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Single Female Home Buyers: Marketing to a Growing Demographic

Whether they have never been partnered, are divorced, separated, or have lost a partner through death, single women are casting their eyes towards a [...] read more »
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Rising Mortgage Rates Do Little to Build Consumer Confidence

Just when the housing market finally began to show signs of recovery, home buyers got hit with another blow. Mortgage rates are on the rise. read more »
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A Housing Recovery: Not So Fast

New sales of single-family homes came in at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 352,000 in April, down 0.3% from a downward-revised 351,000 in March[...] read more »
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Dealing with the Emotional Aftermath of Foreclosure

Financial hardship, destroyed credit, and displacement are the more obvious repercussions that a foreclosure can have, but depression, addiction, and[...] read more »
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Busted: A New York Times business reporter's memoir of his fall into the subprime trap

Many books will be written about the subprime fiasco, but I doubt any will match the verisimilitude of Busted, Edmund L. Andrews' account of his own[...] read more »
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Drop in House Prices leaves many Home Owners "Underwater"

The increase in the number of such "underwater" borrowers comes amid signs that falling prices are making homes more affordable for first-time buye[...] read more »
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Congress OK's mortgage fraud bill

The measure approved late Monday creates an independent 10-person commission with subpoena power to investigate the cause of the U.S. economic crisis[...] read more »
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April a "shocker" for Foreclosures

Foreclosures in April exceeded even March's blistering pace with a record 342,000 homes receiving notices of default, auction notices or undergoing [...] read more »
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