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Family

Jun. 17, 2008

In Housing Slump, Breaking Up Is Harder to Do

With the mortgage market paralyzed and the housing market in the tank, selling a house is beginning to look like a bad idea to even the most embittered separating spouses.

By Greg Katz
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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      LOS ANGELES - Traditionally, splitting up a marriage has often meant splitting up most families' greatest financial asset: the house.
      But with the mortgage market paralyzed and the housing market in the tank, selling a house is beginning to look like a bad idea to even the most embittered separating spo...

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