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New research shows that your looks, creditworthiness may go hand in hand
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Mar 12, 2009 |
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New research suggests that a person's appearance may play a role in whether they are deemed trustworthy by financial lenders. The study is summarized in a working paper by Jefferson Duarte at Rice University's ...
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Subprime lending not main trigger of real estate bubble
Jul 30, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Critics often point to subprime mortgage lending – the funding of home loans to borrowers with less-than-perfect credit – as the culprit in the unsustainable boom in U.S. home prices that eventually derailed ...
SmartZip pinpoints hot homes in US foreclosure market
Aug 19, 2009 |
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SmartZip has built a free online tool for prospective home buyers and real estate investors eager to mine gems from the rubble of the US foreclosure avalanche.
MIT commercial real estate index posts first drop since '03
Nov 15, 2007 |
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The value of U.S. commercial real estate owned by big pension funds fell 2.5 percent in the third quarter of 2007, according to an index produced by the MIT Center for Real Estate.
Shocks and Stress Tests
Aug 21, 2007 |
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In response to federal banking regulators' concern about community banks' increased participation in commercial real-estate lending, a University of Arkansas researcher has developed a system that allows banks to perform ...
The world's next economic hot spot?
Dec 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A bailout by neighboring emirate Abu Dhabi has apparently stabilized Dubai’s financial crisis. But the longer-term economic impact—on Dubai and other nations—could grow more serious.
UCLA Anderson Forecast Predicts Soft but Turbulent Landing for National Economy
Sep 28, 2006 |
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In its third quarterly report of 2006, the UCLA Anderson Forecast says that while "the U.S. economy appears to have seamlessly downshifted to a soft landing (and) we are not forecasting a recession … the economy is about ...
For sale by tweet: Social networking to sell homes
Apr 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- When you sign up for Facebook or Twitter, you expect to get a stream of random messages from the people that make up your virtual social network - but pitches on homes for sale?
Web sites cater to for-sale-by-owner home sellers
Nov 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Selling a home without a real estate agent can save thousands of dollars in commission fees, but it can also be a painstaking, confusing task.
Jay Leno wins right to Web name for his new show
Jul 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Television host Jay Leno has won control of a Web address using the name of his new show.
Homebuyers gain an edge with Internet searches
Aug 08, 2009 |
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In the colorful, centuries-long history of house hunting, when have so many buyers come to the table knowing so much about prices, neighborhoods and school test scores?
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