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By MICHELLE CONLIN and ?PALLAVI GOGOI AP Business Writers Mortgage industry employees are still signing documents they haven’t read and using fake signatures more than eight months after big banks and mortgage companies promised to stop the illegal practices that ...

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin homeowners who are at risk of foreclosure have two more weeks to apply for assistance through a federal program. Eligible homeowners can qualify for an interest-free loan up to $50,000. The money would be used to ...

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By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and ?MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Lower unemployment, bankruptcies and foreclosures in March reduced the nation’s economic stress to its lowest point this year, according to The Associated Press’ monthly analysis of conditions around the country. More than ...

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By DEREK KRAVITZ AP Real Estate Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Builders broke ground on more new homes last month, giving the weak housing market a slight boost at the start of the spring buying season. Home construction rose 7.2 percent ...

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By DEREK KRAVITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON — Homebuilders are more pessimistic about the housing market this month, a dismal sign at the start of the spring-buying season. The National Association of Home Builders said its index of industry sentiment for ...

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By Jack Zemlicka After an initial decline in the number of residential foreclosures this year, March figures showed foreclosures are on the rise again, and the sudden spike has industry professionals looking for ways to cope with the setback. According ...

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By DEREK KRAVITZ and ?JANNA HERRON AP Real Estate Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Home prices are falling in most major U.S. cities, and the average price in four of them is at an 11-year low. Analysts expect further prices ...

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By Michelle Conlin AP Real Estate Writer In suburban Chicago, it’s paradise to be a homebuyer. At the Millbrook Pointe development in quaint and pristine Wheeling, a $269,000, brick-and-stone townhouse comes with $25,000 in free upgrades, including wood-burning fireplaces, all-stainless ...

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By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and ?MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Lower unemployment and bankruptcies helped reduce the nation’s economic stress in January compared with a year earlier, according to The Associated Press’ monthly analysis. Still, the figures show the economy has yet ...

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