Weekly roundup of news you don’t want to miss

Here’s your chance to catch up with news included to inform, enlighten and perhaps even entertain you. To read about The Big Apple, check out another of today’s three posts.

HE SCORES BIG AND HIGH IN HARLEM

SELF-STYLED OLD AND CRANKY FASHIONISTA LISTS HER PALM BEACH HOME (second item)

ESTATE OF LATE FELONIOUS QUEEN SELLS FOR HUGE DISCOUNT: $35 MILLION

IT SEEMS THAT GREED IS GRATIFYING

HE AND HIS HOME HAVE BEEN OUT OF SYNC, SO HE’S MOVING ON (2nd item)

FAMED ARTIST’S GRANDSON IS PRETTY CREATIVE TOO

HOME RESALES IN AUGUST CLIMB 4.3 PERCENT OVER JULY

SOME SELLERS OF HIGH-END PROPERTIES TAKE THEIR MEDICINE, OTHERS SUCH AS CANDY SPELLING HOLD OUT FOR BETTER PRICES

INDEX OF PENDING HOME SALES CLIMBS BUT FALLS WAY BEHIND ONE YEAR EARLIER

RADAR LOGIC INDEX REVEALS THAT HOME SALES PLUMMETED IN JULY

VACANCY RATE OF RENTAL UNITS DROPPED SHARPLY IN Q3

CREDIT SUISSE: TRAFFIC FAILS TO REBOUND IN SEPTEMBER, BUYERS SHY, PRICES SLIPPING, TRAFFIC WEAK

FLAWED DOCUMENTS (SEE BELOW) INTERRUPT SALES OF FORECLOSED HOMES

RATES CONTINUE THEIR SLIDE, NOW DOWN TO 4.27 PERCENT VERSUS 4.87 PERCENT A YEAR AGO

CHANGES ON REVERSE MORTGAGES WILL ALTER FEE STRUCTURE

FORECLOSURES SCANDAL OVER DOCUMENTATION GAINS TRACTION IN WASHINGTON, WHERE OBAMA IS AMONG THE DISPLEASED

OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL ALLEGES FRAUD IN FORECLOSURES MESS

PURCHASE APPLICATIONS REACH HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE EARLY MAY

OFFERED TO RELOCATE FOR BETTER JOB, EMPLOYEES THINK TWICE

PENDING LEGISLATION COULD END FEES THAT COST OWNERS EVERY TIME A PROPERTY IS SOLD

FIRST LISTED AT $85 MILLION, AN L.A. MANSION (WHAT ELSE COULD YOU CALL IT?) SELLS FOR $50 MILLION

FORECLOSURE CRISIS HAD SIGNIFICANT RACIAL DIMENSIONS

HARRIS POLL RESPONDENTS WHO WANT TO BUY A HOME RISES FROM 7 PERCENT IN MAY TO 10 PERCENT LAST MONTH

‘HOME PRICE DOLDRUMS COULD GO ON FOR MANY YEARS,’ SAYS RADAR LOGIC IN SIGNIFICANTLY GRIM FORECAST

IMF WARNS OF A DOWNTURN IN GLOBAL REAL ESTATE LASTING UP TO EIGHT YEARS

In the sidebar on the right, you can search for properties listed by various brokers, though I encourage you to be in touch with me to look for properties for you and to gather additional information. You also may want to see my periodic critiques of properties that I visit in “Out and About,” which is posted today.

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Malcolm Carter
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