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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
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