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		<title>Mortgage Rates Rise on Stronger Housing Reports</title>
		<link>http://www.pointingyouhome.com/realestateblog/2012/01/27/mortgage-rates-rise-on-stronger-housing-reports/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hope rates don&#8217;t go up too far too fast &#8211; there is a lot of room for growth in the housing market, and we need to keep rates at a pro-growth level.
See this article from the Wall Street Journal:
Rates for fixed mortgages moved higher over the past week amid  positive signals from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bringing Expired Debt back to Life!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 12:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great Article I referenced on the show today!
No one was more surprised than Thomas Carpenito with the credit-card invitation that landed in his mailbox earlier this year.
 
The 27-year-old deli owner from White Plains, N.Y., had about $10,000  in old debts and a credit rating 200 points below &#8220;good.&#8221; He recalled  thinking the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Cassidy: 2012 Economic Forcast Cautiously optimistic</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 12:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As mentioned on the Radio show this morning, this forecast by John Cassidy has some really meaningful insights into the next year.
After four years of recession and subpar growth, could 2012 be the  year the U.S. economy finally snaps out of its funk? Despite the turmoil  in Europe, many Americans would like to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Builder Confidence Rises Again</title>
		<link>http://www.pointingyouhome.com/realestateblog/2011/12/27/builder-confidence-rises-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From From Home Channel News
Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes rose two points to 21 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) for December. This marks the third consecutive month in which builder confidence has improved, and brings the index to its highest point since May [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Prices in U.S. May Drop 8%</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have been predicting a 2nd housing price drop here for months &#8211; I&#8217;m only just now starting to see the media pick up the story.
U.S. home prices will probably decline an additional 6 percent to 8  percent before bottoming, Pacific Investment Management Co.’s Scott  Simon said. 
Potential home buyers are being kept [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreclosure Filings in U.S. Rise 7% as Bank ‘Rain Delay’ Eases</title>
		<link>http://www.pointingyouhome.com/realestateblog/2011/11/18/foreclosure-filings-in-u-s-rise-7-as-bank-%e2%80%98rain-delay%e2%80%99-eases/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been saying it a while &#8211; As the backlog of bank foreclosures hits the market, expect downward pressure on home prices.
U.S. foreclosure filings rose 7 percent in October to a seven-month  high as lenders started to speed up action against delinquent borrowers  after a yearlong review into documentation, according to RealtyTrac Inc. [...]]]></description>
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