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Friday Dec 4 | via The Hartford Courant 

Hartford's housing market, which averted some of the steepest declines of other regions, is showing signs of improvement but the pace of sales in October did not improve nearly as much as in the state as a whole, a new report shows.

Related Topix: Hartford, CT, Hartford County, CT, West Hartford, CT, Housing, Foreclosures

Oct 31, 2009 | via The Hartford Courant 

John Geckler of West Hartford was taken aback when he got a letter from his mortgage lender telling him he needed to buy flood insurance because the federal government had updated its maps.

Related Topix: West Hartford, CT, Hartford, CT, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Hartford County, CT

Oct 29, 2009 | via The Hartford Courant 

Sales of single-family houses in Connecticut lost momentum in September, after two consecutive months of gains - but there were still some hopeful signs in the market, according to a new report Thursday.

Related Topix: Housing, West Hartford, CT

Oct 2, 2009 | via The Hartford Courant 

House sales in Connecticut jumped in August for the second consecutive month, this time by nearly 7 percent compared with a year earlier, as buyers took advantage of lower asking prices and a first-time federal home buyer tax credit.

Related Topix: Housing, Foreclosures, Tolland County, CT, Middlesex County, CT, Hartford County, CT

Aug 27, 2009 | via Hartford Courant 

The number of single-family house sales in Connecticut pushed ahead by 4 percent in July compared with a year earlier, the first increase in sales since 2007 and another sign that the housing market here, as nationally, is in the healing phase.

Related Topix: Real Estate, Housing, Hartford, CT, Fairfield, CT, Hartford County, CT

Monday | via Housing Wire 

Single-family house and condo sales in Connecticut rose by double-digit percentages in October from the previous year, according to real estate information provider The Warren Group .

Related Topix: Connecticut, Housing

Saturday Nov 28 | via The Day 

A Mystic-based real estate professional has been named president of the Eastern Connecticut Association of Realtors.

Related Topix: Real Estate, Connecticut, Mystic, CT, Norwich, CT

Friday Nov 27 | via Press Release News From 24-7 Press Release 

Fairfield and New Haven Counties are now relishing in the services of American Business Direct as it plans to offer its assistance in informing and avoiding foreclosure HINSDALE, IL, November 27, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- As a state synonymous with wealth, beauty and opulence many people don't realize Connecticut is deep within the throngs of ...

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Connecticut

Tuesday Nov 24 | via Free Republic 

It was a matter of time before someone started the time-for-Chris-Dodd-to-retire conversation.

Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Christopher Dodd, Christopher Dodd, US Senate, Democrat, Connecticut, Connecticut Government, Home, Mortgage

Monday Nov 23 | via OpenSecrets.org 

Note: the following article updates a profile of Dodd that first appeared on Capital Eye in January.

Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Christopher Dodd, Connecticut, Connecticut Government, University of Louisville, 2008 Presidential Election, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

4 min ago | via RISMedia - Real Estate 

RISMEDIA, December 10, 2009a 'The weekly average rate borrowers were quoted on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace for 30-year fixed mortgages increased five basis points last week to 4.67%, up from 4.62% the week prior, according to the Zillow Mortgage Rate Monitor, compiled by real estate website Zillow.com. Rates for 15-year fixed mortgages rose one ...

Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage

5 min ago | via RISMedia - Real Estate 

RISMEDIA, December 10, 2009 - U.S. homes lost $489 billion in home values during the first 11 months of 2009, significantly less than the $3.6 trillion lost during 2008, according to analysis of recent Zillow Real Estate Market Reports.

Related Topix: Providence, RI, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures

5 min ago | via RISMedia - Real Estate 

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Related Topix: Marketing, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Real Estate

28 min ago | via Sacramento Bee Newspaper 

Three men were under arrest and two other suspects were at large Wednesday after a violent robbery at an Orange County mansion owned by the founder of a collapsed subprime mortgage lender.

Related Topix: Newport Beach, CA, Orange County, CA, Home, Mortgage

9 hrs ago | via Los Angeles Times 

WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announced Wednesday that the administration will extend the government's financial bailout program until next fall.

Related Topix: Foreclosures