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• Whose Hurt With Declining Market Labels

  Sunday May 18 | via Realty Trac 

  It all started late last year when both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced a new loan standard for "declining markets." From now on, said the nation's largest mortgage buyers, if a local market is "declining" ...

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• Local Candidates Tackle Their Platforms: State Senate

  15 hrs ago | via Daily Californian 

  Category: News > City Seasoned politicians Wilma Chan and Loni Hancock are both vying for the State Senate District 9 seat in the June 3 primary election.

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Home, Mortgage, Berkeley, CA, California, California Government

• Washington Mutual's Killinger Steps Down as Chairman; Frank Will Take Over

  7 hrs ago | via Bloomberg.com 

  Washington Mutual Inc., the savings and loan that got a $7 billion capital infusion, said Chief Executive Officer Kerry Killinger will step down as chairman following investor complaints for an 80 percent ...

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• Fire protection issue heats up

  8 hrs ago | via SignOnSanDiego.com 

  Several hundred federal firefighting positions that the U.S. Forest Service had promised for California's 2008 fire season remain vacant, prompting Sen.

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  Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Home, Mortgage, California, Dianne Feinstein, US News, US Senate, Democrat, US Politics, Duncan Hunter, Republican, US House of Representatives

• Prop 98 is fueled by avarice and greed

  9 hrs ago | via La Imc 

  The realtors and landlords have united in their Prop 98 campaign, to strip renters of tenant protections and rent control protections! Prop 98 is fueled by avarice and greed By Lynda Carson May 31, 2008 Oakland ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Home Selling, San Francisco Metro, California

• Wild, Wild West: California Dreamin' Makes A Comeback

  14 hrs ago | via Realty Times 

  More home buyers are beginning to see a silver lining shining behind California's clouded housing market.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Seaside, CA, Real Estate, Monterey County, CA, Sacramento, CA, California

• Souring economy puts the bite on pet owners

  5 min ago | via Ledger Dispatch 

  Diana Bardsley wiped tears from her eyes as she recalled taking food off her plate to feed her beloved spaniel Hunter and two Siamese cats. 1 comment

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• News You Can Use! Brooklyn's Priciest Nabes for Condos

  11 min ago | via The New York Observer Real Estate 

  The intrepid condo buyers who took a gamble on a modestly priced spread in Brooklyn Heights in April 2007 probably had no idea that they would be living in the borough's most expensive neighborhood for condos a ...

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• Rising rates? Not too late to refi

  6 min ago | via CNN Money 

  Interest rates on 30 year mortgages are above 6% - their highest levels since March.

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• 40,000 DD, AIR employees on strike tomorrow

  9 min ago | via Newkerala.com 

  New Delhi, Jun 2: Altogether 40,000 employees of AIR and Doordarshan, under the platform of NFADE, are going for a tool down strike tomorrow as part of their ongoing agitation for restoration of the original ...

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• Consumer spending down in Australia

  9 min ago | via The New Zealand Herald 

  Australian retail sales suffered a surprise fall in April as consumers cut spending on food and recreation in the face of surging living costs, but also perhaps lessening the need for a further increase in ...

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