Lee’s median home price soars in quarter
The median price of an existing home sold in Lee County spiked up to $273,500 in the second quarter of this year , a 44 percent increase, highest in the state.
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Countrywide's Profit Falls 2.7 Percent as Mortgage Demand Wanes (Bloomberg.com) Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Countrywide Financial Corp., the biggest U.S. mortgage lender, said fourth-quarter earnings fell 2.7 percent as a cooling housing market damped demand for home loans.read more...
The Curate's Egg IT'S unlikely most of us will ever be invited around to dip a soldier of toast into a painted boiled egg at Tamara Beckwith's Chelsea townhouse.read more...
Over Your Head' The host: Eric Stromer. The premise: As the show's name implies, homeowners who take on a home-improvement project that is bigger than their skills get help from Stromer
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Barratt Sees Future Uncertain Builder Barratt's is predicting a fall in future sales. The group is expecting full-year results to be in line with expectations but future sales have dropped by more than 100m.read