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New Wage Standards Threaten Home Values
Are factory wages set to fall? If you don't work in a factory do you care? You bet, especially if rising home values are important to you. Peter G. Miller comments. FULL STORY

Income and Lending
"Stated" and "No" income loans can have any additional requirement they want to help the lender sleep at night. FULL STORY

October 2005 Economic Outlook
Hurricane Rita battered the Gulf coast just three short weeks after Katrina, and while no where as severe nor as close to major population centers, it wreaked a fair amount of destruction and undid some of the reconstruction in the New Orleans area. FULL STORY

Rebuilding Stalwarts Move Into Gulf Coast Region
The Urban Land Institute and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, working closely with local officials, move to the top of the heap of those engaged in the Gulf Coast's rebuilding efforts. FULL STORY

Canada's New Unretirement!
Canadians live in the midst of a first-time-in-history demographic revolution that's redefining many things they've come to take for granted, including home, work and retirement. PJ Wade suggests Boomers are the driving force and that there's more change to come. FULL STORY

Seattle, Washington: A City of Diversity
Seattle and its close-in neighborhoods have something for almost everyone, say local Realtors. FULL STORY