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Mortgage Ruling Could Have Big Impact

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is expected to rule sometime this month on a case that could force the U.S. banking industry to cancel or rescind loans if borrowers prove that their lenders violated a federal lending disclosure law....
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Credit Crunch Fuels Rise in 'Advance Fee' Schemes

Federal and state authorities say the nation's housing slump and credit squeeze are resulting in a spike in reports of companies preying on frustrated borrowers who are having difficulty securing commercial loans through conventional sources....
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Upset homeowner shoots real estate agent in Mich.

A man upset about a property transaction fatally shot a real estate agent in the head during a meeting Tuesday morning in the victim's office, authorities said....
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Tax Increases Avoided as City Budget Deal Is Reached

$129 Million in Cuts to Schools Proposed by Mayor Are Restored...
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A New Way for Homeowners to Cope

People faced with losing their houses because of onerous mortgage resets, plunging values or other financial issues may soon have a new way to deal with their problems....
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Trade Center Rebuilding Faces Big Setback

The rebuilding of the World Trade Center, destroyed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, won't be completed until the middle of the next decade, and will cost as much as $3 billion more than planned, according to people familiar with the matter....
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Most Expensive New York Apartment Ever Listed: $150 M

There are a few apartments on the market at 15 CPW, a new development on Central Park West, asking somewhere between $80 and $125 million--three different apartments--and one quietly on the market at $150 million...
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House Approves $237M For City Transit System

The House approved financial help Thursday to mass transit systems in New York and elsewhere facing a surge in riders because of high gas prices....
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B’klyn realtor won’t serve blacks: lawsuit

A Brooklyn real estate agency systematically denied service to black people - going so far as to ask on the phone whether one prospective renter was Jewish - according to a federal lawsuit filed Thursday....
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Foreclosure stigma haunts would-be renters

Some landlords turning away rental applicants with mortgage baggage...
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Fed Creates Two New Entities for Risk Management and Communication

The New York Fed created two new entities on Thursday in an effort to improve the bank's risk management and communications among regional and community banks....
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Rainmaker Mozilo Exits Under a Cloud

Angelo Mozilo, slated to step down as chief executive of Countrywide Financial Corp. on Tuesday, is departing with a devalued reputation partly because he stayed too long and at times ran the publicly traded mortgage lender as if it were his own company....
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House For Sale, Wife Included

A struggling single parent and real estate agent is trying to sell her house and find a husband. She's auctioning off both her home and her love in a package deal....
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Property Tax Rift Divides Council, Mayor

A fight over property taxes is derailing budget talks between Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council, with council leaders walking away from negotiations and insisting they won't agree to a property tax hike they say the mayor is pushing....
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Buildings Department Criticized As Too Slow on Violations

The city's Department of Buildings is again under scrutiny following an audit by the city's comptroller that claims the department is too slow in correcting building violations....
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