table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNGw6m61YAtZ36ISUdsOmPcjkjRu1Qamp;url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/sns-201205111830--tms--realestmctnig-a20120517-20120517,0,7612659.columnbSome RE markets seeing tough competition on buy side/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fChicago Tribune/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1Q: We recently moved to bLas Vegas/b and expected to have a very easy time finding a bhome/b at a great bargain. Our budget is up to $260000, and we#39;re looking for a three- to four-bedroom bhome/b with a pool. In the last month, we have lost out on four homes b/b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;ncl=dho6zECJtb8t4uMnobrb/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table
table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNF47LAySsqjeSXcot7HPvYWjZTcIQamp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-17/foreclosures-plunge-to-five-year-low-in-u-s-recovery-mortgages.htmlimg src=//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/CiY9mTsviaaFtM/6.jpg alt= border=1 width=80 height=80 /br /font size=-2Bloomberg/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNF47LAySsqjeSXcot7HPvYWjZTcIQamp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-17/foreclosures-plunge-to-five-year-low-in-u-s-recovery-mortgages.htmlbForeclosures Plunge to Five-Year Low in U.S. Recovery: Mortgages/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fBloomberg/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1Vegas Short Sales In the bLas Vegas/b area, the share of short sales in April rose to 30 percent of existing-bhome/b purchases from 27 percent in March, while foreclosure deals fell to 37 percent from 41 percent, the Greater bLas Vegas/b Association of Realtors b/b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;ncl=dQaG3YWfzIfawRMnobrband morenbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table
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table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNEGno9ZbWZqWbrlQC4tLqNBolJUyAamp;url=http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/18558021/american-cancer-society-looking-for-volunteer-driversbFOX5 bVegas/b - KVVUAmerican Cancer Society looking for volunteer drivers/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fKVVU Las Vegas/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1quot;We#39;re in desperate need of volunteers,quot; said Debra Armstrong, quality of life manager in bLas Vegas/b. quot;It#39;s the perfect opportunity for students, members of retirement communities or anyone with just a few hours a week to step forward./fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;ncl=dZB1_iqlhgnAwBMnobrb/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table
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