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SPECIAL REPORT: Cheap money bankrolls Wall Street's bet on housing
Reuters* Institutional investors inflating Las Vegas market * Fed easy money policy boosting some housing markets * Some investors backing away from housing trade * Vegas residents fear being priced out by Wall St. speculators By Matthew Goldstein LAS...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Economy, Business and Finance, Services and Shopping, Homes, Finance
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Homeowners lighten the load by being landlords
Mark Mangum, who lives deep in the heart of Texas football country, has found a way to capitalize on his location. He periodically rents his house to football fans, a move that takes the sting out of his $1,300 monthly mortgage and helped pay for costs...Tags: Rental Service, Craigslist, Inc., Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Real Estate Buyers
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Sick House: The Link Between Housing And Health
It was a chronic thing: Almost every time Erma Taylor's great-grandson caught a cold, he also ended up having a severe asthma attack. Taylor, a retired nurse, spent many hours at a hospital, helping to hold the toddler for tests and breathing treatments,...Tags: Arts and Culture, Asthma, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Hospitals and Clinics, Allergies
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Harlan: Stop focusing on boosting homeownership
There are visible signs in Costa Mesa that the housing market is recovering. After a few years of virtually no new residential construction (between 2009 and 2012, Costa Mesa added only 56 new housing units, with zero in 2011), it's heartening to see...Tags: Housing Industry, Realty, Services and Shopping, Home Improvement, Apartments
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Hispanic homebuyers a driving force in housing
First-time buyers make the housing wheel go 'round: As they segue from renting to owning, they set off the sequence of move-up purchases that, in theory, will help the overall market get well. These days, Hispanic consumers seem to be pushing that wheel...
Tags: Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Economy, Business and Finance, Inventories, Services and Shopping
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Study reveals shift in attitude on renting vs. owning
Current and would-be homeowners are warming to the idea of renting. People may aspire to own a home, but most are still reeling from the housing crisis, and some believe the hard times either aren't over or the worst is yet to come. As a result, they...Tags: Services and Shopping, Interior Policy, Homes, Financial and Business Services, Chicago Real Estate
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Plainfield, Bolingbrook dry out after floods
Plainfield and Bolingbrook residents and officials spent much of this week drying out and assessing the cost of the damage of last week's floods. Water was lapping against the bottom of mailboxes along Marybrook Drive in Plainfield last week, and a...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Rentals
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Buying beats renting in South Florida, study finds
Sun SentinelDespite rising home prices recently, buying still is a better deal than renting, according to a report from real estate website Trulia.com. Buying a home in Broward County is 53 percent more affordable than renting, the study shows. The average monthly...Tags: Services and Shopping, Broward County, Palm Beach County, Real Estate, Real Estate Buyers
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Careful where you send money
On Friday, a Mishawaka Realtor began receiving a lot of phone calls about renting a home she has listed for sale. A scammer apparently found the home-for-sale listing on the Internet and took the home's description and pictures and turned it into a home...
Tags: Craigslist, Inc., FBI, Sales, Services and Shopping, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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SoCal home prices up 21%; February sales volume hits 6-year high
Southern California once again saw strong home price increases last month as the percentage of absentee buyers hit a record high and cash buyers remained a dominant force. The six-county Southland saw the median home price rise nearly 21% over the year,...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Homes, Prices, Real Estate, Real Estate Buyers
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Court delays accused sex offender's hearing
NEWPORT BEACH — An Orange County Superior Court judge on Friday pushed back the preliminary hearing date for a former Laguna Beach rug store manager accused of multiple sex crimes. Judge Carlton Biggs agreed to move the hearing at the request of...
Tags: Justice System, Judges, Court Preliminary, Sex Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice
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Who's Driving Sprawl? The Feds
When this page began looking at the adverse effects of sprawl development several years ago and encouraging smart growth as an antidote, our editorialists were accused of "telling people where to live." Balderdash. It wasn't Mother Courant who was...
Tags: Freddie Mac, Economy, Business and Finance, Fannie Mae, Services and Shopping, Highway Transportation
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