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Calling all RESPA nerds

By Matt Carter, Monday, March 31, 2008.

After checking out the cool ways people are using the "Technology, Tools and Tidbits" group on the Community page of the new Inman site last week (see previous post), I decided it would be fun to create a new group on RESPA reform (OK, maybe not FUN -- nobody is quite that dorky -- but useful and informative, perhaps).  more...

Reports: Rise and fall of home values has a lot to do with original value

By Glenn Roberts Jr., Monday, March 31, 2008.

A March economic report by PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. includes a brief analysis: "House Price Declines Have Been Bigger for Lower Priced Homes." This item in the report cites data from the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller house price index, which provides price data in two tiers -- upper-value homes and lower-value homes -- for 17 metro areas.  more...