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Pulte fast-tracks retail in Rio Rancho’s Loma Colorado 
BizJournals - May 28 9:20 PM
Pulte Homes of New Mexico is heeding the call of Rio Rancho.Save to My Web

May 26, 2006 20060526 Print E-mail this to a friend 
Monroe Evening News - May 26 9:21 AM
HOMES FOR SALE A-H-H THIS IS COUNTRY 5 wooded acres, a pasture, a woodburing fireplace. Your own piece of heaven in this 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath all electric ranch home. Ride your horse, hike or just enjoy the sunroom. (333N). Call Caryn at 734-735-5880.Save to My Web

Centex Homes to donate 10 acres to SPHS Santa Paula Future Farmers of America 
Santa Paula Times - May 26 9:20 AM
Centex Homes/Ventura-Los Angeles Division and the Board of Trustees for Santa Paula Union High School District recently commenced planning for a 10-acre parcel of land in Fagan Canyon that Centex Homes has offered to donate to the District for use by the Santa Paula High Schools Future Farmers of America (FFA).Save to My Web

Unusual housing mix to be built 
BizJournals - May 28 9:21 PM
The site of the former Schuylkill Falls public housing project, where two massive, 15-story high-rise towers once loomed over East Falls, is becoming what some say is a new model for future mixed-income communities.Save to My Web

Neighborhood story 
The Courier News - May 29 1:19 AM
Mr. Mayes watches everything from his white resin chair on the porch of his Hickory Place home in Elgin. Passers-by honk at him or call out a greeting. Mr. Mayes waves back.Save to My Web

FACTBOX-China’s measures to cool property sector 
Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - May 29 4:31 AM
BEIJING, May 29 (Reuters) - China, worried about a property bubble that could destabilise its booming economy, announced new measures on Monday to cool down its red-hot real estate sector.Save to My Web

Builders’ Sale set for Saturday 
Manassas Journal Messenger - May 27 9:09 PM
Project Mend-A-House will hold its sixth annual “Builders’ Yard Sale” from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Prince William County Landfill at 14811 Dumfries Road in Manassas.Save to My Web

May 28, 2006 20060528 Print E-mail this to a friend 
Monroe Evening News - May 28 3:06 AM
HOMES FOR SALE We Dare You to Find a Better Deal This 3 bedroom home is the buy of the month. Basement, garage, central air. Can be yours for… believe it or not… Less than $90,000!Save to My Web

Maple Seal Homes Schedules Delivery Of First Prefabricated Homes 
SYS-CON Media - May 25 4:21 PM
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 25, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) - Maple Seal Homes Ltd. www.maplesealhomes.com “MSH” , a wholly owned subsidiary of Maisonette International Enterprises Ltd. “the Company” (Other OTC:MAEN.PK - News) http://www.maisonetteworld.com is pleased to announce that it has scheduled the delivery of the first homes to be exported to the United Kingdom in June 2006.Save to My Web

May 25, 2006 20060525 Print E-mail this to a friend 
Monroe Evening News - May 25 3:05 AM
HOMES FOR SALE Jewel * (2030 sq. ft.) Marshall Field, located at N. Dixie Hwy. in prestigious Frenchtown Twp. in Southeast Michigan’s Monroe County with Jefferson Schools, offers affordable quality housing (lot included).Save to My Web

Sales of new homes surged in April 
The Columbus Dispatch - May 25 3:55 AM
Sales of new homes rose unexpectedly in April to the fastest pace this year as the housing sector showed resilience in the face of rising mortgage rates. But the price of homes sold last month edged up only slightly, and the level of unsold homes rose to a record high.Save to My Web

Central Ohio home sales slump in April 
Business First of Columbus - May 25 7:23 AM
Housing sales in Central Ohio have fallen for the first time this year, as the average sale price increases and more houses are put on the market.Save to My Web

Developers pitching 1,400 homes for speedway site 
The Express-Times - May 24 9:46 PM
L. NAZARETH TWP. | About 1,400 homes would be built on the former Nazareth Speedway site under a proposal developers pitched to supervisors Wednesday night.Save to My Web

Director, four board members resign from DeSoto Council on Aging 
The Times - May 25 9:57 AM
MANSFIELD Troubles continue to mount for the DeSoto Council on Aging. Late Wednesday evening, Executive Director Sharon Procell submitted her letter of resignation, which was effectively immediately and was followed by the resignations of four board members, including the chairman.Save to My Web

Sales of New Homes Up 4.9 Percent in April 
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - May 24 10:10 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Defying forecasts of an imminent slowdown, sales of new homes shot up in April to the fastest sales pace this year. But prices were up only slightly, and the backlog of unsold homes hit a new record. The Commerce Department reported Wednesday that sales of new single-family homes increased by 4.9 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.198 million units, the Save to My Web

Hot Stock Alert: Emerging Public Company Signs Agreement With Canadian ISO Point of Sale Merchant! May 25, 2006 
[Press Release] Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance - May 25 6:52 AM
Wall Street News Alert’s “stocks to watch” this morning are: Smart Card Marketing Systems Inc, Citigroup (NYSE: C), Micron Technology Inc. and Charlles Schwab Corporation.Save to My Web

May 25, 2006 20060525 Print E-mail this to a friend 
Monroe Evening News - May 25 3:04 AM
HOMES FOR SALE 4 Bedroom 2 full bath ranch home on 1 acre, attached 2 1/2 car garage. City water available at road. Appliances and possession negotiable.Save to My Web

Makeovers by Kit Davey: “My Basement’s Flooded with Excess Furniture!” 
Oswego Daily News - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago
Most homes in California don’t have basements, much less a nicely finished one like the one with which this particular client was blessed. Having a tiled, freshly painted, functional basement adds value to any home, and was a real plus for my client’s hillside house.Save to My Web

Palm Reading 
The Motley Fool via Yahoo! News - May 24 2:38 PM
Not every homebuilder is buckling under the pressure of rising rates. Last night, Palm Harbor Homes (Nasdaq: PHHM - News) reported healthy profitability and accelerated revenue growth. In the March quarter that capped off the company’s fiscal year, the company posted a 22% spurt in revenue to hit $180.3 million. That came after growing the top line by only 15% through the first nine months of Save to My Web

SABC staff up for corruption 
News 24 South Africa - 1 hour, 2 minutes ago
Four SABC employees aged between 34 and 49 are expected to appear in Durban magistrate’s court on corruption charges, say police.Save to My Web

Sales of New Homes Up 4.9 Percent in Apr. 
WJLA-TV Washington D.C. - May 24 4:27 PM
Washington (AP) - Defying forecasts of an imminent slowdown, sales of new homes shot up in April to the fastest sales pace this year.Save to My Web

Hot Stock Alert: Emerging Public Company Signs Agreement With Canadian ISO Point of Sale Merchant! May 25, 2006 
SYS-CON Media - 1 hour, 55 minutes ago
Wall Street News Alert’s ’stocks to watch’ thismorning are: Smart Card Marketing Systems Inc (PINKSHEETS: SMKG), Citigroup(NYSE: C), Micron Technology Inc. (NYSE: MU) and Charlles SchwabCorporation (NASDAQ: SCHW).Save to My Web

U.S. existing-home sales fall 2% in April - Thursday, May 25, 2006 2:33:36 PM http://www.afxpress.com 
The Forex Market - May 25 7:49 AM
The decline was close to the 6.74 million expected by economists surveyed by MarketWatch. Inventories rose by 5.8% to 3.38 million homes for sale, a 6-month supply at the April sales pace.Save to My Web

Cost Of Commuting Leading To Foreclosures 
CBS 5 Bay Area - May 17 6:53 PM
Mechelle Sanders is a foreclosure counselor. Today she’s following up on as many as 14 leads in the Stockton area. In many cases, Sanders says foreclosure victims are former Bay Area residents who underestimated the high cost of commuting.Save to My Web

FORECLOSURE: Trust turned into pain for Fla. homeowners 
The Charlotte Observer - May 19 12:15 AM
Mary Ella Savage sat down at her dining room table one December day and sold her St. Petersburg, Fla., home to a stranger for the price of a movie ticket.Save to My Web

NY Legislation Takes Aim at Equity Thieves; Assembly Passes Bill to Protect Homeowners, AARP Urges Senate Action on  
[Press Release] U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 25 minutes ago
Equity theft is one step closer to becoming a rarity in New York State, thanks to the Assembly passage of legislation to help protect homeowners from the costly scam. The unanimously passed legislation (A.10057-A), introduced by Chair of the Banking Committee, Assemblyman Darryl Towns, targets the deceptive and unfair practices used in equity theft. AARP now urges the Senate to pass the bill.Save to My Web

Debt? Its in the basics, not the baubles 
Kansas City Star - May 21 12:13 AM
Why are Americans so deeply in debt? Its not because they are using credit cards to buy plasma TVs and premium coffee drinks at Starbucks. The real culprits, according to a new analysis, are the rising costs of housing, health care and education.Save to My Web

ConstructScope 
INQ7.net - May 19 12:00 PM
BARANGAY Batino in Calamba, Laguna recently welcomed the upcoming world-class subdivision, Madison South, which is being developed by Excelsis Land Inc. in partnership with Banco De Oro (BDO).Save to My Web

Lennar leaving market 
The Fort Collins Coloradoan - May 21 4:07 AM
Lennar, the builder of U.S. Homes houses, is scaling back operations in the Northern Colorado market.Save to My Web

State No. 1 in foreclosures 
Colorado Springs Gazette - May 17 11:46 PM
DENVER - Colorado has posted the highest foreclosure rate in the nation for the second month in a row, the result of what one expert calls a perfect storm of factors.Save to My Web

Mortgage delinquencies, foreclosures rise in city, state 
San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News - May 22 3:48 PM
San Diego County saw a significant jump in defaults, trustee sales and bank real estate owned (REO) sales during the first quarter of 2006, and interest-only loans and loans with very low teaser rates are seen as the major cause.Save to My Web

Letters to the Editor - 5/19/2006 
North County Times - May 19 5:39 PM
A series of mosaic sculptures are now visible at the new Pine Avenue Park in Carlsbad. It is definitely worth one’s while to drive down Hoover Street and see these beautiful representations of local flowers.Save to My Web

Pocono Record - Story 
Pocono Record - May 20 9:41 PM
Are they landowners, or just living in townhouses? What if you paid $204,000 for a single-family home but were told later that you only own the building and the “footprint” on which it sits?Save to My Web

The Lure of Rental Real Estate 
Kiplinger Magazine via Yahoo! Finance - May 19 4:05 PM
Discusses the rewards and risks of investing in residential rental property. Profiles several investors who made the jump to real estate investing after being burned by stocks. Discusses tax considerations, the benefits of leverage, operating costs, property appreciation, finding the right location, and getting the right price.Save to My Web

Metro area 6th in foreclosures 
Detroit News - May 23 1:11 AM
DETROIT — Metro Detroit ranks sixth among U.S. metropolitan areas in the percentage of homes in some stage of foreclosure, according to a new study to be released today.Save to My Web

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Fernandina Beach News-Leader - May 20 9:17 PM
ZONING NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, the 25th day of May 2006, at 7:00 P.M. the Conditional Use and Variance Board of Nassau County will hold a public hearing at the Commission Chambers, Nassau County Governmental Complex, 96135 Nassau Place, Yulee, FL, 32097 to consider an application for Zoning Exception, E06-010.Save to My Web

Colorado hangs on to dubious No. 1 ranking — home foreclosures 
Casper Star-Tribune - May 21 1:08 AM
DENVER (AP) — Colorado has posted the highest foreclosure rate in the nation for the second month in a row, the result of what one expert calls a “perfect storm” of factors that include debt, unsold homes and bankruptcies.Save to My Web

Salin named receiver for housing partnership
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter today announced that former Indiana Secretary of State William Salin will be in charge of securing the assets and records of the Fort Wayne Neighborhood Housing Partnership. Salin, the current chairman of Salin

Dallas isn’t hot enough to appreciate
WWL-TV - At 18,551, foreclosures in the Dallas area are up 12 percent through June over last year. They’re fast approaching the record highs hit during the real estate bust of the late 1980s. Though the rest of the nation is nowhere near as fraught with the

The IRA Steps Out
Forbes - Philip D. King, an insurance agent and volunteer fire chief in Bardwell, Ky., wasn’t satisfied with the money his IRA was earning in mutual funds. So last year King channeled a chunk of his retirement dollars into an unconventional venue: He bought

Loveland man gets jail time
Loveland Daily Reporter-Herald - FORT COLLINS Loveland resident Ricky Bowman has plans for 19 upcoming Tuesdays and Wednesdays he will spend them in jail for trying to defraud a Wellington couple out of their home. Bowman, 51, was sentenced Friday to three years probation

Looking for Affordable Term Life Insurance?
KESQ News - With savings interest rates at a 30-year low and the stock market looking too perilous for small investors, many people are putting money in an asset they understand — real estate. One of the best places to invest is in foreclosure and bargain

New Free Beginning Investors Club On How to Get Started in the Real
dBusinessNews.com - ( EMAILWIRE.COM, May 13, 2006 ) Livonia, MI — National Real Estate Network LLC has set up ongoing Seminars for new and experienced investors. Mark Maupin, Mr. Lease Option, & Mr. Wheeler- Dealer has been investing in real estate since 1981 with over

R-G Crown sorts out mess over developer
Orlando Sentinel - R-G Crown Bank, one of the region’s fastest-growing financial institutions, has become ensnared by the problems of an Orlando home-building company whose former chief executive faces money-laundering charges. The Casselberry-based thrift has loaned

Real Estate: Neighborhood Homes Sold
San Francisco Gate - “Make your bid for a piece of Palo Alto history.” That’s how home builder D.R. Horton enticed 78 people to pay $1,000 to consider bidding at least $1.7 million for one of 11 single-family houses on the site of the Berkeley’s inconsistent creek

Banking exec named receiver for non-profit 
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - May 23 1:16 AM
Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter announced Monday that former Indiana Secretary of State William Salin will be in charge of securing the assets and records of the Fort Wayne Neighborhood Housing Partnership.Save to My Web

Mayors Build Gives Family New Home 
gazettes.com - May 18 8:56 AM
It is ceremonially being called the Mayors Build, but for the Nunez family, it simply means the chance for them all to live under one roof. Currently three of the four family members father Gambino, and daughters Lizbhet and Sandra live in a converted garage in Long Beach.Save to My Web

Letters to the Editor - 5/19/2006 
North County Times - May 19 5:39 PM
A series of mosaic sculptures are now visible at the new Pine Avenue Park in Carlsbad. It is definitely worth one’s while to drive down Hoover Street and see these beautiful representations of local flowers.Save to My Web

Madison County News… 
MainStreet Newspapers - May 18 6:36 AM
Notice of Sale Notice of Sale Under Power State of Georgia County of Madison By virtue of Power of Sale contained in Deed to Secure Debt from H. GRADY WILMOT AND MARTHA WILMOT, hereinafter GRANTORS, in favor of AMERICAN GENERAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., dated the 18th day of June, 2003, and recorded the 27th day of June, 2003, in Deed Book 589, Page 121, Madison County, Georgia Records; Said Deed Save to My Web

Funding mixed on lost homes 
The Charlotte Observer - May 19 12:21 AM
Charlotte’s proposed budget for 2007 provides no new money to prevent the loss of homes to foreclosure, a problem striking Mecklenburg County harder than any other part of the state.Save to My Web

Bay Area home sales, price rise slows 
Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal - May 18 12:15 PM
Bay Area home sales in April dropped to their lowest level in five years while prices slowly reached a new peak, according to a report on Wednesday.Save to My Web

State stays No. 1 in foreclosures 
The Pueblo Chieftain - May 18 7:03 AM
DENVER - Colorado posted the highest foreclosure rate in the nation for the second month in a row in April, the result of what one expert calls a perfect storm of debt, unsold homes and bankruptcies. A report released Tuesday by RealtyTrac Inc. of Irvine, Calif., found 3,706 homes in Colorado were in foreclosure in April. That equals one of every 494 households; the national average is Save to My Web

Colorado hangs on to dubious No. 1 ranking — home foreclosures 
Casper Star-Tribune - May 21 1:08 AM
DENVER (AP) — Colorado has posted the highest foreclosure rate in the nation for the second month in a row, the result of what one expert calls a “perfect storm” of factors that include debt, unsold homes and bankruptcies.Save to My Web

Loans to low-income residents under fire
Peoria Journal Star, IL - May 15, 2006 Ownership Program, designed to help working but low-income people purchase homes. predatory lending” and say they increase the chances of mortgage foreclosure.

Arizona Sees April Decline In Foreclosure Activity According To
Yahoo! News (press release) - May 13, 2006 said Bankaci whose foreclosure leads arrive two to three weeks ahead of the competition. “Many people who used ‘creative’ financing to purchase homes will find

NH foreclosures up; mortgage rates drop
The Union Leader, NH - May 12, 2006 to make their mortgage payments and seeing banks foreclose on their homes. The Registry Review tracks foreclosure notices in all the newspapers in the state.

Arizona Sees April Decline In Foreclosure Activity According To
PR Newswire (press release), NY - May 13, 2006 to purchase homes will find that their payments are going up by $100 dollars a month when their interest rate adjustments are made.” For now, the foreclosure

A housing and bankruptcy double-whammy coming
Macon Telegraph, GA - May 14, 2006 In Macon, according to RealtyTrac, there are 222 homes ready to be auctioned. Banks are trying to get rid of 99 and one is in pre-foreclosure.

Work nearly done at former South Main Manor
Finger Lakes Times, NY - May 15, 2006 said Phillips, who owns a number of single-family rental homes in California The bank had acquired the properties through foreclosure and bought them at public

Emptied out
City Newspaper, NY - May 17, 2006 on all those single homes that were cut up into multi-family homes,” he says government (our tax dollars) pick up the tab when the house goes into foreclosure.

Brookfield zoning board denies request to build home
Riverside Brookfield Landmark, IL - May 17, 2006 But a lot between two homes in the 3800 block of Blanchan Avenue will bought two lots in Brookfield at a Cook County property foreclosure sale, according to

Loose Canon
Philadelphia citypaper.net, PA - 17 hours ago than $1,000 which must be paid before a homeowner can halt a foreclosure. cost is just another burden for destitute homeowners trying to save their homes.

Cost Of Commuting Leading To Foreclosures
CBS 5, CA - 14 hours ago In many cases, Sanders says foreclosure victims are former Bay Area residents who But real estate agent Cynthia Carter says the number of homes here up for

Texas: Do we have a foreclosure problem?
North Texas e-News, Texas - May 14, 2006 home prices, an owner served with a default notice and foreclosure posting can This discrepancy may also reflect the fact that many homes are being purchased

WCI AND DHOM / LET’S DO THE MATH
Free Market News Network, FL - May 16, 2006 overall demand for our Florida active adult communities, tower residences and our higher-priced Mid-Atlantic homes, we are at any price to avoid foreclosure.?

It can be tough trying to do the green thing
South Bend Tribune, IN - May 14, 2006 who told them she would negotiate with the mortgage company to implement a plan that would prevent foreclosure. The consumers ended up losing their homes.

Lenders take notice as defaults are rising
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - May 15, 2006 Notices of default the first step toward mortgage foreclosure jumped 60 percent in past 14 years and account for only a fraction of the region’s homes.

Loans to low-income residents under fire
Peoria Journal Star, IL - May 15, 2006 Ownership Program, designed to help working but low-income people purchase homes. predatory lending” and say they increase the chances of mortgage foreclosure.

Brookfield zoning board denies request to build home
Riverside Brookfield Landmark, IL - May 17, 2006 But a lot between two homes in the 3800 block of Blanchan Avenue will bought two lots in Brookfield at a Cook County property foreclosure sale, according to

Sale, or foregone foreclosure?
St. Petersburg Times, FL - May 14, 2006 Foreclosure investors target homes like Savage’s - ones with substantial equity, the difference between what is owed on a mortgage and what the home can be

Developer faces foreclosures
Bradenton Herald,  United States - 9 hours ago projects and the Villa Rosa, a gated community of single-family homes in Anna Maria Synovus Bank of Tampa Bay initiated a foreclosure action last week over The

Arizona Sees April Decline In Foreclosure Activity According To
Yahoo! News (press release) - May 13, 2006 said Bankaci whose foreclosure leads arrive two to three weeks ahead of the competition. “Many people who used ‘creative’ financing to purchase homes will find

1800sell2us A New Name For Express Homebuyers
Emediawire (press release), WA - May 13, 2006 title Problems, a vacant house that needs repairs, or need to stop foreclosure. says Chandler, by helping families to save the equity in their homes. .

Colorado Leads U.S. in Home Foreclosures
Associated Press - DENVER (AP) — Colorado has posted the highest foreclosure rate in the nation for the second month in a row, the result of what one expert calls a “perfect storm” of factors that include debt, unsold homes and bankruptcies. A report released Tuesday

Volunteers Complete Rebuilding Together Projects Under Sunny Skies
Boothbay Register - Many Rebuilding Together volunteers fix the roof and do other repairs at a Boothbay Harbor home on Saturday, May 6. (Photo John Edwards) Over 150 Rebuilding Together enthusiastic volunteers gathered at Our Lady Queen of Peace church on Saturday

Colorado hangs on to dubious No. 1 ranking _ home foreclosures
KXAN - DENVER Colorado has posted the highest foreclosure rate in the nation for the second month in a row. A report released yesterday by RealtyTrac found three-thousand-706 homes in Colorado were in foreclosure in April, or one of every 494 households

Another bargain home set for market
Derrick - The Washington Avenue two-story, four-bedroom structure has been brought up to code. Oil City is ready to put its second rehabilitated, market-value home up for sale this month, giving a first-time home buyer or a low-to-moderate income family the

Dr. Manning Marable, Guest Columnist
Louisiana Weekly - In America, the overwhelming majority of Americans, regardless of their incomes and educational levels, describe themselves as “middle class.” That’s because nearly 75 percent of all Americans own their own homes, representing a substantial equity

Anti-foreclosure effort adds allies
Akron Beacon Journal - Three more institutions — Freddie Mac, American General Financial Services Inc. and ABN AMRO Mortgage Group Inc. — have joined a foreclosure-prevention program serving Ohioans. Fifteen major parties are now teamed up with the NeighborWorks Center

WCI and DHOM / Let’s do the Math
Safe Haven - Bizjournals is reporting Dominion Homes loses $3.9M in 1Q, predicts loss for year . Dominion Homes Inc. lost $3.9 million in the first quarter as the homebuilder’s sales and building activity continued to slow. It blamed the loss on finishing fewer

Broward getting a hefty share
Miami Herald - TALLAHASSEE - Broward’s heavily Democratic legislative delegation left the Republican-dominated state capital with money for local projects and a mixed success record with their bills. Fast-moving bills, like one that would have made it a hate crime

Developer faces foreclosures
Bradenton Herald - MANATEE - An island development company involved in several high-profile projects is facing two foreclosure actions. GSR Development LLC is also involved in a slew of other lawsuits including five filed this year. All of the litigation casts a shadow

Those ARMs starting to hurt
Rocky Mountain News - Now those bets are coming up short. These homeowners are facing the hard truth that their ARM mortgage payments are going up several hundred dollars more each month as their rates adjust skyward. The higher payments are expected to cost many

Builder says it will stay course
Columbus Dispatch, OH - 5 hours ago He expressed regret about the foreclosure rate among its customers, which was the Can Dominion, which has been building homes locally for more than 50 years

Surplus sharks prey during foreclosures
The Herald, WA - May 7, 2006 Defaulting on your mortgage is one thing, but ending up in foreclosure is an that consumers will do everything in their power to keep from losing their homes.

Exposing Unethical Real Estate Agents and Mortgage Brokers That
Yahoo! News (press release) - May 8, 2006 foreclosure because this unethical practice is carried out in subtlety. A couple get pre approved financing and see a real estate agent that shows them homes

Statistics Aside, Many Feel Pinch of Daily Costs
Gadsden Times (subscription), AL - May 6, 2006 Further, millions of Americans who have financed their homes with adjustable-rate a vice president of RealtyTrac Inc., an online foreclosure marketplace, which

House hunter s dream?
Newsday, NY - May 5, 2006 They decided to pursue an alternative avenue: the foreclosure market Teacher Next Door programs, which encourage police officers and teachers to buy homes in low

Another bargain home set for market
Oil City Derrick, PA - May 8, 2006 Housing Administration acquired it in foreclosure actions, making the home eligible for sale to the city for $1 plus closing costs. The bargain homes must be

Ex-Asbury Park zoner accused of misconduct
Newark Star Ledger,  USA - 2 hours ago RDR, which buys run-down homes and refurbishes them for resale, had employed Brown in a check in care of himself for his business partners in a foreclosure deal

Faux Down-Payment Charities Raise Home Prices, Foreclosure Risk
Realty Times, TX - May 7, 2006 GAO said homes purchased with seller-funded down payment assistance were appraised and sold for 2 to 3 percent more than comparable homes without the assistance

More people losing homes
Tallahassee.com, FL - May 9, 2006 Foreclosure proceedings had started against about half the remaining homes, and owners were offering about 100 homes for sale in an effort to avoid foreclosure

USA Cares Reaches $100,000 in Support to Save Military Homes
Business Wire (press release), CA - May 9, 2006 to John Tindall, president of USA Cares, the Homeownership Preservation Foundation and USA Cares have prevented foreclosure of 27 military homes by providing

USA Cares Reaches $100,000 in Support to Save Military Homes 
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - May 09 2:27 PM
RADCLIFF, Ky.—-May 9, 2006–USA Cares , together with the Homeownership Preservation Foundation , has provided more than $100,000 in financial grants to military family homeowners — within the first ninety days of the partnership between the two organizations.Save to My Web

The High Cost of Conventional Housing and the Availability of Credit Drive Demand for Manufactured Housing in the US 
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - May 05 7:18 AM
DUBLIN, Ireland—-May 5, 2006–Research and Markets has announced the addition of “Manufactured Housing - Industry Profile” to their offering.Save to My Web

Ex-Asbury Park zoner accused of misconduct 
The Star-Ledger - 2 hours, 5 minutes ago
A former member of the Asbury Park zoning board was arrested yesterday on charges he stole more than $200,000 from business partners and failed to disclose his dealings with a firm that came before the board for a vote, authorities said.Save to My Web

Barrington Homes subcontractors file lawsuits 
Orlando Sentinel - 2 hours, 38 minutes ago
Unpaid subcontractors have filed foreclosure lawsuits against 29 home buyers in two Apopka subdivisions being developed by troubled home builder Barrington Homes, whose former chief executive was recently arrested by federal agents and accused of money laundering.Save to My Web

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Fernandina Beach News-Leader - May 10 9:17 PM
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR NASSAU COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 06-178-CA DIVISION: A BETTY L. WILLIAMS, GEORGE MORRIS, JR., ELIZABETH RAGSDALE, REGINALD A. MORRIS, WILLIE E. WELLS, DIANNA L. WELLS and JAMES WELLS Plaintiffs, vs.Save to My Web

Two men who bilked victims in loan scam are sentenced 
The Philadelphia Inquirer - May 06 11:08 AM
Brad Marks and Edwin Rivera conned poor people into taking out high-interest, predatory loans to pay for home improvements that never got done.Save to My Web

Real Estate and Cyberspace 
[Press Release] PR Web - May 05 12:39 AM
Is the marriage between the traditional Real Estate industry and the new Search Engine marketing and optimization the same industry or is it just 2 fields merging together as one? (PRWEB May 5, 2006)Save to My Web

Foreclosures 30 percent higher than last year 
Greeley Tribune - May 07 12:04 AM
Weld County foreclosures through the first quarter of this year have equaled more than 30 percent of all foreclosures a year ago, according to filings with the Public Trustee’s office.Save to My Web

City to offer plan to help stem spate of foreclosures 
Boston Herald - May 09 11:45 PM
Alarmed by a sharp spike in Boston mortgage foreclosures, Mayor Thomas M. Menino will unveil a four-point plan today to help financially strapped homeowners keep their properties. “We have seen…Save to My Web

Three More Mortgage Industry Leaders Join Coalition with NeighborWorks(R) to Avert Home Foreclosures 
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - May 08 8:15 AM
WASHINGTON—-May 8, 2006–Three more financial services institutions, Freddie Mac, American General Financial Services, Inc., a member of American International Group, and ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., an indirect subsidiary of LaSalle Bank Corporation, are teaming up with 12 other major companies, the NeighborWorks Center for Foreclosure Solutions and the Homeownership Preservation Save to My Web

Firm works to smooth legal stress of real estate 
Florida Today - May 06 11:21 PM
Lawyers Real Estate allows clients to return to a time when real estate matters were handled by attorneys, not real estate agents.Save to My Web

Home Foreclosures Up as Mortgage Rates Climb 
ABC News - May 10 2:47 PM
As Mortgage Rates Tick Higher, Some Families Have Trouble Making PaymentsSave to My Web

Vestin downplays ties to Hawaiian politician 
Las Vegas Business Press - May 10 5:23 PM
Tens of millions of dollars are at stake in a legal wrangle between the state of Hawaii, Vestin Mortgage and one of its borrowers, RightStar Hawaii Management.Save to My Web