document.write("<h1>RISMedia » Finance and Economy</h1><div class='RSS_Entry'><h1><a href='http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RismediaFinanceAndEconomy/~3/n960hoEAL44/' target='new'>Government to Spend $3 Billion to Help Homeowners</a></h1><h2>8/16/2010 2:04:05 PM</h2><p><p>RISMEDIA, August 17, 2010—The White House said recently it would spend an additional $3 billion to help distressed homeowners in the states with the highest jobless rates to pay their mortgages.<span id=\"more-48686\"></span></p> <p>The latest round of funding pushes the total&#8230;</p></p></div><div class='RSS_Entry'><h1><a href='http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RismediaFinanceAndEconomy/~3/nx7m5_hS5mQ/' target='new'>U.S. Housing Prices Turn Positive in April</a></h1><h2>6/8/2010 3:03:05 PM</h2><p><p>RISMEDIA, June 9, 2010—Integrated Asset Services®, LLC (IAS®), a leader in default management and residential collateral valuations, has released the latest IAS360® House Price Index (HPI). Based upon the timeliest and most granular data available<span id=\"more-47062\"></span> in the industry, the&#8230;</p></p></div><div class='RSS_Entry'><h1><a href='http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RismediaFinanceAndEconomy/~3/EA5YykINjU8/' target='new'>Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Decline Amid Market Volatility</a></h1><h2>5/13/2010 1:37:13 PM</h2><p><p>RISMEDIA, May 14, 2010—Mortgage rates were down for the third week in a row, with the average conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rate falling to 5.07 percent, according to Bankrate.com&#8217;s weekly national survey. The average 30-year fixed mortgage<span id=\"more-46496\"></span> has an&#8230;</p></p></div><div class='RSS_Entry'><h1><a href='http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RismediaFinanceAndEconomy/~3/cNoUj8MUJhw/' target='new'>NAR Grants Help Make Homeownership More Affordable for Working Families</a></h1><h2>5/12/2010 2:30:45 PM</h2><p><p>RISMEDIA, May 13, 2010—Despite today&#8217;s tight economy, many areas of the country have not seen a significant drop in their high cost of living. To help meet this critical need for more affordable housing for low- to moderate-income working families,<span&#8230;</p></p></div><div class='RSS_Entry'><h1><a href='http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RismediaFinanceAndEconomy/~3/xhyDuod8eqk/' target='new'>Regional Spotlight: April Home Sales Increased in Mid-Atlantic Region, Report Indicates</a></h1><h2>5/10/2010 1:20:57 PM</h2><p><p>RISMEDIA, May 11, 2010—Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, Inc. (MRIS), a leading provider of real estate information technology and the largest multiple listing service in the nation, announced that the number of homes sold in the Mid-Atlantic region increased 25 percent*&#8230;</p></p></div>");