Crude Stabilizes after Thursday’s Selloff
Buyers stepped back into the crude-oil market early Friday, bidding the price of the benchmark contract above the $58-a-barrel mark.
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U.S. existing-home sales decline, claims for unemployment aid rise U.S. existing-home sales decline, claims for unemployment aid rise JEANNINE AVERSA WASHINGTON - A cooling U.S. housing market may put buyers in the driver's seat while an improving job market
Real Estate Calendar Here are some events that builders and developers have scheduled for would-be home buyers in the coming weeks. All are free and open to the public. read more...
Cost of Housing Eating More of Income Homeowners in every state but Alaska spent more of their incomes on housing costs last year than they did in 1999.Commentread more...
Home remodeling can be a one-woman adventure Kathryn McBride visited the emergency room only once during the three-plus years she single-handedly rehabbed her Queen Anne Victorian home in southwest suburban Brookfield, Ill.read more...
Home buyer worry in two areas If you're wondering what it will be like if the real estate bubble bursts, ask some homeowners in Dorchester and Roxbury.via
Mortgage-Lobby Chief Resigns The chief of the mortgage industry's most powerful lobby group, Jonathan Kempner, resigned Tuesday, just as the industry is defending itself from a hostile Congress and a punishing housing slump.read