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Subprime Locations: No One Is Safe
by Jonathan J. Miller - Martix

Pending home sales in surprise rise
from CNN Money Realtors' report seen as giving the sense that market may have bottomed. The Pending Home Sales Index, which is based on signed contracts for sale transactions that have not yet closed, reached 109.3 in February. An index of 100 is equal to the average level of contract activity in 2001, which was the first year to be examined and the first of five consecutive record years for existing-home sales, the association noted.

PropertyDoctors.com is yet another real estate-focused social-networking site.

Eppraisal.com just launched its redesign with an apparent focus on leveraging the weaknesses of their competitors.

SUBPRIME:
Jimmy Carter sees subprime mortgage stress (in Turkey) [Sabah]
Subprime Homesick Blues [New Yorker]
Credit Suisse Unit Sues Subprime Mortgage Lender [WaPo]
Subprime Pullback May Crimp Consumer Spending [WSJ]
Subprime Crisis May Hurt Home Sales, Realtors Say [Bloomberg]
Homeowners on the brink: Subprime borrowers face foreclosure, ruin [Contra Costa Times]
Subprime problem likely will work itself out [Daily Journal]


NEW YORK CITY:
Market Strong for Apartments in Manhattan [NYT]
Big Apple’s Housing Market Shines [TheStreet.com]
Manhattan home prices on the rise - again [CNN/Money]
CITY HIGH RI$E [New York Post]
Manhattan Apartment Prices Increase at Slower Pace [Bloomberg]
Wall St dollars help NY buck U.S. housing decline [Reuters]
Buoyant Manhattan Market Bucks National Housing Trend [New York Sun]
NYC Rocks On! Sales/Prices Up! [UbanDigs]
New Inventory Neighborhood Chart [UrbanDigs]
No bubble in NYC apartment prices [New York Daily News]
Manhattan Market Report: Sales Soar, Prices Nudge Up [Curbed]
Residential market in bloom [The Real Deal]
Manhattan Apartments Keep Selling [Gothamist]
Big Apple Bucking National Housing Market Trends [All Headline News]
Manhattan Residential Market Surges in 2007 [Commercial Property News]

Anderson Report: More Housing Carnage to Come, but No Recession
on Apr 2nd, 2007 in Market Overview by Judith Levy with stocks: XHB

Costs Have a Tendency to Add Up When Tackling a Teardown Project
Wall Street Journal correspondent Nancy Keates, who plans to knock down her home to build a new one, hires an arborist to meet building-permit requirements in her town. But when her hired "tree guy" comes back with a lofty estimate -- and fee, she realizes this may not be the last time she'll face such markups.

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