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- Steering clear of scam traps
Category: Business
Publish Date: 05-11-2008 12:00 AM -0700
Our reporter collects five days' worth of online appeals. Here's what happens when he hits 'Reply.'
Monday
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- When You Have a Crooked House
Category: Business
Publish Date: 05-09-2008 09:00 PM -0700
In the nursery rhyme, the crooked man with his crooked cat and mouse didn't mind his crooked house. But outside of children's stories, homes are supposed to have level floors, flat walls and plumb...[more]
- Your Friend, Your Agent?
Category: Business
Publish Date: 05-09-2008 09:00 PM -0700
Of course you know some real estate agents. The National Association of Realtors has 1,235,598 members. Some are bound to live on your street, be in your yoga class or coach your child's soccer...[more]
- Missed Potential Along the Potomac
Category: Real Estate
Publish Date: 05-09-2008 09:00 PM -0700
The nation's capital is proud of its miles of wonderful waterfront parks. For locals and tourists, waterfront cafes can be just as wonderful.
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- 30-Year-Loan Rates Dip Slightly
Category: Real Estate
Publish Date: 05-09-2008 09:00 PM -0700
Rates on 30-year mortgages edged down this week but remained above 6 percent.
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- Hang Tight -- It Can't Be This Bad Forever
Category: Real Estate
Publish Date: 05-09-2008 09:00 PM -0700
I'll admit it: When home prices were soaring in my neighborhood, it made me feel really smart.
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- Appraisal Changes Face Resistance
Category: Real Estate
Publish Date: 05-09-2008 09:00 PM -0700
A legal brawl is breaking out over how homes are appraised, at what cost and by whom. The outcome could directly affect how much you pay for your next piece of real estate and how much money you...[more]
- A Southeast Spot Blossoming With Charm
Category: Real Estate
Publish Date: 05-09-2008 09:00 PM -0700
The fact that Hillcrest is a front-porch-sitting, dog-walking, back-fence-chatting, heavily voting community is not that unusual in this area.
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- A New System to Prepare for the Next Crisis
Category: Real Estate
Publish Date: 05-09-2008 09:00 PM -0700
Last week, I discussed what I see as a serious weakness in the way the mortgage system deals with default risk. Essentially, interest rate risk premiums collected from borrowers that are not needed...[more]
- DARPA aims to create virtual environment for cyberwar simulations
Category: Technology
Publish Date: 05-09-2008 03:43 PM -0700
Filed under: Networking
Considering that mechanical beings will be fighting our real wars here in just a few years, it's no shock to see more focus placed on the areas where actual humans will...[more]
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