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Saturday, July 30, 2011 4:41 PM

New Grant for Military First-Time Home Buyers

A new program is offering financial assistance to first-time home buyers who are veterans or active-duty military members. The Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation, a nonprofit national organization, is offering the assistance through its Dream Makers
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Saturday, July 30, 2011 4:38 PM

New-Home Market Shows Signs of Stabilizing

--> New-home sales dropped in June, but a sharp increase in prices and declining inventories may be signs the sluggish new-home market is finally showing signs of rebounding, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. Sales of new homes dropped 1 percent
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Saturday, July 30, 2011 4:36 PM

Brokers Expect REOs to Trigger More Legal Disputes

--> Nearly 60 percent of real estate professionals say they believe REO-related disputes will increase over the next two years. What’s more, 76 percent said they believe it will be among the top three issues they will face in real estate, according
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Saturday, July 30, 2011 4:31 PM

Nondistressed Prices Bouncing Back to 2009 Levels?

--> Home prices may be showing signs of stabilizing -- that is, if you remove distressed sales from the equation. When distressed sales are excluded from CoreLogic’s Home Price Index, home prices dropped only 0.4 percent from a year ago -- not 7.4
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Saturday, July 30, 2011 4:00 PM

Single Story For Sale in Hardwood Forest

Great location for people on the go • 3,185 sq. ft., 3 bath, 5 bdrm single story - MLS® $242,000 - Low price for the size Hardwood Forest, Brunswick - Spacious and well thought out floor plan in this beautiful 5BR 3BA, two story, home built in
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Saturday, July 30, 2011 4:00 PM

Price Reduced on 28 Hardwood Circle in Hardwood Forest

Hardwood Forest, Brunswick - Announcing a price reduction on 28 Hardwood Circle, a 3,185 sq. ft., 3 bath, 5 bdrm single story. Now MLS® $242,000 - Low price for the size. Property information
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Saturday, July 30, 2011 1:51 PM

Rent/Lease Reduced on 44 Greyfield Drive in Greyfield Villas

Greyfield Villas, Brunswick - Announcing a rent/lease reduction on 44 Greyfield Drive, a 1,695 sq. ft., 2 bath, 3 bdrm single story. Now MLS® $1,150 USD Monthly - Lets talk. Property information
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Saturday, July 23, 2011 5:01 PM

5 Questions to Ask Your Mortgage Professional

Everyone knows you’re supposed to be proactive and assertive when you take out a mortgage, carefully collecting and evaluating all sorts of information before you make the biggest deal of your life. But when the mortgage broker starts shooting sheaves
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Saturday, July 23, 2011 1:03 PM

5 Surprising Credit Report Errors You Must Fix

In a recent study, 19 percent of American consumers who reported finding an error in their credit reports opted not to dispute the error, even when they were offered $5 to file the dispute! Why not? Well, some said they thought the error was too minor
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Saturday, July 23, 2011 11:39 AM

Freddie Mac: 'Double Dip' in Housing Is Unlikely

Freddie Mac continues to sound optimism about the housing market for the second half of 2011. In its latest economic and housing market outlook report, Freddie Mac says that the housing market is unlikely to experience a “double dip” and home
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Saturday, July 23, 2011 11:36 AM

Many Home Owners in Denial About Price

More home owners — particularly those who bought their homes in 2007 or later — are overpricing their properties when trying to sell them, according to a new analysis from Zillow. Home owners who purchased their home in 2007 or later are overpricing
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Saturday, July 23, 2011 11:33 AM

Existing-Home Sales Slip, But Prices Stabilize

Existing-home sales eased in June as contract cancellations spiked unexpectedly, although prices were up slightly, according to the National Association of REALTORS ® . Sales gains in the Midwest and South were offset by declines in the Northeast
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Saturday, July 23, 2011 11:30 AM

Countrywide to Issue Borrowers Refunds

More than 450,000 borrowers who took out mortgages with Countrywide Financial Corp. will soon receive refund checks as part of a $108 million settlement over claims that the lender charged high fees to borrowers facing foreclosure, the Federal Trade Commission
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Saturday, July 23, 2011 11:28 AM

Mortgage Rates Mostly Hold Steady This Week

Mortgage rates continue to hover around yearly lows and were mostly unchanged this week, amid mixed economic and housing reports, Freddie Mac reports in its latest mortgage market survey for the week ending July 21. "Although both the overall producer
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Saturday, July 23, 2011 11:26 AM

Property Tax Woes Hurting Local Government Budgets

--> Property taxes haven’t been raised fast enough by many local governments, who are now feeling the squeeze in their budgets. Property tax revenues have decreased for two consecutive quarters, which hasn’t happened since 1963, according
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Saturday, July 23, 2011 11:23 AM

Gov't in Talks to Rent Out Foreclosures

--> The Obama administration is considering a plan that would take foreclosed homes off the market and rent them out--in a move aimed at clearing the glut of unsold foreclosed homes and preventing home values from falling any more, The Wall Street Journal
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Sunday, July 10, 2011 8:09 PM

Fastest Way to Sell a Home? Underprice By 10%

Home sellers probably won’t be too happy, but housing experts in an article at CNNMoney say that underpricing a home by 10 percent may help it sell faster. And while sellers may lose out on thousands from the sale, they likely will avoid months
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Sunday, July 10, 2011 8:07 PM

Second Chance for Owners Who Lost Homes

More than 2 million home owners who were foreclosed on or were in the process of a foreclosure during 2009 or 2010 can now ask for a review of their case, banking regulators announced this week. The move is to help identify home owners who may have been
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Sunday, July 10, 2011 8:05 PM

Mortgage Rates on the Rise

After being mostly at a standstill the past month, long and short-term mortgage rates were moving up this week, reports Freddie Mac in its weekly mortgage market survey. "Mortgage rates followed Treasury yields higher over the holiday week but remain
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