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08/20/2010 Don't buy Fannie-Freddie 'Big Lie'
While the Fed and the Obama administration insist that recovery is moving forward, the pattern of inbound data produces the same, queasy sensation as their denial in the fall of 2007 and the summer of 2008.
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08/20/2010 Gulf Coast agents report spill impacts
The vast majority of real estate brokers, agents and appraisers doing business on or near the Gulf Cost say they've seen little physical property damage from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig spill, but nearly one in four say it's had a negative impact on their market.
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08/20/2010 Mortgage rates go lower
Rates on fixed-rate mortgages tracked by Freddie Mac hit new lows this week, with 30-year fixed-rate loans averaging 4.42 percent with an average of 0.7 point.
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08/19/2010 Real estate's smart phone pick: the iPhone This is the first part in a three-part series that is based on responses to an Inman News survey on real estate professionals' use of smart phones and mobile applications. This article, Part 1, focuses on the popularity of smart phones and their features among different groups of industry professionals; Part 2 will focus on the mobile apps respondents use the most, as well as how they use them and which they would recommend; and, the final article will look at the feasibility of respondents' ideas for an ultimate "killer app" they would like to use in their business.
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08/19/2010 Top 20 metros at risk of price declines
The risk of price declines in the next two years declined during the first quarter in 75 percent of 384 markets tracked by PMI Mortgage Insurance Co., including 40 of the 50 nation's most populous metro areas.
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08/19/2010 Judge grants class-action status to Century 21 lawsuit
An 8-year-old lawsuit claiming Century 21 Real Estate Corp. and its parent company misused franchisee proceeds after Century 21 was sold in 1995 has new legs, after a judge granted the case class-action status this week.
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08/19/2010 Buyers who won't buy, sellers who won't sell
I had no closings during the month of July. There -- I said it publicly. I was supposed to have one, but the deal fell apart shortly before the closing. One isn't enough, but it is still better than the zero dollars and zero cents that I brought in.
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08/19/2010 Agents, be the source of community information
BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Consumers want to feel part of a community before they buy a home. And agents should arm themselves with the right social media tools to provide local information, said expert panelists at Wednesday's Agent Reboot event in Seattle.
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08/19/2010 A VOW for real estate change The following is a guest essay by Saul Klein, CEO for Point2 Technologies Inc. and president of InternetCrusade, an online real estate community and tech company.
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