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Sunday, June 22, 2008

News Summary for Sunday 6/22/08

Commercial developers seeing return of recourse loans (Wall Street Journal)

Rates improving for some home loans (Wall Street Journal)

FHA wants to phase out seller-funded down payment charities (Washington Post)

Website pushes real estate analytics to new level (Inman News)

MLSs and brokers adding consumer-friendly tools to websites (Inman News)

Bush and Congress may finally negotiate housing deal (CNNMoney)

States increasingly tackling rising foreclosures (CNNMoney)

San Francisco launches solar roof program (BuilderOnline)

Diary of a homebuilder exiting a market (BuilderOnline)


Gas prices increasingly impacting homebuying decisions (USA T0day)

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