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Mortgage rates dropped for a third straight week, reflecting the impact the weakening economy is having on financial markets.

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  • Freddie, Fannie suspend foreclosure actions

    Mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are suspending foreclosures for about 16,000 U.S. households during the holiday season.

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  • U.S. home construction at record low

    A government report says construction of new homes plunged 4.5 percent last month to the lowest level on government records.

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  • U.S. home construction at new record low

    A government report says construction of new homes plunged 4.5 percent last month to the lowest level on government records.

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  • Homebuilder sentiment plunges to new low

    The National Association of Home Builders says its housing market index plunged to another record low this month.

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  • FDIC plan could help 1.5 million keep homes

    Publicly breaking with the Bush administration, the FDIC proposed to use $24 billion in government funding to help 1.5 million American households avoid foreclosure.

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  • Billions for Fannie, Freddie?

    Treasury may need to give billions to mortgage giants and the tab could top the $200 billion set aside.

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  • Mortgage rates fall for a second week

    Mortgage rates dropped for a second straight week, reflecting the impact the weakening economy is having on financial markets.

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  • 2009 commercial real estate outlook darkens

    The 2009 outlook for the commercial real estate sector has turned suddenly bleak. Rents and vacancies at shopping centers and office buildings will suffer the most.

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  • Foreclosures spike 25 percent year-on-year

    Troy Courtney stands on the porch of his Mill Valley, Calif., home on Saturday, Nov. 1. His family is about to move out of the house following a foreclosure. The number of homeowners caught in the wave of foreclosures in October grew 25 percent nationally over the same month in 2007, data released Thursday showed.

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