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Best Cities for Recent Graduates

Real Estate – After graduation, thousands of college graduates have to figure out where to take their next step. With the world as their oyster, choosing the best place to settle down can be a tough decision. To make things a little easier, Apartments.com, working in conjunction with CBcampus.com, CareerBuilder.com's college job search site, has picked the top t

Submitted and Voted for on July 14, 2008 09:58am

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Short Sale Tales: First Hand Accounts of Short Sales

Real Estate – As housing bubble, mortgage crisis, subprime loans and foreclosures are top of mind and in the news, a new term creeps up in the housing buzz: short sales. Short sales are an alternative to going into foreclosure for a homeowner in trouble. Short sales can be an opportunity for a homebuyer to cash in on a deal. A seller makes an agreement with thei

Submitted and Voted for on July 14, 2008 09:36am

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Some Buy New Homes to Bail on Old Ones

Real Estate – In markets hit hardest by falling home prices and rising foreclosures, lenders and brokers are discovering a new phenomenon: the "buy and bail," in which borrowers with good credit buy a new home - often at a much lower price - then bail out of the "upside down" mortgage on their first home.

Submitted and Voted for on June 26, 2008 10:40am

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When will YOUR housing Market Recover?

Real Estate – Pundits love to make predictions as to when home prices will stabilize in U.S. housing markets. But even well-respected forecasters and analysts may disagree, and even if a forecast proves true nationally, your local market may behave in a wildly differen

Submitted and Voted for on June 26, 2008 10:37am

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Housing Market: Best of Times, Worst of Times

Real Estate – Home sellers, brace for some grim news. The spring home-buying season now underway is widely expected to be the worst since the 1980s. Many would-be buyers lack strong enough credit to get a mortgage. Home values are sinking. And in front yards around the country, "For Sale" signs are as ubiquitous as garden weeds.

Submitted and Voted for on May 22, 2008 09:33am

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Best Cities for Home Selling

Real Estate – To find the cities on this list, Forbes looked at the country's largest metro areas and assessed how friendly conditions are expected to be for sellers this year. Each city was ranked by its 2007 unsold vacancy rate,

Submitted and Voted for on May 22, 2008 09:18am

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Borrowers facing foreclosure trash homes on the way out - AOL Real Estate

Real Estate – Some Nevadans who fall behind on their mortgages and face foreclosure are trashing the homes as they move out, a legislative study panel was told Tuesday.

Submitted and Voted for on May 05, 2008 01:10pm

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Real estate shows keep their value - AOL Real Estate

Real Estate – Home sales are stagnating, prices are falling, foreclosures are up sharply and the credit crunch has made it harder for consumers to finance mortgages. Yet the housing market's effect on real estate-themed programming is far less pronounced. Audiences are holding up, and new shows ââ;¬" albeit with less of a go-g

Submitted and Voted for on May 05, 2008 12:46pm

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Homes for sale by any means - AOL Real Estate

Real Estate – A couple gets creative to sell home.

Submitted and Voted for on April 28, 2008 11:42am

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Earth Friendly Checklist For Your Home

Family – The market for green home products has had quite a growth spurt in the last few years, thanks to savvy consumers who want earth-friendly solutions and savvy manufacturers happy to meet the demand. But how do you know what's truly green vs. "greenwashed" with false claims of environmental and health benefits?

Submitted and Voted for on April 24, 2008 10:14am

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World's Up and Coming Real Estate Markets

Real Estate – To find up and coming real estate markets, Forbes.com evaluated the countries on the Morgan Stanley Capital International list of emerging markets and examined economic growth, inflation rates, strength of individual property rights and access to lending, as rated by the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Then, they looked into commerce ce

Submitted and Voted for on April 24, 2008 10:07am

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World's Up and Coming Real Estate Markets

Real Estate – To find up and coming real estate markets, Forbes.com evaluated the countries on the Morgan Stanley Capital International list of emerging markets and examined economic growth, inflation rates, strength of individual property rights and access to lending, as rated by the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Then, they looked into commerce ce

Submitted and Voted for on April 24, 2008 10:07am

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2008 Housing Market Survey - AOL Real Estate

Real Estate – Dulles, Va., April 22, 2008 According to a survey from AOL Real Estate and Zogby International, more than 50% of Americans believe the dream to own a home is still attainable for most citizens, while 43% of Americans surveyed said they spend more than 30% of their household budget on housing, which according t

Submitted and Voted for on April 22, 2008 08:24am

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FBI sees surge in mortgage fraud - AOL Real Estate

Real Estate – FBI Director Robert Mueller on Wednesday described a "tremendous surge" in mortgage fraud investigations that he said has diverted agents from other cases and is expected to keep growing.

Submitted and Voted for on April 18, 2008 11:21am

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Most Expensive States for Renters

Real Estate – New Jersey is the fifth most expensive state for renters, making it difficult for many in commonplace jobs to find decent housing, according to a new report from an affordable housing advocacy group.

Submitted and Voted for on April 18, 2008 11:11am

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