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Subprime lending not main trigger of real estate bubble

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 30, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (27) | comments 8

(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 ...


New research shows that your looks, creditworthiness may go hand in hand

New research shows that your looks, creditworthiness may go hand in hand

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 3

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 ...


LendingTree: Google to compete on loan referrals

Technology / Internet

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- LendingTree, which allows prospective borrowers to get quick offers from multiple lenders, claims Google is about to get into the same business.


NJ man is first to be charged with Web name theft

Technology / Internet

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A northern New Jersey man is charged with stealing a prime piece of Internet real estate and reselling it to basketball player Mark Madsen in one of the nation's first prosecutions of a suspected domain name thief.


Study looks at effect of high foreclosure rates on local tax bases

Other Sciences / Economics

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Foreclosed homes and unsustainable growth can wreck the tax base of local governments. That’s the warning being issued by Auburn University’s Center for Governmental Services following its study of newly ...


For sale by tweet: Social networking to sell homes

Technology / Internet

created Apr 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(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?


Homebuyers gain an edge with Internet searches

Technology / Internet

created Aug 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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?


SmartZip rated all 15 million homes in foreclosure in California and Florida, giving each a score from 1 to 100

SmartZip pinpoints hot homes in US foreclosure market

Technology / Internet

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

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.


New study analyzing return of businesses to New Orleans after Katrina

Other Sciences / Economics

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

LSU Professor and Chair of Environmental Sciences Nina Lam and Professor and Louisiana Real Estate Commission Chair Kelley Pace, along with colleagues from LSU, Tulane University and Texas State University, will publish the ...


Web sites cater to for-sale-by-owner home sellers

Technology / Internet

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(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.