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		<title>Bank of America Extends Freeze on Foreclosures to All 50 States</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 21:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bank of America Corp., the biggest U.S. lender, extended a freeze on foreclosures to all 50 states as concern spread among federal and local officials that homes are being seized based on false data. “We just want to clear the air,” Bank of America Chief Executive Officer Brian T. Moynihan said today in a speech [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jumbo Mortgage Limits Extended Through 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 20:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congress has extended the limits for jumbo mortgages through 2011 providing some much needed stability for the United States housing market. The rates allow geographic increases of the traditional max rate for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae loans up to $729,750 in the highest priced markets. Since private equity loans have all but dried up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real Estate Outlook: The Numbers Are In</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The drop in the latest pending home sales index got a lot of press attention, but that blip downward shouldn&#8217;t be your guide on what to expect for real estate in 2010. The 16 percent decline in November pending sales from October&#8217;s unusually high index was due almost entirely to buyers&#8217; behavior confronting what they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDIC Shells Out More for 2009 Bank Failures than S&amp;L Crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to its own estimates, the FDIC will sustain losses exceeding $36 billion to cover the 140 bank failures in 2009. That price tag will eclipse the total dollar amount of the losses the FDIC incurred during the six years spanning 1987 through 1992, when 1,049 banks collapsed during the savings and loan (S&#38;L) crisis, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real Estate Investors Returning to Market</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Savvy investors are always the first to jump in a potentially profitable housing market and a new survey indicates things are heating up. More than 12 percent of homebuyers today plan to purchase a home as an investment, compared to less than half, only 5.6 percent, just seven months ago, according to a recent Move.com [...]]]></description>
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