Regional Headlines
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North Mississippi home builder developing Steeplechase near Oxford
Jan 15, 2007 | via Memphis Business Journal
About 80 miles southeast of Memphis is a small Mississippi University town that is booming, and Tommy White wanted to make sure he had a piece of the action with his new Steeplechase development, located ...
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Down payment aid programs scrutinized
Sunday Jul 6 | via The Clarion-Ledger
Local housing experts say down payment assistance programs aren't the best way to purchase a home and build equity, but they recognize their importance in Mississippi because of residents' low median income.
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Miss. Realtors Required To Disclose Meth Lab Houses
Saturday Jul 5 | via WAPT.com
Mississippi home buyers will soon be able to find out if the house they want to purchase was used as a meth lab.
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Miss., La. To Use Mortgage Licensing System
Friday Jun 27 | via WAPT
Mississippi and Louisiana are among the six states that will start using the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System next Tuesday.
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Home sales plummet despite lower prices
Thursday Jun 26 | via The Mississippi Press
From January to May, Jackson County homes sold for an average of 20 percent less compared to that same time period last year, local Realtors and Multiple Listing Service data say.
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National Headlines
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Discounted mortgage notes can stop foreclosures
3 min ago | via Business Standard
Where politicians and bankers see vexing liabilities in defaulted mortgages and foreclosures, Robert Lee sees opportunities as he picks up the pieces of the housing bust.
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Closing Market ... Dow "283.10 ... S&P "29.65 ... Nasdaq "45.77
4 min ago | via Cleveland.com
Wall Street abruptly ended an earnings-driven rally and closed sharply lower today after a steeper-than-expected decline in existing home sales and worries about the financial sector chilled the market's recent ...
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Stocks Tumble After Sales of Existing Homes Fall; Dow Down 283 Points
5 min ago | via ArkansasBusiness.com
The major indexes fell about 2 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which lost more than 275 points.
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Housing Market Legislation Update
5 min ago | via Business Law Prof Blog
On Wednesday, President Bush dropped his opposition to the current housing market legislation despite his objections to a $3.9 billion provision.
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7 min ago | via The Taipei Times
AIDING MORTGAGE GIANTS: The House of Representatives voted to pass a bill that will provide liquidity to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, with some denying it is a bailout AP, WASHINGTON Friday, Jul 25, 2008, Page 7 ...
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