February New and Existing Home Sales Take Different Tracks |
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Study Assesses Possible Risks and Impacts of Mortgage Resets |
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Mortgage Rates Flatten As Does Application Activity |
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Housing Market Shaky Not Plummeting |
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Apartment Rentals On The Rebound - Firms Warned To Prep For Growth |
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MBA Urges Regulatory Restraint as Delinquency and Foreclosures Rise |
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Subprime News + Mortgage Delinquency = Bad Day On Wall St. |
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Mortgage Rates Kept In Check By Market Jitters |
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Housing Weather Forecast For March Calls For Sun and Storms |
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Fed Chair Calls For Changes In GSE Portfolios, Public Purpose |
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Mortgage Licensing System Embraced By Some Slammed By Others |
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Mortgage Rates Drop, Some To Lowest Levels In Serveral Months |
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Subprime Lending Takes Center Stage on Wall Street |
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Home Prices Still Rising But Rate Of Appreciation Slows |
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Existing Home Sales Rise But New Home Sales Take Sizable Hit |
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Two Associations of State Regulators Issue Nontraditional Mortgage Lending Guidance |
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Mortgage Rates Mostly Lower As Concerns Over Housing Rise |
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Subprime Market Standards Tightened By Freddie Mac |
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Fannie Mae and HSBC Fallout |
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New Mortgage Licensing System May Benefit States, Lenders and Consumers |
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Mortgage Rates Resume Climb After One Week Retreat |
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Housing Permits and Starts Slide But Builder Confidence Rising |
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NAR Releases Year End Existing Home Data - Sunny Side Up |
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Homes Of The Future - NAHB Takes A Guess |
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Most Mortgage Rates Drift Lower For First Time In 2007 |
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NAHB Convention Makes News About Green Building, Boomers and Future Homes |
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Negative Impact of Housing On Economy Lessens As Inventories Decline |
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Home Equity Still Fueling Refinancing |
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Mortgage Rates and Application Rates Both Mixed at the End of January |
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Florida Tornados and Scientific Reports Bad News For Homeowners |
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MBA Urges Regulators To Avoid Invoking Suitability Standards |
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Mortgage Rates Are Mixed As Markets Await Direction |
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Apartment Group Targets NIMBY Arguments |
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An Update on PMI Tax Deductions |
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New And Existing Home Sales Continue Retreat From Record Highs |
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Mortgage Rates Continue Upward Trend While Applications Slow |
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The Truth, Sort Of, About Open Houses |
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Permits and Housing Starts Reflect Builder Optimism |
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Mortgage Rates Up and MBA Issues Long Term Forecast |
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Luxury Home Sales Hold Their Own In Down Housing Market |
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Freddie Mac: Three Trends Will Impact Home Market and Financing |
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NAR To Launch $40 Million Ad Campaign |
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Freddie Mac Releases Results Of Annual ARM Survey |
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Mortgage Rates Take A New Year Holiday |
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Reply.com Moves To Corner A Niche Of The Real Estate Industry |
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Green House Exhibit Is An Invitation To Think Twice About The Environment |
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Mortgage Rates Move Higher On Consumer Spending and Calendar |
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Federal Reserve Issues New CHARM Handbook for Consumers and Lenders |
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Is the End of the Housing Bubble Near? |
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Realogy Sale Not Necessarily A Done Deal |
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Mortgage Rates Drift and Activity Slows During Pre-Holiday Week |
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Housing Starts, Permits and Builder Confidence Stabilize In Recent Surveys |
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Clarifications About The Zillow Website |
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Mortgage Rates And Volume Flatten In Pre-Holiday Market |
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Zillow Announces Upgrades To Site As First Birthday Approaches |
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Three Ex-Fannie Mae Execs Hit With Massive Civil Charges |
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Fannie Mae Plays Catchup With SEC and Sues Its Former Auditor |
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Mortgage Rates Remain Low While Applications Reach Recent Highs |
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PMI Deduction Buried In The Closing Acts Of Congress |
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National Building Museum Is A Change Of Pace In Washington D.C. |
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Housing Recovery - Normal Not White Hot Growth |
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Unmarried Homeowners Part II |
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Mortgage Rates Spur Refinance Market |
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Significant Others Need To Think About Their Legal Status When Buying A Home |
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New Home Sales Report Issued For October |
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Mortgage Rates, Applications Down In Short Holiday Week |
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Existing Home Sales Increase Slightly But Median Prices Decline |
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Conforming Loan Limits Remain Unchanged |
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It Might Seem Like A Commune But Co-housing Is Not A Sixties Idea |
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OFHEO Outlines Plans For Declining Conforming Loan Limits |
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Mortgage Rates Drop As Inflation Threat Wanes |
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Home Prices and Volume Generally Down In Third Quarter |
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Anti-Eminent Domain Laws Both Won and Lost on Election Day |
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Housing Starts Dive But Builder and Buyer Confidence Are Up |
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Real Estate Technology Now Means Blogs |
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Mortgage Rates Drift Short Term With Little Change Since Last Year |
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NAR Put Big Money On The Table To Support Its Candidates |
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Housing Bubble Leak Showing Up In Other Parts Of Economy |
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Mortgage Rates Back To November 2005 Levels |
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CFA Hits Real Estate Industry On Low Entry Barriers and Lack Of Oversight |
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Consumer Group Calls For Regulation of MLS As A Public Utility |
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Mortgage Rates Mixed But Freddie Mac Sees Hope In Inventory Declines |
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Readers Weigh In On Real Estate Competitiveness and Commissions |
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Study Debunks Boomer Urban Migration Myth |
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New Home Prices Take a Real Hit But Sales May Be Stabilizing |
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MBA Mortgage Rates and Applications |
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Mortgage Rates Remain Static - MBA Releases Prime and Subprime Activity Report |
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Two New Studies Look at Homebuying Patterns of Older Americans |
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Home Sellers Should Remember That They And Their Homes Are Not National Statistics |
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Housing Starts and Builder Confidence Show Slight Improvement |
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Mortgage Rates Resume Climb After Brief Respite |
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Slow and Steady is the Best Way to Clean Up Bad Credit |
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Mortgage Rates Stagnant But Refinancing Strong |
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October Forecast Sees Housing Finding Solid Ground |
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Shipping Container Houses Are Coming |
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Mortgage Lender Fraud Increase Seen By Law Enforcement |
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Most Mortgage Rates Decline as Mortgage Applications Increase Sharply |
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Energy Costs Not Likely To Encourage Green Home Improvements |
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Federal Bank Regulators Offer Guidelines For Exotic Mortgage Lending |
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Mortgage Rates Down Again - Some Changes Significant |
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Housing Bubble Watch: Home Prices Decline For First Time In 11 Years |
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Ethnicity Counts When It Comes To Higher-Priced Subprime Loans |
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Federal Reserve Report Highlights Lending Concentration and Other Loan Patterns |
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Mortgage Rates Resume Slow Decline - Application Volume Increases |
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Housing Bubble Watch: New Home Construction Reports |
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National Delinquency Study Is Just A Bit Disquieting |
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Mortgage Rates Up For First Time In Seven Weeks |
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Housing Bubble Watch: Freddie Mac Report Partially Frosty |
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Option ARMs At The Center of Rate Shock Fears |
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Home Price Increases Seen Slowing In OFHEO Report |
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Mortgage Rates Down Nearly 40 Basis Points From Year High |
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Candidate For Rate Shock? Some Suggestions, Maybe Some Comfort |
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You Might Be Surprised By What Triggers Credit Bureau Actions |
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Mortgage Rates Continue Five Week Slide |
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House Real Estate Hearings - Prosecution Rests And Defense Steps Up |
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Housing Bubble Watch: New and Existing Home Sales Tumble |
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Mortgage Rates Reset Shock Is The Latest Worry In Mortgage Markets |
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Mortgage Rates Return To April Levels |
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Housing Bubble Watch: Housing Permits, Starts, Builder Confidence Fall |
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NAR Takes A Lickin From Competitors At Oxley Hearings |
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Mortgage Rates Move In Opposite Directions |
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Fannie Mae Slips Another Deadline, Freddie Mac Reform and OFHEO Wants Greater Power |
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Housing Bubble Watch: Housing Sector No Longer Fueling The Economy |
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Oxley Hearings Investigate Real Estate Competitiveness |
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Mortgage Rates Down Even Before The Fed Halts Rate Increases |
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The Changing Real Estate Market - Oxley Holds Hearings |
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Mortgage Rates Continue Up and Down Pattern |
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Peer-To-Peer Lending: A Prototype For The Future Of Mortgage Lending |
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Housing Bubble Watch: NAR Announces the Return of the Buyers Market |
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Mortgage Rates Rise Taking Back Last Weeks Gains |
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Texas Murder Raises Concerns For Real Estate Agent Safety |
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Single Women Employ Different Strategies In Buying and Financing A Home |
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Housing Bubble Watch: Building Stats Slip As Does Builder Confidence |
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Single Female Homebuyers - Who, Where and What |
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Mortgage Rates Ease While Freddie Mac Thinks Pressure May Be Off |
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Single Women Home Buyers Finding A Home Of Their Own |
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Study Measures Mortgage Interest and Real Estate Tax Deduction Benefits |
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MLS and Commissions Under Attack Again |
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Mortgage Rates Continue To Bounce Around Gently |
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Housing Bubble Watch: Freddie Mac Sees Orderly Cooling |
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Green Building Is Now A Trend, Maybe One Near A Tipping Point |
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Survey Finds Monthly Costs Outweigh Purchase Price of Home Ownership |
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Mortgage Rates Diverge On Surveys |
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Housing Bubble Watch: Reports Paint Confusing Picture |
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Mortgage Delinquency and Foreclosure Rates Remain Low |
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Mortgage Rates Up Substantially On Inflation Fears |
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Housing Bubble: Market Secure But Affordability Diminishing |
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Older Homes Versus New Homes - The Debate Continues |
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Freddie Mac Predicts Mortgage Rate Boredom - It Could Be A Good Thing |
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Three Houses And You Are Out |
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Housing Bubble Watch: Report Names 71 Metro Areas Significantly Over-Valued |
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Hedge Against A Housing Bubble With Housing Futures |
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OFHEO Wants Fannie Mae Bonus Money Returned |
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Mortgage Rates Softened By Job Growth |
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Report Attempts To Soothe Housing Bubble Fears |
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Home Prices Still Seen Rising According To Recent Survey |
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Inflation Fears Fuel Higher Mortgage Rates |
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Will The Housing Bubble Take the Economy With It? |
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Sell Now - The End Of The Housing Bubble |
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Mortgage Rates Rise and Housing Impact on GDP Lessens |
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Fannie Mae To Pay Large Penalty For Accounting Irregularities |
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New and Existing Home Sales Point To Contradictory Conclusions |
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Mortgage Rates Drift Higher While Applications Down |
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Housing Bubble: Fed Chairs Speak As One But Best Sellers Plug a Different View |
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Two New Reports Show Housing Exuberance Is Waning |
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Housing Bubble No Longer Expanding |
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Mortgage Rates Mixed but Activity Levels Up |
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The 50 Year Mortgage Is Introduced In California |
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May Economic Outlook Report Lowers Expectations |
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High Gas Prices May Encourage Transit Oriented Communities |
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Freddie Mac Joins Others In Foreclosure Avoidance Program |
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Mortgage Rates Continue Uptick While Refinancing At Two Year Low |
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Google And Other Search Players Looking At Real Estate Search |
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Real Estate Search Engines and Vertical Search |
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Mortgage Rates, Applications, Cash Out Refinancing All Up |
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Housing Bubble Bust or Soft Landing - March Homes Sales Figures Up |
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Mortgage Rates Mixed With Rate Variations Regionally |
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What Do High Gas Prices Mean For The Housing Market? |
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Freddie Mac Has An Expensive Week |
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New Home Construction Declines As Does Homebuilders Optimism |
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Mortgage Rates Hit Four and Five Year Highs |
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This Old House vs. That New House |
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Why Get Renters Insurance? We will Tell You. |
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Mortgage Rates Up While Application Volume Drops |
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Housing Bubble vs. Housing Market Slowdown |
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Answers To Home Sale Tax Questions Easily Available Online |
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Mortgage Rates and Applications Tick Up From Last Week |
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Websites For The Home With No Homeowners Manual |
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If the Housing Bubble Bursts How Will Marketing Change |
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Weekly Mortgage Rates and Activity Mostly Lackadaisical |
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Housing Bubble Conflicting Data Released |
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Second Home Sales Increase Their Share Of Real Estate Market |
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Mortgage Rates Drop Slightly But Delinquent Mortgage Payments Rise |
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Fannie Mae Feels Fallout From Rudman Report |
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Credit Bureaus Roll Out VantageScore Credit Scoring System |
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Mortgage Rates Hit Three Year Highs |
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Over 100 Bills Limiting Eminent Domain Fill State And Federal Hoppers |
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Fannie Mae Saga Continues As Rudman Report Is Issued |
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Mortgage Rates Flat in Freddie Mac Report, Up Sharply Per MBA |
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What Housing Bubble? Report Shows House Prices Still Soaring |
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NAR Issues Existing Home Sales Report For January |
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Mortgage Rates Retreat A Bit But So Does Mortgage Activity |
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Listen Closely, The Housing Bubble Might Not Be Leaking |
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Redfin Lacks Zillow Hype, But May Ultimately Have More Impact |
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Zillow May Not Be Ready For Prime Time |
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Mortgage Rates Mixed But ARMs Not Much Of A Bargain |
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Put To One Test The Zillow Website Performs Well |
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Zillow and Other Z Words Are the Rage of the Internet |
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Mortgage Rates Flat But Activity Down From 2005 Levels |
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Environmental And Asthetical Alternatives Exist To Minimize Hardscape |
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Cash Out Refinancing Continued At Near Record Rates At Year End |
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Is Evidence Mounting Against A Housing Bubble Bust |
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Mortgage Rates Hit Recent Highs But Activity Still Strong |
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Fannie Mae Has A Little Good News For A Change |
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Building Green Starts With The Land |
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Mortgage Rates Resume Upward Climb After Long Holiday Vacation |
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NAR Releases Monthly and Annual 2005 Existing Home Sale Numbers |
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Mortgage Rates Drift, But Mostly Downward |
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Foreclosure Activity Up and Mortgage Defaults To Rise |
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New York Housing Bubble and NAR Reports |
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Building Green From The Start - The Land and Lot |
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Housing Bubble or Slow Deceleration of Housing Market? |
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Mortgage Rates Drop And Mortgage Activity Remains Strong |
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Building Green, Living Green |
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Freddie Macs ARM Survey Notes Increased Lender Discounts |
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Mortgage Rates Recover From Holiday Doldrums |
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Home Warranties Now Available To All |
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Real Estate Hot Buttons Can Impede Your Home Search |
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In a See Saw Year Mortgage Rates Finish 2005 Higher |
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NAR Parcels Out Some Interesting Stats of Real Estate and Agents |
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Existing Home Sales Drop But Prices Continue Climb |
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Mortgage Rates and Activity? Holidays Hold Center Stage |
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Mortgage Rates, Fees and Points Ease Marginally From Previous Week |
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NAR Report Sees Banks as Non-Competitive |
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NAR Strikes Back At Anti-Competitive Charges |
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Mortgage Rates Continue To Exhibit Split Personality |
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Major Economic Forecasts Paint Varied Future For Housing |
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Surveys Indicating Mortgage Rates Turning Around Again |
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A Bad Inspection Should Not Be The End Of The World (Cont) |
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Conventional Loan Limits Increased For Freddie and Fannie |
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Mortgage Rates Return To October Levels |
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Housing Bubble - Maybe, Maybe Not. |
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Home Inspection Reports Should Not Be All Bad News |
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Mortgage Rates Drop According To Most Recent Surveys |
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What Constitutes A Good Home Inspection? |
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No Matter What, Budget For A Home Inspection |
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Mortgage Rates Increase Moderately After Last Weeks Big Jump |
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Fannie Mae Misses Report Again and Finds More Accounting Problems |
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Freddie Mac Sees Continued Bright Future For Housing Market |
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Mortgage Rates Take Biggest Jump of Year |
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Home Building and Remodeling For Accessability - Part II |
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President Bush Tax Panel Recommendations Go To Executive Branch |
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Weekly Mortgage Rates Hit New Yearly Highs Again |
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Building Or Remodeling Your Home In Light Of The Inevitable or Accidental |
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Lopsided House Vote Seeks To Regulate Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae |
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The 30 Fixed Mortgage Rates Now Firmly Over 6 Percent |
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NAR Sees Soft Landing as Housing Bubble Transitions To Expansion |
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Home Mortgage Deduction Under Attack By Presidential Panel |
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Modular Homes and Prefab Housing Can Save Time and Money |
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Are Real Estate Commissions at the Root of NAR Problems? |
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Mortgage Rates Top 6 Percent |
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Rita Joins Katrina As Topic of Freddie Mac Monthly Reports |
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Freddie Mac Anticipates Huge Hurricane Related Losses |
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Fixed Mortgage Rates Nudge 6 Percent For First Time Since Spring |
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Congress Is Also On The Case - NARs Troubles, Continued |
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Manufactured Housing And Homes-In-A-Box are Viable Routes To Home Ownership |
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Realtors Under Fire From DOJ, GAO, And That is Just the Beginning |
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ARMs Narrow Yield Curve in Latest Mortgage Rates Survey |
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So You Want To Build A House |
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Mortgage Rates and Home Sales Both Up In Recent Reports |
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Read Those Homeowner and Flood Insurance Policies Before It Is Too Late |
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HUD and Commerce Say Housing Starts Drop Slightly |
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Mortgage Rates Up Across the Board |
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So Should You Pay PMI or Take Out a Piggyback Mortgage? |
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Freddie Mac and MBA Mortgage Rates Survey Directionless |
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Freddie Mac September Outlook - Its All About Katrina |
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Time To Review Your Homeowners and Flood Insurance Coverage |
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Another Report on Spiraling Housing Prices |
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Private Mortgage Insurance - Facts From The Source |
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Free Credit Reports For All - But Watch Your Step |
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Mortgage Rates Fall For Third Week In A Row |
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Greenspan Warns Than Housing Prices Will Simmer Down |
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Mortgage Rates Down For Second Week |
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Hurricane Katrina Victims Get Relief From Fannie and Freddie |
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Mortgage Rates Reverse Previous Six-Week Climb |
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Extreme Makeover Home Edition Teams Up With Homes For Our Troops |
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Are Mortgage Pre-Approvals All They Are Trumped Up To Be? |
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In Trouble With Your Mortgage? Call Your Lender - Now! |
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Mortgage Rates Up For Week While Activity Continues To Slow |
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Fannie Mae Fails To File Quarterly Report - Again |
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Freddie Mac Issues August Economic Outlook Report |
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Study Finds Housing Increasingly Unaffordable |
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Mortgage Rates Up, Applications Down Last Week |
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Piggybacks Arouse Interest - And Concern |
| |
Refinancing May Be Pumping Billions Into Economy |
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Mortgage Rates Maintain Upward Climb |
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Stop Foreclosure By Confronting It Head-On |
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Foreclosure Happens, But There Are Solutions |
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Housing Starts, Home Sales Continue at a Record Pace |
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Average Mortgage Rates Continue To Rise |
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Eminent Domain Ruling Spurs Flurry Of Legislation |
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Buying A House To Sell A House |
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High End Home Owners Are Driving Home Improvements |
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Mortgage Rates - Has The Worm Turned? |
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New Study Puts Real Numbers On Mortgage Risk |
| |
Option Mortgage - Intriguing New Product Or Ticking Timb Bomb? |
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Mortgage Activity Down Slightly As Mortgage Rates Rise |
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Amortization Game - Fun For the Financially Obsessed |
| |
Freddie Mac Report Shows Strong Housing Data |
| |
Mortgage Rates Mixed, But Refinancing Is Not Going Away |
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Mortgage Short Sale - An Exit Strategy or an Investment Opportunity? |
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Harvard Finds Homes Less Affordable But Housing Bubble Unlikely To Burst |
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Mortgage Rates Down But Directionless Overall |
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Mortgage Foreclosures and Delinquent Payments Decline |
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Supreme Court Upholds Expanded Concept of Eminent Domain |
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Bankers and Real Estate Agents Continue Turf Battle |
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Mortgage Rates Up Across The Board |
| |
Reverse Mortgage Revisited |
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FHA, Freddie Move To Protect Troops From Identity Theft - Foreclosure |
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Mortgage Rates Reach 2005 Low |
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As Population Ages, Reverse Mortgages May Finally Catch On |
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Become A Real Estate Agent During The Housing Boom and Get Rich Quick? Think Again. |
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Freddie Mac Issues June Economic Prognostication |
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Fannie Mae Authorizes Purchase of 40 Year Mortgage Loans |
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Mortgage Rates Mixed But General Trend Still Downward |
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Making Money Is Not The Best Reason To Own A House |
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Mortgage Servicing Rights: Traded Like Baseball Cards? |
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Southern U.S. Now Eligible For Free Credit Reports |
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Home Loan Mortgage Rates Continue To Drop |
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Home Staging - Still A Relevant Tactic in Lots of Places |
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(Correction) - National Association of Realtors Fighting Fires on Several Fronts |
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Two Monthly Reports Show No Lag in Home Sales |
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Most Mortgage Rates Down Again; Looking Good vs. 2004 Levels |
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National Association of Realtors Fighting Fires On Several Fronts |
| |
Greenspan Renews Attack on Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae |
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Risk Management Guide For Home Equity Loans Issued By Bank Regulators |
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Fannie Mae Misses Another Financial Deadline |
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Weekly Mortgage Rates Mixed |
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Housing Bubble To Bust? FDIC Certainly Hopes Not |
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Construction, Home Sales, Prices - Everything Will Be Up But Mortgage Rates |
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Weekly Mortgage Rates Mixed But Mortgage Origination Remains High |
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Appraisers Speak Out On Pressure, Fraud, and Reform |
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Studies Question Housing Costs, Conditions, Ownership |
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Mortgage Rates Decline For Fourth Consecutive Week |
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HUD Pushes Mortgage Lenders To Avoid Foreclosure Losses |
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Report Suggests Remedies for Appraisal Fraud |
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Mortgage Rates Down and Home Sales Up - Who Says Boring Is Bad? |
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Think Tank Report Paints Picture of Mortgage Appraisal Fraud |
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Appraisal Fraud: A Need To Sort Out The Victims From The Perps? |
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Fannie Mae Holds Dividend At Reduced Q1 Rate |
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Mortgage Rates Continue Recent Decline |
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Housing Starts Take a Tumble According To HUD and US Census Bureau |
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Freddie Mac Continues To See A Jolly Good Year For Real Estate |
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Time To Talk About Those Free Credit Reports Again |
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Mortgage Lender Fraud - Consumers Not the Only Victims |
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Affinity Programs: With Some, Charity Begins At Home |
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February New Home Sales Still At Historic Highs |
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Mortgage Rates Nearing One Year High |
| |
Congressman Oxley Weighs In On Real Estate Industry |
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Title Insurance and Homebuilders - An Unholy Alliance? |
| |
Virginia Addresses Eminent Domain |
| |
Fannie Mae Misses Year-End Report Deadline |
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Appraisal 101 - How a Appraiser Attaches Home Value |
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Residential Mortgage Foreclosure and Delinquent Payments Decline |
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Home Appraisal 101 - What is Inside Your Appraisal? |
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Real Estate Market - Freddie Mac Housing Outlook |
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Limited Service Real Estate Offices (Flat Fee MLS and FSBO Websites) Provoking Backlash |
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Second Homes - Vacation Homes and Investment Property Now 1/3 of Market |
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Mortgage Phishing - The Grand Art of Hooking a Sucker |
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Title Insurance - The Other Insurance On Your Settlement Statement |
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Housing Bubble? Home Price Decelaration Noted By OFHEO |
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Eminent Domain - Your Home Is Your Castle ! |
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How Does Your Credit Report Look In The Scheme Of Things? |
| |
Greenspan Asks Again For Limits On Government Sponsored Enterprises Portfolios |
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Understanding Your Credit Score - Part 2 |
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Understanding Your Credit Score |
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Survey Shows Record Home Price Apprectiation - But Not Everywhere |
| |
Freddie Mac Chief Economist Releases February Outlook |
| |
Mortgage Study - Americans Will Carry Mortgage Into Golden Years |
| |
Home Purchase Contingencies III |
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Clean Up That Offer To Purchase - Part II |
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Clean Up That Offer To Purchase |
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Home Sales Continue To Climb While Affordability Declines |
| |
Stripping Makes It To The Big Time |
| |
Fannie Mae Slashes Quarterly Dividend |
| |
Fannie Mae Test Drives 40 Year Mortgages |
| |
The Real Estate Agents Bill of Rights |
| |
Two New Housing Initiatives Aimed At Minority Community |
| |
Housing To Have A Splendid Year |
| |
Weekly Freddie Mac Rate Report Adds New Category |
| |
Mortgage Applications Down During Holiday Week |
| |
FHA Raises Mortgage Limits |
| |
Fannie Mae Appoints New Independent Auditor |
| |
Alaska Eliminates Dual Agency |
| |
Freddie Mac Issues Annual Adjustable Rate Mortgage Survey |
| |
Mortgage Rates Rise For Second Straight Week |
| |
Its National Radon Action Month |
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Fannie Starts the Long Process of “Digging Out.” |
| |
Don’t Let The Figures Throw You, Look For Trends |
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Agent Expectations Part II |
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Fannie Mae Continues To Dominate Industry News |
| |
Fannie Mae Scandal Topples Two Execs |
| |
Fannie Mae Advised To Restate Earnings |
| |
What Does A Good Real Estate Agent Do To Earn The Big Bucks ? |
| |
Buying A Condo: Make Sure You Cover All Contingencies |
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Buying A Condo Is Not Like Buying A House |
| |
Buyers Now Represented By Agents In A Majority of Real Estate Transactions |
| |
Freddie Issues Monthly Economic Outlook, UCLA Not Sure It Agrees |
| |
Same-House Values Continue Climb |
| |
One Day Old Credit Report Law Is Fueling Fraud |
| |
Fannie Mae Gets Slapped Again |
| |
Fannie Mae Raises Conforming Loan Limit |
| |
Free Credit Report Availabilty Begins Slow National Rollout |
| |
The Hardest Part Of Buying A House Might Be The Forms |
| |
New Home Sales Take An Unexpected Jump |
| |
ForSaleByOwner.com Beats Back Ban |
| |
Apparently Oxley Not Just Curious |
| |
Congressional Leader Requests Info On Real Estate Information Technology |
| |
Ohio Is First State To Sue Fannie Mae |
| |
Congress Increases VA Loan Guarantee |
| |
Fannie Mae Misses 10 Q Filing Deadline |
| |
Big Whoops At NBC |
| |
A Good Offense |
| |
Freddie Mac Bumps Up 2004 and 2005 Projections |
| |
Choosing A Real Estate Agent - Top Producer or Hungry Rookie? |
| |
Freddie Mac Notes Increase in Cash Out Refinancing |
| |
Freddie Mac Kicks Off Home Buying Awareness Program |
| |
National Association of Realtors Holds Annual Conference |
| |
Understanding Real Estate Agency - Part Two |
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Smart Commute |
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And Still More Predatory Lending Practices |
| |
New Home Sales Still Sailing |
| |
Dont Be "Pound Foolish" About Real Estate Commissions |
| |
IRS Finalizes House Sale Regulations |
| |
Another Workforce Housing Initiative |
| |
Greenspan, Freddie Mac Upbeat on Near Future of Real Estate |
| |
Understanding Real Estate Agency - Part One |
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Mortgage Fraud Part 3 -Two More Predatory Lender Practices |
| |
More Trouble For Fannie Mae |
| |
Buyers Block |
| |
A New Take On The Company Store |
| |
Not So Smooth A Move |
| |
Mortgage Fraud Part 2 - More Predatory Lending Practices |
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Mortgage Fraud and Predatory Lending Practices |
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Mortgage Fraud In The News |
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Buy A New House or Sell Your Old House First - Chicken Or The Egg ? |
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