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New Home Sales Hit 7-Year Low
Report Comes Week After Interest Rate CutPOSTED: 4:32 pm CDT September 27,
2007UPDATED: 4:37 pm CDT September 27,
2007WASHINGTON — The government reported Thursday that new home sales fell more steeply than expected last month. The decline of more than 8 percent took home sales down to the […]

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Sub-prime mortgage woes are blamed on conflict of interest by credit agencies says Washington Senators…

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Several members of the Senate Banking Committee questioned rating agency executives about whether they provided advice to investment banks that issue complex mortgage securities tied to subprime home loans.

“It seems to me that credit rating agencies are […]

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A fascinating dispute on modern economics — and the dominant role it plays in our politics - is currently taking place in America’s bookstores.

On one side is […]

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Anyone that knows me knows that I am very bullish on the idea of small companies and individuals using the internet to compete with companies of any size - the great thing is that on the internet everyone has the same amount of monitor screen size as everyone else….
What the smaller companies are lacking […]

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This breakdown shows that the the cost per funded loan paid to lending tree is over $1900. That is nearly double the amount paid by most mortgage companies that buy leads.

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LendingTree
cost per lead $65
success fee $850
conversion rate 6%
cost per […]

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(ARA) - Rates are up, rates are down. It’s a buyer’s market, it’s a seller’s market. If the housing market seems like a roller coaster for would-be buyers, that’s because it is. But understanding the most current trends can help buyers know when to get on — or off — the […]

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WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Thursday the credit crisis has created “significant market stress” and offered fresh assurances that regulators would take steps to curb fallout related to the mortgage mess.

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NEW YORK - Sales of existing homes, depressed by turmoil in credit markets, fell for a sixth straight month in August, pushing activity to the lowest point in five years an industry trade group said Tuesday. A separate report showed that t
he nationwide decline in home prices accelerated in July, posting […]

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