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- 12/2/2005 - Real Estate News
More gains in overnight real estate rates
Long-term mortgage interest rates edged up Thursday, and the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield rose to 4.52 percent. The 30-year fixed-rate average climbed to 5.8 percent, and the 15-year fixed-rate inched up to 5.37 percent. The 1-year adjustable ... - 12/2/2005 - Real Estate News
Buyer's market puts scare into real estate agents
The buzz at NAR is that even the most heated markets are now slowing. Inventories are increasing at a dramatic rate. Could the next buyer's market be just around the corner? A buyer's market is our industry's worst nightmare. Unlike a seller's market wher... - 12/2/2005 - Real Estate News
Solar Decathlon provides lessons for home builders
(This is the second of a two-part series. See Part 1: Students prove solar-powered utopia does exist.) Is it possible to live well in a house powered entirely by energy from the sun? The answer is yes, as demonstrated by the 18 houses designed and built b... - 12/2/2005 - Real Estate News
Cabinet re-facing offers advantages, drawbacks
If you're thinking about remodeling your kitchen but are daunted by the cost of new cabinets, all is not lost. Cabinet re-facing may offer an alternative worth exploring. Keep in mind, however, re-facing is not for everyone, and there are some definite ad... - 12/2/2005 - Real Estate News
Home sellers reap top dollar during the holidays
If you are an experienced real estate sales agent, you know very well this is the slowest time of the year for home sales. In most communities, the weather isn't the best for home buying. Serious prospective buyers become hard to find as they switch to ho... - 12/2/2005 - Real Estate News
House-price growth slows from record pace
Average U.S. home prices are putting on the brakes from recent years of rapid growth. House prices are still well above what they were a year ago, but a report released Thursday shows the rate of appreciation has declined from year-ago figures. The aver... - 12/2/2005 - Real Estate News
Improve your real estate biz's bottom line
In the real estate business, time is much too valuable to spend it doing things the hard way. By implementing specific systems that make your business run more efficiently, you are giving yourself confidence and reassurance that nothing in your work life ... - 12/2/2005 - Real Estate News
New Fiserv business targets secondary mortgage market
A new Fiserv Lending business unit aims to help mortgage-backed security investors identify and mitigate risks in their portfolios. The company, Fiserv Lending Solutions' Portfolio Services, joins Fiserv's fulfillment division. "We help firms get comfor... - 12/2/2005 - Real Estate News
Capital Title owner sentenced to prison, $3 million repayment
Former Capital Title Co. owner Peter M. Shaw was sentenced Thursday to more than four years in prison and ordered to repay $3 million for looting accounts that held customer funds for real estate transactions, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Capit... - 12/2/2005 - Real Estate News
Real estate: The week ahead
The seventh annual Mortgage EC Conference is slated for Dec. 5-6, at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. The event focuses on e-commerce and Internet lending trends. Participants will get ideas for advancing their online mortgage operations. A congress...