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Nov. 28, 2007Existing-home sales fell 1.2% in October, the eighth consecutive monthlydecline, the National Association of Realtors said. The NAR cited "thelingering impact of the credit crunch" for the decline. The median homeprice was $207,800 last month, down 5.1% from $218,900 a year earlier. ...

Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's economy.com, supports a radical idea to stem the tide of home foreclosures-change bankruptcy law. He recently testified before congress on the benefits on HR3609, which would let a bankruptcy judge tinker with a struggling homeowners mortgage to make it more...

Do any of you have a Char-Broil Easy Oil-Less Turkey Fryer. I just purchased one for thanksgiving to try it out. I wanted to know if anyone can give me any advise to make the turkey great this year and if it really works like it states. Is there any great recipes that has worked for anyone out th...

I wanted to wish everyone on ActiveRain is very safe and stuffing filled Happy Thanksgiving. This is the time of year when we should be thankful for all our loved ones and the blessing that have been bestowed upon us. I know that times are getting tough, but if we work a little harder and have th...

If ever there were a public relations success story, RealtyTrac is it. The Irvine-based firm's monthly news releases, chock-full of state-by-state foreclosure counts, are devoured by a national media ravenous for data on what many consider a developing crisis.Since RealtyTrac began putting out th...

Cities in California, Florida and Ohio dominated the 25 U.S. metro areas with the highest home foreclosure rates, though rates jumped in most of the top regions during the third quarter, RealtyTrac said on Wednesday.Foreclosure filings rose in 77 of the largest 100 metropolitan areas from the pri...

Today people have more emphasis on protecting their Identities due to the number of identites being stolen. We check our credit from the three bureaus regularly, make sure we shread all of our personal information and mail, and we don't give out personal information to others. But what about our ...

I know that some of my blogs lately have been on the negative side, but who knows what's really going on in the housing market nowadays? No one, that's who. From day to day information is being given to us in the form of articles, newscasts, emails or blogs. Today's info seems to conflict with in...

The number of homes on the market has gone through the roof with the highest amount of listings in a decade. The prices have dropped to levels not seen in a year or two. But is it the right time to buy? Not even the experts can agree. Chris Thornberg, principle at Beacon Econ, says why not wait, ...

In 2008 Seller's biggest competition will be ... Foreclosures!  With the hundreds of Billions of mortgage resets happening now and through 2008 home seller's stiffest competition will be from foreclosures!  Not only will it drive property values lower along with inventories higher it will cause c...