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  Judge to Appoint Receiver to Manage Tamarack Resort -
  
  
  
• Tamarack Owners' Bankruptcy
  

  Tamarack's Bankruptcy Trial Dissmissed - KTVB report October 14, 2008

  
  
  
  
• Home Free
  Home Free. There are plenty of reasons to buy your retirement house now -- even if you don't plan to live in it for years...
  
  
  
• Improvement in Mortgage Market Bodes Well for Housing in 2008
  Conditions in the mortgage market are improving for consumers, which should help to release some pent-up demand in early 2008, according to the latest forecast by the National Association of Realtors®.
  
  
  
• Which state has the fastest-growing economy?
  BOISE — With all due respect to Phoenix, Las Vegas and Orlando, the heart of American's biggest economic boom is right here in Idaho.
  
  
  

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Mortgage Relief Programs Aren't Helping Much - Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT Up until now, state efforts to help distressed homeowners refinance have had negligible results. A new federal bill may give them additional tools.

Condo-Hotel Buyers See Investments Sour - Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT Many investors who purchased condo hotel rooms during the real-estate boom are wishing they hadn't. Some frustrated owners are bringing these projects to the attention of regulators.

Five Questions to Ask Before Remodeling - Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT Before you redo your home make sure you know how big a renovation you can afford and how long you will remain in your residence.

States Move Fast On Mortgage Aid - Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT Local governments are acting more aggressively to help homeowners avoid foreclosure, frustrated by what they view as the federal government's inadequate response to the mortgage crisis.

FHA Loans Grow Costly As Banks Add Fees - Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT Lenders that make loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration are adding costs and restrictions that make those mortgages more expensive for consumers and less widely available.

Selling History By the Square Foot - Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT In a backlash against vinyl-clad McMansions developers are creating communities with houses that look like they were built centuries ago, but with modern trappings.

Fine Tuning the Picture On the Foreclosure Mess - Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT It's not always easy to get an accurate sense of how many foreclosures there actually are and which U.S. locales are the hardest hit. June Fletcher explains why.