Calculated Risk: Home Seller Motivations

We told respondents, “Please think of the number of non-REO listings you currently have and then specify the number of home sellers by motivation. If more than one motivation applies, please select the single motivation that is most …

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Calculated Risk: Health Care Spending and PCE

These statistics, termed National Health Expenditure Accounts (NHEA), are compiled with the goal of measuring the total amount spent in the United States to purchase health care goods and services during the year. …

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Calculated Risk: First-time Home Buyer Frenzy

In addition $8000 to the Federal tax credit, there are some state programs, as a nexample from Newsday.com: NYS rolls out tax credit for first-time home buyers – but most of the frenzy is being driven by the Federal Tax credit. …

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Calculated Risk: Study: Using Home ATM Led to Most Foreclosures in …

He found that, at least in Southern California, borrowers who defaulted on their mortgages didn’t purchase their homes at the top of the market. Instead, the average acquisition was made in 2002 and many homes lost to foreclosure were …

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High Tech Junk Science | MacDoctor

In what has to be the most high tech example of junk science validation of global warming, Reuters reports a Canadian Scientist looked out of the window of the international space station and commented: …

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Lancaster Unity: Big news from Norwich – ideas win elections

First, there is one piece of excellent news , which I had not totally expected. After its relatively successful result in the European Elections, the British National Party (BNP) thought it a good idea to put up a candidate in Norwich …

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Katie Holmes in So You Think You Can Dance

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The Michael Bane Blog: MUST READ – Recreation on Public Lands!

A recreational activity took the life of a man when he and a group of friends knowingly engaged in dangerous fun on government-regulated property. If authorities had prohibited the dangerous activity, the man would be alive. …

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Calculated Risk: Existing Home Sales increase in June

Existing- home sales – including single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops – increased 3.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.89 million units in June from a downwardly revised pace of 4.72 million in May, …

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