Understand role of mortgage broker

Borrowers who don't know how to deal with mortgage brokers waste their own time as well as that of the brokers. Borrower ignorance also encourages...

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Foreclosure Bargains on the Beach

The smell of the salt water. The feel of a cool ocean breeze. The sight of the marine layer hanging like a blanket overhead. The feel of the hot sand beneath your feet. And let??™s not forget . . . the view. All these amenities come included with a vac

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Four bedrooms, half-acre, some vultures

"I'm trying to turn lemons into lemonade."

VULTURE LOVERS, this one's for you. A single-family house with trees where turkey vultures and black vultures roost year-round is for sale. via Inside Bay Area

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Realtors: U.S. housing slump will persist through 2008

"Housing will continue to be a drag to economic growth all the way through 2008"

U.S. home sales and prices will fall further in 2007 and the housing slump will persist into next year as builders curtail production, the National Association of Realtors said. via Denton Record-Chronicle

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REAL ESTATE IN SHAPE: Home inspection gives buyer valuable insight - Asheville Citizen-Times

REAL ESTATE IN SHAPE: Home inspection gives buyer valuable insight
Asheville Citizen-Times, NC -5 hours ago
by From staff reports Don Miller, WNC Inspections: Typically, the buyers in a real estate transaction purchase a home inspection. ...

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Component Changes Made to Dow Jones Netherlands Titans 30 and Dow…

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced changes in the composition of the Dow Jones Netherlands Titans 30 Index and the Dow Jones Netherlands Select Dividend 15 Index. via PrimeNewswire

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Q & A: Sorting Out Succession Rights for Nontraditional Couples

Can a domestic partner who?s not on the lease be forced to leave an apartment if something happens to the leaseholder?

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GE profit rises, to sell subprime unit (Reuters)

Jeffrey R. Immelt, chairman and chief executive of General Electric leads a discussion with business leaders at an Ecomagination news conference at Universal Studios in Los Angeles, California May 24, 2007. General Electric Co.  (Fred Prouser/Reuters)Reuters - General Electric Co. reported a 9.6 percent rise in quarterly earnings Friday, in line with Wall Street expectations, on strong demand for jet engines, gas turbines and other heavy equipment, sending its shares to a five-year high.


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Big Deal: Selling a Work in Progress

The owner of a West Village town house may never have had a chance to fully savor his house, which he sold for $14 million.

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NYC’s over-the-top rents keep rising with studios starting around $2000

If you're looking for a Manhattan apartment, be prepared to shell out about $2,000 a month -- unless, of course, you'd like a bedroom to go with it.

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