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Bond giant Pimco taking another shot at equities, driven by belief in 'new normal'
Bill Gross, who runs the world's biggest mutual fund, takes a seat in a conference room and makes a confession. Overlooking the ocean at the headquarters of Pacific Investment Management Co., Gross describes missteps that doomed his bond firm's earlier ...
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Foreclosures climb in 75% of metro areas
Foreclosure filings climbed in 75% of the nation's metro areas during the first half of 2010, according to a report issued Thursday.
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Calif. city with highly paid officials has steeper taxes than Beverly Hills, Malibu
Residents of a blue-collar Los Angeles suburb where city leaders were among the highest paid in the nation are paying some of the highest property tax bills in the county.
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Popular Zero Down Mortgage Program Makes Comeback
One of the nation's last sources of zero down financing for home loans appears to be making a comeback.
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Real Estate News: More Record Lows for Mortgages
Here is a look at real-estate news in today's WSJ:
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Yacht could expand couples earnings from luxury charters
If Senator John F. Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry charter out their $7 million yacht, as planned, it will not be the first time they have made a small business of their luxury transportation. John Kerry - Teresa Heinz - Yacht - ...
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US group pressures Deutsche Bank to maintain rundown properties
The financial crisis has left thousands of homes vacant in the US city of Milwaukee. Residents there are placing part of the blame for the mess at Deutsche Bank's door.
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HUD's New Slush Funds, Thanks To FinReg
Finance Reform: HUD is at the heart of the subprime scandal, yet it's empowered as never before by FinReg. It'll manage various slush funds underwriting more Acorn-type housing activism. Housing and Urban Development is one of two federal agencies ...
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Students Plan Redevelopment Area of Brazilian city for the Next World Cup
Thirteen students from the University of Cincinnatis College of Design, Art, Architecture and Planning have recently spent months helping the city of Recife, Brazil get ready for the 2014 World Cup.
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Feds Not Impressed by Vegas Builders Generous Incentives
Federal authorities accused a Las Vegas home builder on Wednesday of defrauding lenders by inflating home prices.
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The Hunt: Shoe Leather Produces a Studio for a Shoestring Budget
For Patrick Shindell, finding something in Manhattan in his price range under $300,000 was a tall order.
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Fighting Foreclosure with Cornbread
A Georgia woman hopes she can sell enough cornbread to buy her house out of foreclosure.
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Miami Home Sales Surged in June
Home sales in the Miami region jumped in June, spurred by low prices, low mortgage rates and what was likely the final big boost from the federal home buyer tax credits
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Health Care Development in Central Florida
By Richard ReepIn this still cooling economy, Florida seems to be continually buffeted by a perfect storm of unemployment, record foreclosures, and stagnant population growth. As the state continues to suffer, the health care industry has unfolded ...
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Living In: Hints of Recovery for Riverfront Village
A Rockland County village on the Hudson River was hit hard by the recession, but is making a slow recovery back.
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Seattle: Not so great for renters after all?
Seattle might not be such a great city for renters after all. A recent list ranks Seattle as the 18th friendliest city for renters in the US.
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Square Feet | The 30-Minute Interview: Andy Frankl
Questions for the president and founder of IBEX Construction, a company based in New York that specializes in stores and commercial interiors.
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In the Region | Long Island: Over-the-Top Open Houses
Real estate brokers are holding open houses with disco and cocktail parties that help forge strategic alliances as well as sell homes.
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Taiwan's birth rate sinks on fears of 'rebellious' Tiger Children
Taipei- No other country in the world has a lower birth rate than Taiwan. During the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese calendar the birth rate tends to fall even further because`` Tiger Kids'' as regarded as being defiant. Their careers also tend to ...
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Carlos Slim Buys Manhattan Mansion for $44 Million
What does $44 million dollars get you these days? Whatever a Mexican billionaire desires.
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What to do with a reverse mortgage if you remarry (at MarketWatch)
If a couple takes out a reverse loan, but then one spouse dies and the survivor remarries, it's time to give the lender a call. Even though reverse mortgages are nonrecourse loans, there are reasons to consider refinancing into a new loan.
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Paulson: Revamp Homeownership Policy, After Market Stabilizes
Once the housing market is stabilized, the federal government should dial down its support for policies that promote homeownership over other investments, writes former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson.
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Target buys space for retail store downtown
Target, the national discount department store, will open a store at the base of the 24-story Newmark condo tower on Second Avenue between Pike and Union streets.
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Free Stimulus via Refinancing, Debate Grows
Some argue that refinancing is a slam-dunk economic stimulus.
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Real Housewife Teresa Giudices Auction Goes Global
There was so much interest in the auction of the belongings of Real Housewife Teresa Giudice, the auctioneer has opened up bidding online.
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Arts Center Seeks Open Bidding for Los Angeles Development
A proposed arts center seeks for open, competitive bidding for a development in downtown Los Angeles.
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Shaping the City: Let there be light (carefully) in Metro stations
Lately Metro has taken a lot of heat because of persistent subway system deficiencies: lack of air conditioning in rail cars; escalator and elevator outages; and operator or equipment failures resulting in derailments and collisions -- along with ...
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Big Deal: Damon Dash, Hip-Hop Entrepreneur, Sells Condo
A TriBeCa apartment owned by Damon Dash sold for $5.5 million. A second Dash property, also in TriBeCa, failed to sell.
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Comment of the Day: Saves YouMoney!!
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How Bad Is Nevada?
Daniel Indiviglio takes a look: It's sort of staggering to think about how many foreclosures are occurring in Las Vegas. First, there's the awful one in 15 homes statistic. That accounts for an amazing 6.60% of all housing units in... ...
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