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Mortgage rates drop to lowest level since January
WASHINGTON -- Rates on 30-year mortgages plunged this week to the lowest level since January after the government launched a sweeping new effort to aid the U.S. housing market....
Financial industry pushes for lower mortgage rates
WASHINGTON -- Financial industry lobbyists are urging the Treasury Department to take steps to lower mortgage rates and help stabilize the battered U.S. housing market....
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R.I. house sales see increase in October
In Foster, acre after acre of country elegance
Contractors are using more energy-saving materials, techniques
Housing market might bottom early next year, some agents say
Borrowing Trouble
Recent stories
Abandoned properties multiplying in Providence
Foreclosures leave some tenants high and dry
Eviction: Forcing people from their homes
Your turn: Are there foreclosed homes on your street? How are they affecting you?
R.I. foreclosures way up in first quarter
Chart: First quarter legally noticed foreclosures, by municipality
Map: Rhode Island foreclosures: April 2007 - March 2008
Foreclosure crisis forces many renters from homes
Foreclosure isn’t the only way out












