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I would like to know what you think needs to be done to help turn the Housing market around I personally feel that if is to ever be done it will have to come from within our industry I don’t think Washington has a clue on how to fix it because everything they do makes no sense to me and half the country. My idea stems from the one good program they have (FHA) and that was created back in the 30′s. So please give your thoughts and ideas and take a look at FHA SAVE and if you have any suggestions on how to make that idea better do tell.

I posted an idea on activerain that I think is pretty good. The concept is called FHA SAVE this idea stems from a conversation I had with Chris Boelter a Mortgage Pro.

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You know what they say about practice — it makes perfect.

So it’s not surprising that, in an era that offers so many ways to screw up your golden years, “practicing retirement” is becoming a more common strategy.

“Many people haven’t saved enough to retire, so they are anxious because they realize they will have to keep working in their 60s when they had hoped that they would be having fun,” explains Christine Fahlund, a senior financial planner with T. Rowe Price. Full Article…

The New York Times’ Ron Lieber provides excellent reasons why 401ks should be required to offer index funds, and why you should consider investing in them if you have one in your employer’s plan. Actively managed funds, as opposed to index funds, have higher fees, which eat at returns, and they are usually riskier. Writes Lieber:

If your plan at work doesn’t offer an index fund, take Ron’s column to your HR department and get them to read it.  Writes Lieber:
 
For more on the basics of indexing and investing:

Read some of It’s Only Money’s past posts on indexing, including Passive investing — a great gift for the holidays & forever after. P Full Article…

Wynn Resorts Ltd. was splitting its headquarters between Las Vegas and Macau, the billionaire executive said, with the company’s revenue increasingly tied to soaring growth in the former Portuguese colony.

Macau posted US$23.5 billion in gaming revenues last year, outpacing the Las Vegas strip by at least four-fold. Much of the eye-popping figure is tied to high-roller gamblers from mainland China flooding into the southern territory — the only place in China that allows casino gambling.

“We think of ourselves very deeply as a Chinese company in many respects,” Wynn told reporters, adding that the firm’s revenue growth in Macau “clearly indicates that to be so.”

He was speaking to media following Wynn Macau’s annual meeting, with the U.S. parent al

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For those people looking for value and luxury, this Guadalmina villa for sale satisfies both criteria. On the market previously for €4,700,000, the owner has just reduced the asking price of this house to €2,950,000. Interestingly, the Spanish property valuers, TINSA have just given a valuation at just over the €4,000,000 mark, helping those people who want to purchase with a mortgage put far less cash down.

The property itself is large and very well maintained, both inside and out, offered prospective purchasers 1143m2 of internal space and a 2000m3 totally private plot. The g

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