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		<title>Can Obama&#039;s plan to help homeowners with private mortgages work?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In President Barack Obama&#8217;s State of the Union last night, he vowed to keep the &#8220;American dream&#8221; alive. His plan includes legislation that would extend the expanded HARP refinancing program to homeowners with private loans. &#160;Currently only underwater homeowners with mortgages backed by government-owned Fannie and Freddie Mac are eligible. To qualify, it doesn&#8217;t matter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some investors eligible for HARP 2 refinancing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160;Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are changing the rules in a way&#160;doing something&#160;that could make metro Phoenix&#8217;s many home investors very happy. The new program that allows homeowners with mortgages held by those government-owned mortgage giants to refinance, no matter how underwater they are, now will include investors. When the expanded Home Affordable Refinancing Program, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>December best month of 2011 for new home sales in Phoenix</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New-home sales across the Phoenix area in 2011 hit their highest level at the end of the year,&#160;according to the &#8220;Phoenix Housing Market Letter.&#8221; In December 855, new homes sold. That&#8217;s nearly double the monthly rate in Phoenix for most of 2011. It could be that the supply of foreclosure- and resale homes is at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.anthonyboydston.com/arizona-real-estate/december-best-month-of-2011-for-new-home-sales-in-phoenix/</link>
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		<title>Commercial market dealing with foreclosure issues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Problems similar to those that played out lenders, servicers and borrowers in housing market during its foreclosure crisis, are now issues for the commercial real estate market. Earlier this week at a Arizona Commercial Mortgage Lenders Association meeting, much of the discussion was about difficulties of buying office buildings, hotels, warehouses, apartments and shopping centers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.anthonyboydston.com/arizona-real-estate/commercial-market-dealing-with-foreclosure-issues/</link>
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		<title>Gilbert man indicted for housing investment scheme</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Arizona prosecutors have cracked down on another scheme that takes advantage of homeowners facing foreclosure. Gerald Lee Kelly, 47, of Gilbert has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Phoenix for wire and mail fraud, money laundering and structuring financial transactions to avoid federal bank requirements. &#160; The indictment alleges that in 2006 and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.anthonyboydston.com/arizona-real-estate/gilbert-man-indicted-for-housing-investment-scheme/</link>
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		<title>New real estate expert at ASU</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Arizona State University has a new real estate analyst, but he&#8217;s no newcomer to metro Phoenix&#8217;s housing market. Mike Orr, publisher of The Cromford Report, the daily online real-estate market analysis for metro Phoenix, has joined the W.P. Carey School of Business. The Oxford University-educated mathematician from England will provide real estate analysis for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.anthonyboydston.com/arizona-real-estate/new-real-estate-expert-at-asu/</link>
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		<title>When will expanded federal refinancing program be launched&#8230;&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week, more questions and concerns about metro Phoenix&#8217;s housing market. Question: Concerning HARP. Last I read, it was on hold awaiting more information. Have you heard anything lately about when final details will be release to the public? &#8211; AZBoomer1947 Answer: There&#8217;s still no word on the federal government&#8217;s expanded HARP, Housing Affordable Refinancing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.anthonyboydston.com/arizona-real-estate/when-will-expanded-federal-refinancing-program-be-launched/</link>
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		<title>Phoenix pet foundation for animals left in foreclosure homes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few years ago, Phoenix mortgage broker Jodi Polanski began hearing heart wrenching stories from real estate agents about pets abandoned in foreclosure homes. The agents would call the lender or property management firm taking care of the house, but little was being done to help save the cats and dogs left behind. Some agents [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.anthonyboydston.com/arizona-real-estate/phoenix-pet-foundation-for-animals-left-in-foreclosure-homes/</link>
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		<title>Phoenix housing analyst disagree&#039;s with Forbes Magazine&#039;s market report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Phoenix housing analyst Mike Orr of the Cromford Report: &#34; Another media article with a very misleading view about Phoenix home prices can be found here:&#160;Cities with Dangerously Falling Home Prices. Sourced from Forbes Magazine, It claims that the home price drop for the Phoenix/Mesa/Scottsdale MSA from October 2010 to September 2011 was -13% [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.anthonyboydston.com/arizona-real-estate/phoenix-housing-analyst-disagrees-with-forbes-magazines-market-report/</link>
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		<title>Phoenix still in top 10 for home building</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently a national real estate analyst said metro Phoenix remains in the top 10 U.S. cities for home building. This despite only 5,800 single-family permits issued across the region through October, according to the latest Phoenix Housing Market Letter. Home builders and new home buyers current pace put the market on track for about 7,000 [...]]]></description>
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