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09.01.2008 - Housing Market Key Indicator Alert - Sept. 1 - A slew of positive reports on the housing and economic fronts helped the markets regain some confidence in the past week.  Preliminary Growth Domestic Product estimates showed the U.S. economy growing...

08.25.2008 - Sales of Existing Homes Rise - Highest Level in 5 Months - Resales rose 3.1% last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.0 million, the highest level in five months, the National Association of Realtors reported. The gain was stronger than expected. Economists...

08.06.2008 - Wilmington Homes Equity Ranks High in 'Forbes' List - If the local housing market has got you down, take some heart from another of Forbes' lists of superlatives and negatives.  Wilmington ranks No. 20 in the magazine's list of cities with the most home ..

08.01.2008 - Get Answers to Questions about Legislation to help Homeowners - The Hope for Homeowners Act of 2008 signed by President Bush on Wednesday includes provisions aimed at helping as many as 400,000 homeowners who are struggling to avoid foreclosure....

07.31.2008 - North Carolina Ranks 4th for "The Best States for Business." - ...North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina--the top three states when it comes to incentives--as neighbors, Georgia is often forced to utilize tax breaks. "The core strength of Georgia's incentives ...

07.31.2008 - Housing Relief First Small Step Toward Recovery... - First-time home buyers have a better shot at the American dream and strapped homeowners may be able to stave off financial ruin under a lengthy set of measures signed into law by President Bush on ...

07.27.2008 - Taxpayers Need to Strategize: Major Tax Provisions in New Housing Assistance Bill -  "Not only will this Bill address 'the mortgage panic factor,' but it will also provide three quite tangible new tax provisions that affect U.S. homeowners," says Bob D. Scharin...

07.26.2008 - How Housing Rescue Bill can Help You:  The legislation devotes $300 billion to helping troubled homeowners avoid foreclosure. See if you qualify.- The Senate on Saturday passed a $300 billion housing rescue bill aimed at helping troubled homeowners avoid ...

07.23.2008 - Housing Bill:  The New And The Old Of It All - In a vote of no confidence in the housing market, President Bush this morning revoked his threat to veto the housing rescue bill, which is making its way to a vote on the House floor today. He is still opposed to the $4 billion..

 07.21.2008 - Housing Report:  Congress vs. Homeowners in Foreclosure - Could a dysfunctional Congress totally blow its only opportunity to help thousands of home owners avoid foreclosure? You'd think not -- after all, it's an election year and we're in the deepest ...

07.19.2008 - Uncomfortable Answers to Questions on the Economy - You have heard that Fannie and Freddie, their gentle names notwithstanding, may cripple the financial system without a large infusion of taxpayer money. You have gleaned that jobs are ...

07.03.2008 - Compromise Reached on Coastal Stormwater Rules - Neither the environmentalists nor the development community got everything they wanted.But it appears that three years after the state began the process of strengthening coastal stormwater rules...