Seattle home price gain (Seattle Times)

Seattle home prices show monthly gain for first time in 2 1/2 years
Home prices in Seattle rose on a seasonally adjusted basis in October from September, the first increase in almost two and a half years, according to the closely watched S&P/Case-Shiller index.
By Seattle Times staff and news serivces
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US Treasury Stepping in on slow moving banks (Reuters)

US Treasury sets guidance on housing short sales
Mon Nov 30, 2009 4:15pm EST
More Business & Investing News… NEW YORK, Nov 30 (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury on Monday set guidance on a plan for mortgage companies to use “short sales” and other loan modification alternatives to stem a rising tide of foreclosures.
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Update on Tacoma Police officers shooting (Herald Sun)

Four Tacoma police die in coffee shop shooting ambush in Washington state
AFP From: AFP November 30, 2009 7:58AM
Unidentified police officers stand outside a coffee shop in Washington, where four police officers were shot and killed by a gunman, November 29, 2009. Picture: Reuters Source: Reuters
FOUR police officers have been gunned down in a US… Read More

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Home Sales Rise (MSNBC)

Home sales rise to highest level in 2.5 years
Only a 7-month supply of homes on market; bidding wars are erupting
Reed Saxon / AP
October home sales rose 10.1 percent, beating expectations, as tax credit spurred sales.
Realty Check: Existing Home Sales
Sales of existing homes jumped, but commercial real estate has further to fall, with CNBC’s Diana Olick.
CNBC
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Housing starts fall sharply, inflation edges up

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Construction of new homes in the United States hit a six month low in October, providing more evidence of the economy’s sluggish recovery, while a surge in the cost of new and used vehicles lifted consumer…

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