County halts courthouse remodeling
Yakima County is halting a courthouse remodeling project to comply with state bid laws officials say were violated after the work began last year.
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Chanhassen broker pleads guilty to racketeering in $2.5 million mortgage fraud case (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) The owner of a Chanhassen mortgage brokerage has pleaded guilty to a Hennepin County charge of racketeering in a $2.5 million mortgage fraud case.read more...
First Houston Becomes Envoy Mortgage Company will be known under new name to reflect national expansion. By Peggy ... (Finance Technology Network) Mortgage banking firm First Houston Mortgage, (Houston), which is licensed in 20 states, has changed its name to Envoy Mortgage. The name change comes as the company is working to
Put a Lid on Rising Mortgage Payments (Harrisburg Daily Register) (ARA) - Do you have a balloon mortgage that is coming due or an adjustable rate mortgage payment that has been steadily creeping up as interest rates change?read more...
For 2008, Relief and Resolutions to Help Home Buyers This year added another phrase to the real estate lexicon: mortgage meltdown. read more...
Consumer confidence, durable goods drop Three pillars of the economy - consumer confidence, orders for manufactured goods and home prices - showed surprising cracks on Tuesday, flashing signals that growth may slow more heading into
Move to mortgage banking paying off for Flaherty (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) Tom and Molly Flaherty, owners of Flaherty Funding, transitioned from mortgage brokering to banking in 2000 after seeing a dim future for brokers. They didn't realize how true that prediction