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- 11/21/2005 - Mortgage Headlines
Treasury Prices Firm; Mortgage Rates Wobble
U.S. Treasury securities prices edged back up on Monday, regaining most of the ground lost on Friday as yields, which move in the opposite direction of prices, edge off toward Thursday's levels. The two-day seesaw movement in Treasuries kept lenders from... - 11/18/2005 - Real Estate News
Report: New Orleans planning operations must expand
Other critical needs include changes to the city's zoning ordinance to allow "of-right" reconstruction. This will enable housing that is in non-conformance with current zoning requirements to be rebuilt similar to the pre-storm "form and density" of hou... - 11/18/2005 - Real Estate News
Real estate rental rates pick up in condo-conversion hotspots
The rental market is picking up throughout the Northeast, according to a fall 2005 report released today by Sunrise Management & Consulting. "The strongest gains were found in the Eastern Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Connecticut regions. The Su... - 11/18/2005 - Real Estate News
Central Ohio real estate sales surge to new high
Housing inventory remains at an all-time high with more than 15,000 residential homes listed for sale, roughly 23 percent more homes than were on the market in the fall of 2004. "With the housing inventory so high right now, buyers are taking their tim... - 11/18/2005 - Real Estate News
Overnight real estate rates sink
Long-term mortgage interest rates were lower Thursday, and the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield fell to 4.46 percent. The 30-year fixed-rate average sank to 5.83 percent, and the 15-year fixed-rate slipped to 5.43 percent. The 1-year adjustable w... - 11/18/2005 - Real Estate News
Colorado shuts down 11 title agencies in continuing investigation
The Colorado Division of Insurance noted that Farr's companies were the first to be investigated, and the investigation reportedly revealed that some of the agencies "performed no title services, had few or no employees, and in at least one case, had no... - 11/18/2005 - Real Estate News
Putting a price tag on your real estate business
(This is Part 5 of a six-part series. See Part 1: Are your ready to sell your real estate practice? Part 2: Finding best successor for your real estate biz; Part 3: How to build a saleable real estate biz; and Part 4: 7 ways to beef up your real estate bu... - 11/18/2005 - Real Estate News
Options abound for topping off your new desk
If you have a home office and you don't want to settle for a run-of-the-mill work surface, you might want to give some consideration to a custom desk or table that suits your specific needs. And if you decide to go that route, you'll need a desktop that's... - 11/18/2005 - Real Estate News
Pros and cons of 'flipping' real estate
Every property is a "flipper" or a "keeper." If you are not familiar with those real estate terms, a "flipper" is a property that is bought for a quick resale profit, usually in less than six months. But a "keeper" is a property held for at least a year, ... - 11/18/2005 - Real Estate News
Students prove solar-powered utopia does exist
(Editors note: This is the first of a two-part series.) If you designed and built a house with all the creature comforts of 21st century living and powered everything with solar energy, what would it look like? Judging by the 18 houses entered in the S...