St. Marys Real Estate

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• Outlawing Interest-Only Refinancing

  Dec 11, 2007 | via Realty Trac 

  At last it's possible to report a nugget of good news from the real estate marketplace: Mortgage rates are down, really down.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Local Headlines

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  Apr 23, 2008 | via The Periscope 

  ET1 Josh Lima climbs down off the roof at the Habitat for Humanity Build site April 16.

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  Related Topix: Kings Bay, GA, Camden County, GA, Home, Mortgage, St. Marys, GA

• Kings Bay Sailors help Women Build

  Jan 9, 2008 | via The Periscope 

  From December 9 through the 15 of December Habitat for Humanity had a woman build house.

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  Related Topix: Kings Bay, GA, Home Listing, Home, Camden County, GA, Mortgage

Regional Headlines

• RealtyTrac: Georgia 8th in Q2 foreclosure rate, metro Atlanta 20th

  Monday Jul 21 | via Atlanta Business Chronicle 

  Georgia improved to the eighth-highest foreclosure rate in the second quarter, while metro Atlanta had the 20th-highest, according to RealtyTrac 's Second Quarter 2008 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report published ...

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  Related Topix: Georgia, Foreclosures

• TV Makeover Home In Foreclosure

  Thursday | via CBS 46 

  Every week the ABC reality show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" gives families the chance of a lifetime to have their home completely redone and paid for by somebody else.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Reality TV, Entertainment, Television, Home Listing, Home, Georgia

• President Bush drops opposition to housing bill

  Wednesday Jul 23 | via The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 

  President Bush dropped his opposition Wednesday to a broad housing package aimed at bolstering the sagging economy, despite his objections to including $3.9 billion for neighborhoods hit hardest by ...

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  Related Topix: Georgia, George Bush, Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

• Keep the down payment assistance program

  Tuesday Jul 22 | via Atlanta Journal-Constitution 

  Who's to blame for the subprime mortgage crisis sweeping the nation? Wall Street bankers who've overleveraged their books by billions of dollars? Or first-time home buyers who received gifts of a few thousand ...

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  Related Topix: Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Georgia

• Lesbian candidate advances to Georgia House runoff

  Friday Jul 18 | via Southern Voice 

  Keisha Waites made it to an Aug. 5 runoff after taking second in a crowded field for House District 61 while Kevin Clark lost his bid for state Senate District 2. Keisha Waites is one step closer to making ...

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  Related Topix: East Point, GA, Mortgage, Atlanta Metro, Georgia

National Headlines

• Senate Close to Passing Housing Aid

  17 min ago | via ABC News 

  Newly built homes are offered for sale at the Brookville & Heirloom development by Lennar, in... Newly built homes are offered for sale at the Brookville & Heirloom development by Lennar, in Valencia, Calif.

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  Related Topix: George Bush, US News, Foreclosures, Home Listing, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• National City posts big loss; other banks report increases

  17 min ago | via KPC Media Group, Inc. 

  Cleveland-based National City Corp. Thursday reported a net loss of $1.8 billion for the second quarter ended June 30 compared to a net loss $347 million in the prior-year period.

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  Related Topix: National City Corporation, Banking, Financial Services, Home, Mortgage

• U.S. Senate seen backing housing bill, Bush to sign

  18 min ago | via WNED.org 

  The U.S. Senate was expected to approve a massive housing market rescue bill on Saturday and President George W. Bush was ready to sign it soon, amid questions about how much it will help.

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  Related Topix: Housing, George Bush, US Politics, US News, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

• New home sales fall but stronger than expected

  1 hr ago | via WNED.org 

  Sales of newly constructed U.S. single-family homes were stronger than expected in June, and inventories shrank to three-and-a-half-year low, a government report showed on Friday, providing a glimmer of hope ...

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  Related Topix: Housing

• Investors move into banks on pledge to not issue flood of new shares, not signs crisis over

  1 hr ago | via Newsday.com 

  But, amid the many gyrations in the sector's stocks over the past week or so was a 27 percent pop in Wachovia Corp.

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  Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Citigroup, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Wachovia Corporation, Merrill Lynch and Co, Investment Services