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2008 

                                                                                                                               The Federal Reserve meeting this week brought about two key short-term. interest rate cuts by half a percentage point, to 3 percent. The cuts, the second in just over a w...
01/31/2008
      I didn't forget the Republicans. As promised on Thursday, when I highlighted the top three Democratic presidential candidates' plans for bolstering the economy and housing market, I spent this morning combing through the campaign Web sites of front runners Mitt Romney, John McCain and Mike ...
01/30/2008
 My friend's neighbor recently filed for foreclosure on their home. The family had lived in the 3-bedroom townhome for the past two years. They were an older couple, who had a grown son living with them. During the summer they'd sit on their front stoop and would always say "hi" as I walked pass ...
01/30/2008
     With recent polls showing many Americans concerned about the economy and home foreclosures particularly high in Nevada, all three Democratic candidates at Tuesday night's presidential debate in Sin City said they want to provide relief to middle- and working-class families.Hillary Clinton sa...
01/29/2008
A controversial Web site gives new meaning to "Love thy neighbor." We've all lived next to an annoying neighbor, or maybe you are that person. I mean is it really necessary for someone to blast their electric guitar in the middle of the night or leave Halloween decorations up until Thanksgiving. ...
01/29/2008
With the market taking a nosedive, many homeowners who bought during the height of the housing boom are now finding that they owe more on their mortgages than their houses are worth. And many of those deals involved brokers who are now becoming live bait for angry buyers. A recent lawsuit in Sout...
01/29/2008
As fortune cookie-inspired as it may sound, one of my mother's favorite sayings is "good fortune has nothing to do with luck." She believes that the so called "lucky ones" are the kind of people that aren't afraid to take advantage of the opportunities presented to them. And for new home buyers o...
01/29/2008
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