Neighborhood Round-up: Things are Heating Up
Hello everyone! Sorry I have missed doing the neighborhood round-up these past 2 weeks…I was unavoidably pre-occupied with other matters…so here we go to catch up. There’s been a whole lot happening in the hot and sunny Seattle neighborhoods recently!Summers’ heat? has begun to show its’ effects recently; there have been consequences and in Alki Stephanie [...]
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U.S. home loan demand climbs even as rates surge (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. mortgage applications rose last week, fueled by increased demand for home purchase loans even as interest rates hit their highest level in nearly a year, an industry group's data showed on Wednesday.
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Who Else Has This on Their Website
A webpage has over 200 elements that can affect ranking. Although, it has been proved that you can get into a top position on links alone with even a blank page, who wants to? So I came up with a...
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Downtown snags real estate firm - Bizjournals.com
| Downtown snags real estate firm Bizjournals.com, NC - AJ Robinson, president of booster group Central Atlanta Progress, said the move is especially significant as Cushman & Wakefield, being a real estate... Major real estate firm leaving Midtown for downtown |
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Wall St rallies but subprime fears remain (FT.com)
FT.com - US stocks rallied on Wednesday, but worries over the subprime mortgage market remained the main talking point among investors.
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Home foreclosures drop in June but spike likely (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. home foreclosures fell in June after jumping to a 30-month peak in May, but default rates will escalate as a horde of mortgages resets at higher loan rates, real estate data firm RealtyTrac said on Thursday.
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Stocks rising…Realtors look for home price rebound…AOL’s settlement…
Stocks rising...Realtors look for home price rebound...A-O-L's settlement NEW YORK Stocks are covering a portion of yesterday's losses. via KXMA-TV Dickinson
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Zillow Flounders A Bit With New Release
Greg’s right. Zillow.com??™s latest release me-too??™s Trulia.com. After their missteps last week (see Teething Problems as Zillow Bears its Fangs), the new release is not much of a surprise and definitely looks a little like Johnny-Come-Late-To-The-Party.And while it’s probably a fair to say that the upgrades included in this release (Neighborhood conversations, Forum discussions and [...]
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Pros and Cons of the Various Housing Indicators
The Office of the Chief Economist of Freddie Mac issued its monthly economic outlook for July on Monday and, in the narrative provided a helpful analysis of the reasons for the confusing messages emerging from various reports on current house prices.
Each of the reports that the housing industry, the stock market, and the media relies on has advantages...
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