U.S. cities seeing building backlash
WASHINGTON - In the exclusive town of Chevy Chase in Maryland, dumpsters dominate the landscape.
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Rupp wins in special Senate election (Reg Req'd) Republican Rep. Scott Rupp defeated Democratic Rep. Wayne Henke on Tuesday in a special election Tuesday to fill a vacant Senate seat on the outskirts of St.read more...
Existing home sales slip in Southern cities Sales of existing homes in the South tumbled 18 percent in July from a year ago, while the median price fell 3.5 percent to $179,300, the National Association of Realtors
Keeping a Close Eye On the Master Plan Tom Norville thinks he did his "due diligence" before signing a contract a year ago for a new home in Dominion Valley, a gated golf-course community on Route 15
Carlyle Group Scorched by Mortgage Fund's Stumble (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) March 7 (Bloomberg) -- The collapse of the subprime- mortgage market has engulfed Carlyle Group, the world's second- biggest leveraged-buyout firm by assets.read more...
Trump Sues Asian Partners Over New York Land Sale Donald Trump is suing a group of former Hong Kong business partners for selling a piece of prime Manhattan real estate for allegedly 40 percent less than he claims it
Bear Stearns 3Q Profit Swells 34 Percent Investment bank Bear Stearns Cos. on Thursday said its third-quarter profit swelled 34 percent to beat Wall Street targets, helped by strength across most of its businesses.read more...