5K Charity Run-Walk for Mary’s House registration starts at 7 a.m., run starts at 8 a.m. and walk starts at 8:15 a.m., Run/Walk will begin at the entrance to River Country, off Commercial Way, Weeki Wachee, Fl. Event is sponsored by Oak Hill Hospital. Prices are $15 for those who pre-register and $20 on event [...]

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The National Association of Realtors stated that pending U.S. home sales fell in February, 2008 to the lowest reading since the index began in 2001. The trade group’s seasonally adjusted index of pending sales for existing homes fell to 84.6 from January 2008’s revised reading of 86.2. In 2007 the index stood at 107.6.
Wall Street [...]

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Rates on 30-year mortgages did not change this week, they are still remaining at the highest level since mid-March, 2008.
Freddie Mac, a mortgage company, reported Thursday, March April 10, 2008 that 30-year fixed-rate mortgages are averaging 5.88 percent this week, which remains unchanged from last week. This rate is the highest since 30-year rates [...]

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Joan Baez is celebrating 50 years on stage. She will be performing tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Tampa Theatre, Tampa, Fl. Ticket prices range from $42.50-$49.50. For more information please call (813) 274-8286.

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In the affluent waterfront community of Clearwater’s Island Estates, about 500 houses and 2,000 condos sticks out as one of the most depreciated neighborhoods in the Tampa Bay region.
Prices have wound down to more than 45 percent since 2006, nearly double the decline of the Tampa Bay area market in the same period.
Sale prices on [...]

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Reports of suspected mortgage fraud rose 42 percent last year as banks became more aware of lies on loan applications.
The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network said Thursday, April 3, 2008 that there were 52,868 reports for mortgage fraud in 2007, which is up from 37,313 in 2006. Mortgage fraud reports were the third-most [...]

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Large tax breaks for homebuilders and credits for people that buy foreclosed properties, as well as giving $4 billion in grants for communities with the highest foreclosure rates to buy and rehabilitate foreclosed properties, were centerpieces of the for a Senate vote Wednesday, April 9, 2008.
An important first step to addressing the nation’s economic [...]

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Short sales are becoming so common that in some markets, such as The Village at Green River, in Corona, Calif, that in March of 2008 the listing agent Dominic Kurtyan and the developer behind the complex started advertising these properties’ status as re-priced “short sale” homes, which are homes priced below what the seller owes [...]

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