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How to Sell Your Timeshare in This Economy
Recently, in the New York Times, selling a timeshare during the recession was discussed. It is “absolutely the worst time to sell,” said Brian Rogers, owner of the Timeshare Users Group. “A few years ago you got 50 cents on the dollar. Now you’re lucky if you get 10 cents on the dollar.” So what [...]
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10 Reasons to Buy Land at Saddle Creek Forest
Why buy land at Saddle Creek Forest in Magnolia, Texas?  Here are the top 10 reasons to buy land at Saddle Creek Forest.  Be sure to watch our video below. Large acreage wooded homesites with room to spread out Big mix of trees with thick foliage Lot type diversity offers many options for building your custom home Houston area [...]
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Home Mortgage Rates at 52 Year Lows
Mortgage rates dropped to a 52-year low today and are not expected to drop much further which means that lot loans and construction loans are also at all-time lows. The good news for the housing market this week combined with these incredible low rates makes it the absolute perfect time to buy land now. According to [...]
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Hope For The Housing Market
HOPE FOR THE HOUSING MARKET THIS WEEK! The housing market receive some of the best news this week it’s seen in months! · New Home sales rose 5% last month · Existing home sales had a better-than-expected gain in February · [...]
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A Better Time to Buy Land?
Things are continuing to look positive for the economy and the housing market this week. The Federal Reserve announced yesterday a $1.2 trillion effort to lower rates on mortgages and other consumer debt, spur spending and revive the economy. The Federal Reserve also decided to leave a key short-term bank lending rate at a record [...]
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Has the Stock Market hit bottom?
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. bank stocks, which had their best week on record last week, powered higher again on Monday amid optimism that banks are succeeding in efforts to restore profitability, and that a change to accounting rules might alleviate feared capital shortfalls. In afternoon trading, the KBW Bank Index .BKX of large U.S. [...]
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Wall Street rises Monday
Wall Street rallied for a fifth straight day Monday after reassuring comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and encouraging news from another big bank. The Dow Jones industrials rose more than 100 points as stock markets overseas also advanced. Bernanke said Sunday the recession would probably end this year if the government’s program to [...]
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Signs of Stability Drive Up Stocks
The stock market rose Friday to cap its best week since November, as scattered bits of good news from shopping malls to metals markets gave some reason to believe that the economy may be getting closer to a bottom. Consumers are still cutting back, but not as steeply as they were, data showed this week. Many [...]
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Market Changing for 2009?
Great news today as the stock market rallied for a fifth straight day! The stock market was up 4 out of 5 days last week and is up again today.  The rise in the stock market is due to several positive things happening in the economy.  All of these factors are working together to increase [...]
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More Good News for Texas Economy
CNBC named Texas as the #1 state for doing business in 2008. The report said that Texas has the best all-around economy, a good transportation system, low cost of living, good quality of life and a good environment for business. With the 12th largest economy in the world (if it were considered a nation), Texas [...]
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