Can we trust Martin after latest flip-flop?
FOXSports.com - 5 hours ago
"I'm too young to retire from racing, but I've been out here chasing this thing for a long time. I'm very proud of what we've been able to do over the years ...
Mark Martin and Brett Favre -- the guys who just won't quit Orlando Sentinel
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Lake Michigan Visitors Battling Weather and E-Coli for 4th
Associated Content, CO - 7 hours ago
Some folks that probably won't be having a traditional beach fireworks display will be Lake Michigan visitors. Lake Michigan has greeted visitors with two ...

Guerrilla gardeners dig in to beautify Los Angeles
Seattle Times, United States - 7 hours ago
Scott Bunnell, who has maintained a guerrilla garden on a median in Long Beach for about 10 years, said he wants to demonstrate that low-maintenance gardens ...

Campground project to begin at El Moro
Coastline Pilot, CA - 10 hours ago
Hundreds of visitors a day crossing Pacific Coast Highway at that location to get to the beach is an accident waiting to happen." A pedestrian crossing with ...

The Boys come back to the beach
Cherry Hill Courier Post, NJ - 17 hours ago
In Watt's opinion, rock concerts attracted "an undesirable element" that wasn't welcome on federal land as long as he had any say in the matter. ...

49ers add a 7-foot center to a solid freshman class
Long Beach Press-Telegram, CA - 18 hours ago
By Frank Burlison, Staff Writer LONG BEACH - The Long Beach State men's basketball program has added another player for the 2008-09 season. ...

Mayor draws line in the sand
Stratford Bard, CT - Jul 3, 2008
The place is called "Long Beach West," a mile or so stretch of beach that lies to the west of Long Beach which is accessed at the end of Oak Bluff Road ...

Long presidential campaign not yet tiring voters
Reuters - Jul 3, 2008
By Michelle Nichols LONG BEACH, New York (Reuters) - With his wetsuit around his waist, Peter Flintoft walks wearily along the Long Beach boardwalk. ...

KEISSER: Book pays tribute to bona fide champion
Long Beach Press-Telegram, CA - Jul 1, 2008
Foster is the Long Beach-based lawyer and former USA Water Polo executive who helped bring the 2004 US Olympic Trials to Long Beach. ...
Few are multitasking Baltimore Sun
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Would you believe, Laura Richardson - Realtor?
Los Angeles Times, CA - Jul 1, 2008
Thereporter couldn't find any records of sales by Richardson, a Long Beach Democrat. When her licesne expired, Richardson didn't renew it. ...
Richardson the Realtor? It's not so far-fetched Long Beach Press-Telegram
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Trashing California on LA Land
Los Angeles Times, CA - Jul 3, 2008
An LA Land post about the collapse of real estate market in the Inland Empire was linked to the widely read Drudge Report, and has brought out California ...

NorCal Firm Buys Apts. from SoCal
GlobeSt. com, NY - Jun 30, 2008
... the development from national Commercial Ventures of Los Angeles, according to the brokerage firm in the deal, Bentley Group Real Estate Advisors. ...

OC riding an economic downturn
OCRegister, CA - Jun 28, 2008
This benchmark for local real estate has fallen seven quarters in a row. The index now rests at a level last seen in 2002. Real estate's pain is not just ...

REAL ESTATE: SoCal bloggers fight housing 'bailout'
North County Times, CA - Jun 27, 2008
By ZACH FOX - Staff Writer | Friday, June 27, 2008 4:14 PM PDT ∞ Not everyone wants to stem the wave of foreclosures about to wash over North County. ...

Private Investors Fuel Active Sales Within Small Retail Property ...
CoStar Group, MD - Jun 26, 2008
As Marcus & Millichap notes in its midyear capital markets report, "Private investors have ample capital and remain attracted to US commercial real estate. ...

Dr. Pepper Snapple Adds To CRE, Hires CBRE
GlobeSt. com, NY - Jun 19, 2008
By Connie Gore PLANO, TX-Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Inc. has made a triple real estate play as it gains footing from its May spin-off of London-based Cadbury ...

Broker BlogWrap: Pools and Shoes
Curbed, NY - Jun 19, 2008
If you're a SoCal Realtor with a blog we should be reading, drop us a line. 1) Selling Real Estate is Like Selling Shoes: Realtor/busty-nerd Poppy Dinsey of ...

Despite Outlook, Commercial Real Estate Seems Active [Housing Tracker]
Seeking Alpha, NY - Jun 18, 2008
Now companies that made big business investing in commercial real estate are re-evaluating their company make-up. SoCal REIT Maguire Properties (MPG) said ...

Working with Famous Clients - How to Balance Discretion and Promotion
RisMedia.com (press release), CT - Jun 13, 2008
In that time, and especially during periods of fluctuation in the real estate market, Sothebys International Realty agents and brokers have always walked a ...

Sport Bike Has Attitude - Will Travel
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - Jun 6, 2008
It was my solution to beating the traffic to my real estate business in Manhattan's lower east side. Another biker and I would show clients properties on ...

Washington's population is growing, but slower than before
Seattle Times, United States - 17 hours ago
Many job seekers are having difficulty selling their homes in the states they are moving from and are being forced to carry two mortgages if they decide to ...

Housing rescue stalls in Senate
Jackson News-Tribune, WY - 20 hours ago
Mortgage holders would first have to agree to take a loss on the existing mortgages. They would have a powerful incentive to do so in many cases, ...
Nelson would let at-risk homeowners tap retirement accounts Daytona Beach News-Journal
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Mortgage insurers curb foreclosures
Fall River Herald News,  USA - 23 hours ago
... housing frenzy of 2003 to 2007, a lot of buyers avoided mortgage insurance by getting piggybacks -- home equity loans on top of their primary mortgages. ...
Pace of housing rescue slows CNNMoney.com
Pace of mortgage aid by lenders dropped in May Boston Globe
Statement of Debbie Goldstein, CRL Executive Vice President, on ... SunHerald.com
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California Senate Passes Key Mortgage Bill
InjuryBoard.com, FL - Jul 3, 2008
Assemblyman Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) seeks to prohibit stated-income loans, which allow people to qualify for mortgages without verifying their income or if ...

Cleanup: Banks must maintain foreclosed homes
Los Angeles Times, CA - Jul 3, 2008
... give homeowners a better chance of working with their lender, or lenders -- remember, many have more than one loan -- to restructure their mortgages. ...

Foreclosure bill orders lenders to talk to borrowers
Ventura County Star, CA - Jul 3, 2008
A package of Assembly-backed bills that would have, among other things, prohibited prepayment penalties in subprime mortgages died in a Senate committee ...

More banks are helping hurting homeowners
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - Jul 2, 2008
Those lenders account for about half of the subprime mortgages in California. The 10 lenders modified loans for 8686 customers in May and 9448 in April, ...

Florida AG sues Countrywide The Business Journal of the Greater ...
Bizjournals.com, NC - Jul 2, 2008
... into mortgages they couldn't afford or loans with rates and penalties that were misleading. Similar lawsuits have been filed in Illinois and California. ...
Headaches could await some borrowers with troubled company's home ... Evanston Review
Florida sues Countrywide over mortgages Reuters
Fla. AG says Countrywide deceived borrowers Forbes
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Wachovia halts negative amortization mortgages
MarketWatch - Jun 30, 2008
Wachovia agreed to acquire Golden West for more than $24 billion in May 2006, taking the bank deep into the mortgage market in California and other ...
Posted by: Dean Foust on June 30 BusinessWeek
Wachovia Waives Mortgage Fees Wall Street Journal
To Pick-A-Pay loans: Goodbye, good riddance Charlotte Observer
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California, other states sue Countrywide over mortgage practices
Bizjournals.com, NC - Jun 25, 2008
California mortgages accounted for 26 percent of Countrywide's loan volume. The state of Illinois is also suing the mortgage giant over its lending ...
Countrywide sued for unfair lending; buyout approved guardian.co.uk
Countrywide Catches Heat From States Forbes
Countrywide sued for unfair lending; buyout approved Reuters
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