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New Listings Promise Robust PricesHome Owner News2/16/2012 3:35 PM
As of February 10, new listings tracked by Altos Research have ticked upwards for five consecutive weeks, suggesting the spring home buyer season will bring the strongest prices the nation has seen since the tax credit briefly stimulated demand two years ago. At the end of January, most metro markets saw stable pricing and several [...]
More Than 95 Percent of Refinancing Borrowers Choose Fixed-Rate MortgagesBusiness Development2/16/2012 3:33 PM
In the fourth quarter of 2011, fixed-rate loans accounted for more than 95 percent of refinance loans, based on the Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC) Quarterly Product Transition Report released recently. Refinancing borrowers clearly preferred fixed-rate loans, regardless of whether their original loan was an adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) or a fixed-rate. An increasing share of refinancing [...]
New England Housing Sales Trending UpBusiness Outlook2/16/2012 3:29 PM
The RE/MAX of New England January Monthly Housing Report shows that year-over-year, the number of unit sales in every state in New England, except Vermont, is slightly higher than January 2011. New Hampshire and Rhode Island experienced the highest change in units sold with an increase of 16.8 percent and 17.8 percent, respectively. While the [...]
Agents: What Dropbox Can Teach Us about Cloud ComputingBusiness Development2/16/2012 3:28 PM
(MCT)—Dropbox is the most deceptively simple of services. Place a Dropbox folder on each computer or gadget you own. Drag any file into that folder. A copy of that file automatically appears on every device where you put a Dropbox folder. It’s idiot proof. But don’t let that simplicity fool you. Dropbox also epitomizes a [...]
Today’s Featured Listing: Multi-Family California Property??Business Development2/16/2012 3:25 PM
Today’s Featured Listing, offered by RISMedia’s Real Estate Information Network (RREIN) and Top 5 Member Century 21 Award, is being listed at $389,000. This property features two newly renovated homes, perfect for real estate entrepreneurs looking to rent a property for additional income. Both units feature new cabinets, granite counter tops, all new stainless steel [...]
Hot Property: Aniston Buys Bel-Air HouseToday's Home Spun Wisdom2/16/2012 3:21 PM
(MCT)—Leading lady Jennifer Aniston has bought a midcentury house in Bel-Air that was listed at $24.9 million. The seller was former Maguire Properties Chief Executive Robert F. Maguire III, who restored the 8,500-square-foot house designed by A. Quincy Jones and built in 1965. The sales price has not yet appeared on the public record. Set [...]
Size Matters: Newly Constructed Home Trends in 2011Real Estate Information2/16/2012 3:18 PM
Single-family homes started in 2011 were a bit different than the ones builders started in 2010. Unpublished Census Bureau data show that, on average, homes started in 2011 were bigger than those started in 2010. Homes were also more likely to have more features and amenities. These developments must be analyzed with caution, however, keeping [...]
Top 5 States with the Most Home ForeclosuresReal Estate News2/16/2012 3:17 PM
A recent report identifies five states with the most homes in foreclosure, and suggests a lengthy foreclosure process may be partly to blame. The foreclosure process averages 140 days nationwide, an analysis by the website 24/7 Wall St. shows. But in states with the highest foreclosure rates, homes remain in foreclosure much longer—220 days on [...]
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Survivor rage grows in deadly Honduran prison fire (AP) 2/17/2012 1:01 AM

Maria Hernandez stands behind a fence as she waits for information about her relative outside the morgue in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Thursday Feb. 16, 2012.  Relatives have arrived at the morgue from the city of Comayagua, where a fire broke out on Tuesday night at the city's prison, killing over 300 inmates. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)AP - As workers cleaned up the rubble of the century's deadliest prison fire, a collective rage built among relatives who gathered at the morgue and said the official explanation of a mattress fire killing 355 people was absurd.


A year after uprising, militias hold sway in Libya (AP) 2/17/2012 1:03 AM

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2012 photo, Libyan militias from towns throughout the country's west parade through Tripoli, Libya.  This week, Libya will celebrate the one year anniversary of the start of the popular uprising that led to the ouster and killing of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi last October. (AP Photo / Abdel Magid Al Fergany)AP - One militia controls the airport. Others carve up neighborhoods of the Libyan capital into fiefdoms. They clash in the streets, terrifying residents. They hold detainees in makeshift prisons where torture is said to be rampant.


Bird flu still a menace in Asia and beyond (AP) 2/17/2012 1:02 AM

In this photo taken Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, a health worker wearing protective gear sprays disinfectant at a suspected outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus among ducks in Nhat Tan commune, Kim Bang district, Ha Nam province, Vietnam. Recent human deaths in Asia and Egypt are a reminder that the deadly H5N1 virus is still alive and dangerous. Vietnam is also grappling with a new strain that has outsmarted vaccines long used to help protect its poultry flocks. The H5N1 virus has killed 345 people worldwide since 2003, when it rampaged across large swaths of Asia decimating poultry stocks before later surfacing in parts of Africa, the Middle East and Europe. (AP Photo/Na Son Nguyen)AP - Thought bird flu was gone? Recent human deaths in Asia and Egypt are a reminder that the deadly H5N1 virus is still alive and dangerous. Vietnam is also grappling with a new strain that has outsmarted vaccines long used to help protect its poultry flocks.


UN sees possible crimes against humanity in Syria (AP) 2/17/2012 1:00 AM

This image from amateur video made available by Shaam News Network, purports to show a Syrian military tank in Daraa, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. Syrian activists said government forces attacked Daraa on Thursday, carrying out arrests and shooting randomly in the city seen as the birthplace of the uprising. They also reported intense clashes between army defectors and government troops in the central province of Hama. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via APTN) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIAL. TV OUTAP - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon accused the Syrian regime of committing "almost certain" crimes against humanity Thursday as activists reported fresh violence and the arrest of several prominent dissidents, including a U.S.-born blogger.


New York Times correspondent Shadid dies in Syria (AP) 2/17/2012 1:05 AM

In this Dec. 3, 2003 photo provided by The Washington Post, correspondent Anthony Shadid works on his laptop under the moonlight on a hotel rooftop in Najaf, south of Baghdad, Iraq. Shadid died Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, apparently of an asthma attack, while on assignment for the New York Times in Syria, the paper said. He was 43. (AP Photo/The Washington Post, Bill O'Leary) MANDATORY CREDIT: THE WASHINGTON POST, BILL O'LEARYAP - New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who strove to capture untold stories in Middle East conflicts from Libya to Iraq, died Thursday in eastern Syria after slipping into the country to report on the uprising against its president.


Thai police: 2 more suspects in terror case (AP) 2/17/2012 12:27 AM
AP - Thai police said Friday they are searching for two more suspects, including a possible explosives specialist, in a botched terror plot against Israeli diplomats that has been blamed on Iran.
Nigerian underwear bomber gets life in prison (AP) 2/16/2012 11:05 PM

FILE - This December 2009 file photo released by the U.S. Marshal's Service shows Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in Milan, Mich.  Abdulmutallab is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, for trying to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner with a bomb in his underwear on Christmas 2009.   (AP Photo/U.S. Marshals Service, File)AP - Defiantly declaring "a day of victory," a Nigerian man was given a mandatory life sentence Thursday for trying to blow up a packed jetliner with a bomb sewn into his underwear. People aboard the flight testified that the failed attack had disturbed their sleep and travels for more than two years.


1 dead, 1 hurt in Calif. federal building shooting (AP) 2/17/2012 1:44 AM
AP - A federal immigration agent who shot and injured a colleague in their office Thursday was killed when a third agent drew his weapon and fired, the FBI said.
Hundreds honor 'Soul Train' creator Don Cornelius (AP) 2/16/2012 9:52 PM

Christina Cornelius, granddaughter of Don Cornelius, wipes her tears while reading a statement during a private memorial service for 'Soul Train' creator and host Don Cornelius in Los Angeles, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. Cornelius died Feb. 1 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Since then, tributes to him and the show he created have been held around the country. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Through music, scripture and song, Don Cornelius was remembered Thursday as the man who elevated black culture and entertainment with his "Soul Train," demolishing barriers of race and culture, and changing the nation's history.


Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter dies at 57 (AP) 2/16/2012 11:12 PM

FILE - In this July 27, 2003, file photo, National Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees Gary Carter holds his plaque during induction ceremonies in Cooperstown, N.Y.   Baseball Hall of Fame president Jeff Idelson said Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, that Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter has died. He was 57.(AP Photo/John Dunn, File)AP - Gary Carter was nicknamed "Kid" for good reason.


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