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Financial Times

Despite today's market, do-it-yourself home selling still lacks mass appeal
Financial Times
Sellers buy different packages to list their property online, costing from C$350 (£220) upwards: the cheapest deals list property details and basic photographs on a website. The service carries advertisements for about 10000 homes on sale.



Legislation would help underwater homeowners
Washington Post
What if, at the same time, you could make it easier for people now living at the margins to stay in their homes? For the past two years, mortgage interest rates have been falling to the lowest levels in 50 years. Indeed, 30-year fixed-rate mortgages ...

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What's Important When Buying a Real Leather Sofa? CSL Sofas Show You What to ...
Sacramento Bee
This will be a key piece of furniture in any home and will be a focal point in the main reception rooms so it is important to choose a sofa of quality and style, one that fits with the interior of your home and one that reflects your personality.

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Consumer Price Index should include home prices: expert
China Post
The remarks were made at a time when developers urged people to buy homes in the midst of inflation, driving up property value in the process. Yesterday, Chang reminded the public that home purchases as a way to stave off inflation should be done when ...



Michael Solomonov Loves Buying Frogs at Wing Phat Plaza
Zagat (blog)
Turns out he gets his kicks at the Wing Phat Plaza, home to a Vietnamese grocery that offers non-standard items like live frogs and candy that tastes like shrimp. Check out the short video above to hear Solo talk restaurants, bells, fresh-butchered ...



Electrical failures, malfunctions major factors in home fires
SILive.com
Arc-fault circuit interrupters (AFCIs) should be installed in your home to protect electrical outlets. When you are buying, selling, or remodeling a home, have it inspected by a qualified electrician.

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Beach homes lead O.C. homebuying spree
OCRegister
By JONATHAN LANSNER Orange County homebuying runs at a six-year high with a widespread recovery highlighted by the hottest spot: near the beach. That's what we found our studying how housing trends hit various corners of Orange County.



A chance to buy your own island
Newcastle Herald
''I ended up going to the auction and was stupid enough to buy it,'' Mr Derry said. Bought for $480000, it took two years before the timber and Colorbond home was built, with material shipped over in barge-loads. The house comprises a master bedroom, ...



Newsolio

How to keep organized by buying a better purse
Newsolio
The reason we women don't leave home without one is because we want to make our lives easier by having all of the necessities of daily living right at our fingertips. The problem is that somewhere along the way, making a fashion statement became more ...



What's Important When Buying a Real Leather Sofa? CSL Sofas Show You What to ...
Marketwire (press release)
This will be a key piece of furniture in any home and will be a focal point in the main reception rooms so it is important to choose a sofa of quality and style, one that fits with the interior of your home and one that reflects your personality.

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U.S. News & World Report (blog)

Home Prices Improve (Slightly) in Battleground States
U.S. News & World Report (blog)
Some of those states also happened to be the hardest hit by the housing and foreclosure crises, which left deep economic and social wounds that are still healing today. Back then, battleground states such as Nevada, Florida, Michigan, ...



Mortgage foreclosures are lowest since 2008
Daily Breeze
By Ruth Mantell MarketWatch WASHINGTON - The proportion of mortgages in the foreclosure process or at least one payment past due has fallen to the lowest combined rate since 2008, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Wednesday in its delinquency ...

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Washington Attorney General Announces Free Help for Homeowners Facing Foreclosure
LoanSafe
Young today joined Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna at SNAP (Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners), a non-profit that provides services to low-income residents, including homeowner counseling services that help borrowers avoid foreclosures ...

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Massachusetts House of Representatives Advances Foreclosure Legislation
JD Supra (press release)
by Mintz Levin on 5/18/2012 The Massachusetts House of Representatives yesterday unanimously passed House Bill 4087, ?An Act to Prevent Unlawful and Unnecessary Foreclosures.? The bill is designed to get ?borrowers and lenders to the table,? according ...

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The Annex fetches $2.5M at auction
Atascadero News
ATASCADERO ? The Annex project site has sold at auction for $2.5 million to Montecito Bank and Trust, the same bank that foreclosed on the property. The auction was held May 8. According to the website of Woodland Hills-based Asset Foreclosure Services ...



Sun-Sentinel (blog)

Terrell Owens facing foreclosure on South Florida condo
Sun-Sentinel (blog)
By Paul Owers May 18, 2012 02:19 PM Deutsche Bank is going after the temperamental wide receiver, saying he isn't paying the $1.4 million mortgage on his Trump International Beach Resort condo in Sunny Isles Beach, reports Gossipextra.com.

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Golden Sands Canyon Ranch project faces foreclosure
South Florida Business Journal
Foreclosure Roundup is hitting the beach this week, first with two hotels and a stalled condo project in Miami Beach, and then to a retail strip in coastal Pompano Beach. An affiliate of Lehman Brothers wants to seize the site where WSG Development Co.



Super-PAC Feeds Romney Words
Bloomberg
?Don't try to stop the foreclosure process. Let it run its course and hit the bottom.? The day was barely half finished before the super-PAC launched the response to Romney's morning ad, airing in a few critical swing states with promises about his ...

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Tiny Dynamite, By "Iron Lady" Screenwriter Abi Morgan, Will Play Off-Broadway
Playbill.com
The three-person cast includes Blake DeLong (Taboos at SoHo Playhouse); Olivia Horton (Foreclosure at Playwrights Horizons) and Christian Conn (Broadway's Desire Under the Elms). Tiny Dynamite has set and lighting design by Maruti Evans, costume design ...



WSJM

Berrien County Tax Foreclosures Falling
WSJM
Tax foreclosures in Berrien County are on the decline, and dramatically so. County Treasurer Bret Witkowski tells WSJM says they continue to work with people who are behind on property taxes to get them into payment plans that work for their budget and ...


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FHA Mortgages For Condos : Guidelines About To Loosen?
The Mortgage Reports
For buyers of condominiums in places like Chicago, Illinois; New York City, New York; or Minneapolis, Minnesota, the FHA's popular 3.5% low-downpayment mortgage program has been elusive. Because of the FHA's strict condo requirements, few buildings are ...

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Investing Answers

10 States with the Most Seriously Delinquent Mortgages
Investing Answers
As a result, Arizona has the second highest percentage of mortgages that are underwater at 48% -- just behind national leader Nevada. That has prompted many Arizonans to walk away from their mortgage payments. 5. Illinois -- 7.87% of outstanding ...



Illinois third in foreclosures despite national improvement
Morris Daily Herald
By Mary Ellen Podmolik ? Chicago Tribune (MCT) ? Foreclosure starts in Illinois are on par with those in other areas, but the state's court-supervised foreclosure system continues to bog down properties in the process. Almost 7.5 percent of mortgage ...

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Pierce & Associates Expands Central Loop Location
CoStar Group
By Lisa D. Banusiewicz Pierce & Associates, PC, one of the oldest and largest law firms handling mortgage related issues in Illinois, signed an expansion deal at 1 N. Dearborn St. in Chicago, IL. The firm presently occupies the entire 13th floor and ...



Foreclosures in Illinois bogged down
Chicago Tribune
Foreclosure starts in Illinois are on par with those in other areas, but the state's court-supervised foreclosure system continues to bog down properties in the process. Almost 7.5 percent of mortgage loans on one- to four-unit residential properties ...

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Illinois Swamped With Foreclosures
Progress Illinois
The Prairie State is third in the nation when it comes to mortgages in foreclosure, with 6.9 percent of all Illinois home loans in foreclosure, according to Mortgage Bankers Association data. The figure is largely due to a woefully backlogged ...

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Foreclosures: Illinois 3rd Despite National Improvement
HispanicBusiness.com
oreclosures starts in Illinois are on par with those in other areas but the state's court-supervised foreclosure system continues to bog down properties in the process. Almost 7.5 percent of all one-to-four-unit mortgage loans in Illinois were in ...

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US Mortgage Delinquency Rate Falls To Lowest Since 2008
Financial Advisor Magazine
(Bloomberg News) The US mortgage delinquency rate declined in the first quarter to the lowest level since 2008 as an improving job market helped more borrowers pay their bills and tighter lending standards resulted in fewer defaults.

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Judicial States Continue to Skew Foreclosure Statistics
Mortgage News Daily
by Jann Swanson There were substantial improvements in delinquency rates during the first quarter of 2012 according to the National Delinquency Survey for the period released this morning by the Mortgage Bankers Association.

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Chicagoist

Illinois Third Worst State For Foreclosures
Chicagoist
New data released Wednesday shows while the national foreclosure rate is the lowest its been since 2008, Illinois ranks third from the bottom with almost 7.5 percent of all mortgage loans in delinquency. According to the Mortgage Bankers Association's ...

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Former Dublin Man Sentenced in Mortgage Fraud Case
LoanSafe
(Source: Kathy Lynn Gray The Columbus Dispatch, Ohi (MCT) ? A former Dublin man who flipped high-end properties in central Ohio and lived the high life with $3.4 million in kickbacks was sentenced today to 4 1/2 years in prison.

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Certification battle in Ohio MERS class action heats up
Lexology (registration)
The plaintiff argues that the case, which the plaintiff is attempting to bring on behalf of all 88 Ohio counties for relief relating to the allegedly unlawful failure of MERS and its member institutions to record millions of mortgages and mortgage ...



Ashland County Receieves Grant To Demolish Vacant Properties
North Central Ohio
Ashland County will receive $270126 from the Moving Ohio Forward Demolition Grant Program for the demolition of more than 25 vacant properties. The program is through the Ohio Attorney General's Office. Commissioner Kim Edwards said the commissioners ...

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Geauga County land transfers
News-Herald.com
Donna M. Zaverl sold a home at 15190 Old Rider Road to Federal National Mortgage Association for $45000. Dawn Marie Baynes sold a property at Aquilla Road to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation for $46700. JD Properties Inc. An Ohio Corporation sold ...

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Former Dublin man sentenced in mortgage fraud case
Columbus Dispatch
By Kathy Lynn Gray A former Dublin man who flipped high-end properties in central Ohio and lived the high life with $3.4 million in kickbacks was sentenced today to 4 1/2 years in prison. Judge Dick Sheward of Franklin County Common Pleas Court ordered ...

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Columbus' Red Mortgage Capital provides more than $43 million worth of FHA ...
REjournals.com
Columbus, Ohio-based Red Mortgage Capital, LLC, recently processed and funded more than $43 million of non-recourse FHA financing for properties in three states. GNMA/FHA Section 223(f) financing recently was secured in the amount of $24.4 million for ...

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Mortgage Lender Residential Finance Corp. Explains Benefits of HARP 2.0
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
COLUMBUS, Ohio--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--When June Snow first looked into refinancing her interest-only mortgage, she was told it would be impossible because the value for her three-bedroom, two-bath ranch style home was not in the necessary range.

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Missouri Among States Spending Mortgage Settlement On Other Priorities
KCUR
By Sylvia Maria Gross Missouri is one of more than a dozen states using funds from a $25 billion dollar mortgage settlement to plug unrelated budget gaps, according to the New York Times and a report from Enterprise Community Partners, an affordable ...

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Sen. Reed Introduces Bill to Enhance Mortgage Protections Accorded to Service ...
Targeted News Service (subscription)
I., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Mark Begich, D-Alaska. The legislation was referred to the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee. The full text of the bill is available from the Library of Congress Thomas legislative web site.

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US housing starts rose to 717000 in April
Asbury Park Press
Tom Steindl works inside a new home under construction in Columbia Station, Ohio Wednesday. US builders started work on more homes and apartments last month and requested more permits to build single-family homes. The increases suggest the battered ...

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