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Home Buyers News Archive 08-Oct-2007

Top Tips: Protect yourself from credit discrimination (CNNMoney.com via Yahoo! Finance) We told you last week about a report by Genworth Financial that found a disproportionately large percentage of mortgages made to African American and Hispanic home buyers were high-cost subprime loans.

Venice news briefs: Forum will educate potential home buyers (Sarasota Herald-Tribune)SARASOTA -- Realtors, mortgage lenders, nonprofit agencies and others will participate in a Saturday forum for first-time home buyers that will cover how to avoid foreclosure and how to afford a home.

2nd-home buyers still looking for chance to tee it up (The Record)An early autumn chill was in the air, and a breeze blew gently. Fringed by a deep rough, the manicured fairways undulated around sand traps, water hazards and steep ravines. Elevated tees offer deceptive views of stunning holes. And the aroma of baking apple pie drifted downwind from nearby homes.

? Home-buyers Find ?Paradise? in Detroit Suburb (Turks.US)Robert Neal is in heaven. "This is not a buyer's market, this is a buyer's paradise," said the 37-year-old former auto worker as he waited for a foreclosure auction to start in this Detroit suburb.

Negative equity warning for first-time home buyers (Daily Mail)One in 20 first-time buyers could become stuck in their homes if house prices fall, it was warned today

Number of minority home buyers down in 2006 (Market Watch)CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- The total number of minority home buyers who took out a mortgage dropped 7.1% in 2006, led by a 21.5% decrease in the number of Asian-American buyers. But the number of African-American home buyers actually rose slightly last year, reflecting a 0.6% increase over 2005, according to a study released on Thursday.

Schwarzenegger's office unveils measures to help home buyers (San Jose Mercury News)Measures to protect consumers and corral unscrupulous brokers and agents who are taking unfair advantage of home buyers were announced Wednesday by Gov.

Lessons from the landslide Home buyers not checking fine print, maps that might reveal danger zones (San Diego Union-Tribune)Sizing up water worries JOHN GASTALDO / Union-Tribune Wasted water, as from this broken sprinkler in Escondido, is a growing concern. Only one agency in the county has set Stage 2 water-conservation measures. Water experts will meet with the San Diego City Council Monday to discuss challenges that affect the entire county. Lessons from the landslide

Protect yourself from credit discrimination (CNN Money)We told you last week about a report by Genworth Financial that found a disproportionately large percentage of mortgages made to African American and Hispanic home buyers were high-cost subprime loans. Here's how you can protect yourself from credit discrimination.

Saving helps first-time home buyers (Marshfield News Herald)Becky Crump and her fiance Matt Volenec started house shopping a year ago, but without a serious idea of what they wanted.

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