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…Special Report N PAST DUE American Nightmare Foreclosure epidemic strikes the Jewish community, too. Bill Carroll Special to the Jewish News T he market stinks!" That's how a Jewish real estate agent who has been selling homes in the Detroit area Jewish commu- nity for more than 20 years describes the current real estate market. He works for a well-known realty firm and prefers not to be identified. "It seems that it takes an eternity t...…
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