Housing market continues to surge
After four record-breaking years, home sales were supposed to slow in 2005 under the weight of rising interest rates.
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Give Patio Umbrellas the Personal Touch with Lots of New Designs and Colors Until recently there weren't many choices in patio umbrellas. You were limited to solid colors and the occasional stripe. read more...
Democrats to call for mortgage czar: sources (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Democratic leaders in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday will call for appointment of a "mortgage czar" to deal with a spike in foreclosures and more spending to help troubled
No poll payoff for meagre tax breaks ss The meagre tax breaks in last week's Budget have received a similarly meagre endorsement from voters in a Herald-DigiPoll snap survey.via
Thornburg Mortgage to Pay a Dividend, Replaces CEO (Update2) (Bloomberg.com) Dec. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Thornburg Mortgage Inc., the lender that emerged from a cash shortage earlier this year, rose 6.4 percent in New York trading after resuming its dividend. Founder
Owners of Million-Dollar Homes Are Not Who You'd Think Baby boomers who work for a corporation many of whom have household incomes of less than $500,000, make up the majority of people living in the country's luxury houses, according
U.S. homebuilder optimism declines (Reg Req'd) Optimism among U.S. homebuilders unexpectedly fell in December, dropping to a 32-month low, as executives braced for a slowdown in the housing market after a five-year boom.read more...