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		<title>Home Rehab Tip: ‘Paint’ Lowers Home Value</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A research university in Norfolk, Virginia, recently released the results of its study on real estate-related matters. Perhaps those who are doing a home rehab now will find some of the results interesting.
Among the many things the Old Dominion University study suggested is that “paint” could actually lessen the chances of a house being sold. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rehab-real-estate.com/2010/07/home-rehab-tip-%e2%80%98paint%e2%80%99-lowers-home-value/</link>
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		<title>Congress Wants Fannie, Freddie Costs Recovered</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If the Congress had its way, it will recoup the money the government spent to save state-backed mortgage-finance agencies from insolvency.
Lawmakers revealed that they will be holding hearings in September to find ways to recover some of the $145 million the government has spent so far on the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rehab-real-estate.com/2010/07/congress-wants-fannie-freddie-costs-recovered/</link>
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		<title>Mortgage Brokers Told To Register, Submit Fingerprints</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To help prevent another financial crisis from crippling the U.S. economy, the Federal Reserve and other regulators have stepped up the campaign against wayward mortgage brokers.
As part of the new rules, brokers who work for agency-regulated institutions must register with the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry. They are also required to have their fingerprints [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rehab-real-estate.com/2010/07/mortgage-brokers-required-to-register-submit-fingerprints/</link>
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		<title>$1 Trillion and Saving Money While Flipping Property</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you had $1 trillion how would you spend it? For house rehabbers, it is still too hard to imagine how much $1 trillion is. That’s even if a lot of investors became millionaires from flipping property.
An online writer, however, tried to illustrate how much that money really amounts to. He chose $1 trillion because [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rehab-real-estate.com/2010/07/1-trillion-and-saving-money-while-flipping-property/</link>
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		<title>Foreclosure Activity Surges in 75% of Top Metro Areas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The number of foreclosed homes is likely to increase further as more households in major U.S. cities received foreclosure warnings in the first six months of the year.
Data released by RealtyTrac Inc. showed that of 206 metropolitan areas with a minimum population of 200,000, 154, or almost 75%, reported an annual increase in foreclosure activity. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rehab-real-estate.com/2010/07/foreclosure-activity-surges-in-75-of-top-metro-areas/</link>
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		<title>Study, ‘Oil Spill Affects Whole Florida Real Estate’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While the country’s worst oil spill in the hit only a few areas of Florida, a new study suggests that the real estate market across the Sunshine State is affected by the tragedy.
“Our respondents indicate that the effect of the oil spill is being felt across Florida despite the fact that oil is currently only [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rehab-real-estate.com/2010/07/study-%e2%80%98oil-spill-affects-whole-florida-real-estate%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<title>Got $6.245 Million From Fix and Flip? Buy Hopper’s House</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Maybe you don’t have $6.245 Million right now, but if you save up while you fix and flip houses, you might just amass that much money in a few years. By then, you’d be able to buy the late Dennis Hopper’s property in Venice Beach, California.
The 15,500-square foot property is where the actor and director [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rehab-real-estate.com/2010/07/got-6-245-million-from-fix-and-flip-buy-hopper%e2%80%99s-house/</link>
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		<title>Govt. Vows to Fix ‘Broken’ Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration is organizing a conference next month to obtain proposals to repair “broken” mortgage-finance firms currently backed by the government.
The Treasury Department said that the August 17 conference will discuss possible measures to fix the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (Freddie Mac), the two government-sponsored [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rehab-real-estate.com/2010/07/govt-vows-to-fix-%e2%80%98broken%e2%80%99-fannie-mae-freddie-mac/</link>
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		<title>Jump In Property Values Beats Expectations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Property values in May notched the biggest annual gain in three years as home prices in 20 citeis rose more than 4%, beating analysts’ expectations.
The S&#38;P/Case-Shiller index of property values rose 4.6% in May year-on-year as home buyers rushed to close deals to qualify for the federal tax credit program. The increase, which was the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rehab-real-estate.com/2010/07/jump-in-property-values-beats-expectations/</link>
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		<title>Flip Houses Solutions: How to ‘Expand’ Small Space</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dealing with small spaces is a problem encountered by everyone who is into rehabbing homes. If you need to flip houses that are cramped, you might find these simple tips useful. Learn how you can “expand” space without actually taking down a wall. Read on and remember these tips so you can apply them in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rehab-real-estate.com/2010/07/flip-houses-solutions-how-to-%e2%80%98expand%e2%80%99-small-space/</link>
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