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Bank forgave your short sale balance? You may be surprised...(Yahoo Finance 2/3/2010) http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Mortgage-lenders-pursue-cnnm-3107909798.html?x=0

Bankers dislike pay cuts? Join the club (Detroit Free Press, Mitch Albom (10/25/2009)             http://www.freep.com/article/20091025/COL01/910250469/1001/rss01

Attention First Time Home Buyers – Only Five Weeks Left (Yahoo Finance / AP 10/23/2009)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Strong-rebound-seen-for-home-apf-1768521642.html?x=0

“Invest and Take Care of your Own Money…”                                                                                     Can the FHA Really Screen Lenders? (Yahoo News /AP10/16/2009): http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091016/ap_on_bi_ge/us_housing_agency_shady_lenders


“The don’t build ‘ em like they used to…”                                                                                            Chinese drywall Update (Yahoo News / AP 10/15/2009): http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091015/ap_on_re_us/us_chinese_drywall


Will We Get Anything from These Tax Dollars?  We’ll See…(Yahoo News 4/21/09):
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090421/bs_nm/us_financial_tarp_mortgages
 

Still Debating Whether Detroit Real Estate is a Bargain? (Yahoo News 3/9/09): http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090309/ap_on_bi_ge/landlord_nation_4

How Banks are Worsening the Foreclosure Crisis (Yahoo News 2/13/09):
http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20090213/bs_bw/0908b4120034085635

Where did the banks spend the bailout money, if they did at all?  Apparently, it is none of our business-again (Yahoo Business 12/22/08): http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081222/ap_on_bi_ge/meltdown_secrets

Housing: What the experts see ahead (Business Week 12/11/08): http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_51/b4113069380170.htm

Will the government really bail you out? (Yahoo News 11/14/08): http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081114/ap_on_bi_ge/mortgage_aid;_ylt=AkwRnPBLe4VKrWW3aFoZbLyyBhIF

Has the Stock Market Bottomed? (NO!!!)   (Yahoo News 10/08/08): http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081009/ap_on_bi_ge/meltdown_where_s_the_bottom;_ylt=AkbiR1EXeA.n6owWEBskDi8V5LIF
Who Does the New Housing Bill Really Help ? (SF Chronicle, 7/17/08)  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/13/INSD12Q9RC.DTL

The Subprime Mess: How did we get here? (Yahoo News 3/17/08)http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?n=3906861&cl=6102407&ch=4227541&src=news

Getting a loan in the current environment  (MSN):                                      http://realestate.msn.com/Buying/Article_mw.aspx?cp-documentid=5697915

Attention First-Time Buyers: Now Is the Time to Act (Kiplinger, February 2008): http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/archives/2008/02/first-time-home-buyer-assistance.html

Mortgage Calculator:  http://realestate.yahoo.com/calculators/afford.html;_ylt=AoNPBtVcSOf7p8UFBUbkdJg.Toh4

Can Renting Build Your Credit (Kiplinger, March 2008)?         http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/archives/2008/03/build-credit-history.html

Home Values: http://realestate.yahoo.com/Homevalues;_ylt=AiowDzNXTvHeKu.a3glmwTOkF7kF

Interest Rates and The Federal System (the "Fed"):           http://money.howstuffworks.com/fed.htm

National Association of Realtors (NAR) News: http://www.realtor.org/press_room/news_releases/2007/modest_recovery_for_existing_home_sales.html 

Housing Forecast:                          http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071210/housing_forecast_realtors.html

Nobody saw this coming?(1/23/08)http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080123/ap_on_bi_st_ma_re/wall_street