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Phoenix- 45% of Homes for Sale are Move in Ready

post from Housing Doom Housing Bubble Blog on 11 May 2007 12:35:08 PM. © Housing Doom Housing Bubble Blog

Anyone who reads enough listings knows what some of the little catch phrases mean. One is "move in ready," which is "Realtor-speak" for "This place is empty." Well, if empty is what you are looking for, opportunities abound in Phoenix: [Thank you M for the update!!!] ACTIVE 52,651ACTIVE (VACANT) 23,82545% VacantACTIVE (TENANT [...]

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Trulia Voices reviews

post from TRANSPARENT REAL ESTATE (www.TransparentRE.com) on 11 May 2007 12:27:50 PM. © TRANSPARENT REAL ESTATE (www.TransparentRE.com)

Trulia Voiceslaunches today - at its roots, it's a Q&A system that supportsinteraction between Trulia's consumer traffic and its real estate agentadvertisers.

I'm discussing Trulia Voices in context with Real Estate Q&A products here. Here's a list of Voices reviews (with help from Technorati search):

A big day - Trulia Blog

When we launched Truliaback in September 2005, our goal was to help consumers find homes forsale and make smarter real estate decisions ... . Today we?re delightedto announce the launch of Trulia Voices together with a major site upgrade taking us a big step forward towards achieving that overall goal...
Trulia adds Trulia Voices to its website - The Boston Real Estate Blog

Trulia is a real estate search engine. Or, as they put it: ... has 96 listings. They have to get better at this ?) Overnight, Trulia released ?Trulia Voices?. I was able to test it out in beta. It?s a cool idea...
Trulia Finds Its Voice - Future of Real Estate Marketing

Trulia launched a pretty significant new release of its real estate search ... competitors. Trulia?s new offering, TruliaVoices, allows anyone to ask a question about a particular ... . Trulia Voices is the final piece of the puzzle for the scrappy search engine...
Trulia.com V. Zillow.com: The RE.net Cage Match - America's Most Opinionated Mortgage Broker

Trulia.com V. Zillow.com: The RE.net Cage Match Trulia ... three new features on Trulia.com: 1- Trulia Voices is a Q & A section where anybody can ask or ... a foothold on this site. Trulia Voices has a special "alerts" feature...
Is Trulia.com the UnZillow? Realty.bot emerges... - BloodhoundBlog

Come with me to the newly-reconfigured Trulia.com, freshly emerged frombeta status. Let?s search for an ideal house ... part: I can instruct Truliato send me email updates or an RSS feed of changed data...

(disclaimer - I work with Domus Consulting Group and Trulia is one of our clients)

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125 Chicago Area Properties Scrutinized for
Mortgage Fraud

post from Mortgage Fraud Blog on 11 May 2007 11:03:00 AM. © Mortgage Fraud Blog

A series of disciplinary actions against more than a dozen real estate licensees, including mortgage brokers and loan originators, allegedly involved in a ?mortgage flipping? scheme ? buying houses below market rates and re-selling the same properties for artificially higher prices. The scheme, centered in the Chicagoland area, involved more than 100 properties, said Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) officials during a press conference called to disclose the results of a three-month investigation. …

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It's the "HousingPANIC Ron Paul Screw the
Establishment" Fundraising Drive

post from HousingPANIC - The Housing (Bubble) Crash Blog with an Attitude Problem on 11 May 2007 11:01:00 AM. © HousingPANIC - The Housing (Bubble) Crash Blog with an Attitude Problem

I've put a permalink at the top of this page, and also here linking to Ron Paul's contribute page, and if you can give $10 (or more) you'd be doing yourself proud. If you give (or gave) record it here and how much, and I'll total it up in a few days to get the HP'er tally.

For an indication of why Ron Paul is completely unlike any of the other bozos running today (which is why he's catching fire), here's his take on immigration, which as you know almost completely agrees with mine and many HP'ers. Yes, the truth hurts. But someone's gotta say it.
Border Security and Immigration Reform

The talk must stop. We must secure our borders now. A nation without secure borders is no nation at all. It makes no sense to fight terrorists abroad when our own front door is left unlocked. This is my six point plan:

Physically secure our borders and coastlines. We must do whatever it takes to control entry into our country before we undertake complicated immigration reform proposals.

Enforce visa rules. Immigration officials must track visa holders and deport anyone who overstays their visa or otherwise violates U.S. law. This is especially important when we recall that a number of 9/11 terrorists had expired visas.

No amnesty. Estimates suggest that 10 to 20 million people are in our country illegally. That?s a lot of people to reward for breaking our laws.

No welfare for illegal aliens. Americans have welcomed immigrants who seek opportunity, work hard, and play by the rules. But taxpayers should not pay for illegal immigrants who use hospitals, clinics, schools, roads, and social services.

End birthright citizenship. As long as illegal immigrants know their children born here will be citizens, the incentive to enter the U.S. illegally will remain strong.

Pass true immigration reform. The current system is incoherent and unfair. But current reform proposals would allow up to 60 million more immigrants into our country, according to the Heritage Foundation. This is insanity. Legal immigrants from all countries should face the same rules and waiting periods.

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Egypt Property Investment the hottest newcomer in
2007

post from Overseas Property Investment Blog on 11 May 2007 10:58:24 AM. © Overseas Property Investment Blog

Egyptian PropertyAt just five hours flight time from the UK, Egypt is truly a world apart. A land which exudes the richness of the exotic, the land of the camel has warmly welcomed a steadily increasing flow of millions of tourists per year, visitors returning again and again to experience the distinctive hospitality of this [...]

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HousingPANIC Stupid Question of the Day

post from HousingPANIC - The Housing (Bubble) Crash Blog with an Attitude Problem on 11 May 2007 10:54:00 AM. © HousingPANIC - The Housing (Bubble) Crash Blog with an Attitude Problem

Don't you find it humorous that people who rent money from the bank with an interest only mortgage say they "own their home", or are included in the government's home ownership rate?

Note to world - the only people who own a home are the ones who have paid for the asset in full and have no current liens on the property.

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Tastykake Moving to Economic Development Zone -
Less Taxes, Lower Borrowing, and Layoffs

post from The Real Estate Bloggers on 11 May 2007 10:29:51 AM. © The Real Estate Bloggers

Tastykake, the world famous maker of snacks, is moving from it’s old home in Philadelphia’s Nicetown to the Navy Yards in a new state created Keystone Opportunity Improvement Zone. The irony of this is by moving the company will be able to reduce their labor force by 215 jobs by automating their new plant. And because they [...]

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Developers In Baltimore Slow Pace Of Condo
Building

Baltimore is an interesting city to watch during the housing slowdown. It is occupying the middle ground, losing some steam but remaining stable. That is why an article in today’s Baltimore Sun talking about condo developers slowing down the pipeline caught my eye. There are a few large condo highrises on the table, but the [...]

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Man Pleads Guilty to $20 Million Mortgage Fraud
Scheme

Kalil Khalil, 36, plead guilty in U.S. District Court in Michigan and admitted that during a 24-month period beginning in January 2001, he prepared fraudulent loan applications and related documents that were submitted to mortgage lenders.

Each of the loan packages submitted to a mortgage lender was fraudulent in one or more of the following ways: the purpose of the loan was not to buy or refinance a residence; the borrower described on …

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