Existing Home Sales Dip, Mortgage Rates Up (AP via Yahoo! News)
Sales of previously owned homes dropped 2.6 percent in July as mortgage rates crept up. But even with the decline, sales clocked in at the third-highest level on record.
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Mortgage Servicers Help Avoid Foreclosures What would happen if you got sick or suffered a drastic loss of household income, and then fell seriously behind on your mortgage payments? read more...
WHITTINGTON: Gorman versus Gorman in mortgage lawsuit (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) After May 19, mortgage company founders Mark and Deborah Gorman probably ceased being "kissing cousins."read more...
Hurricane Evacuee Frustrations By Ken Amaro First Coast News FERNANDINA BEACH, FL -- From Nassau County, Ronnie Riolo sits at a laptop computer and can see his water-soaked neighborhood.read more...
Spotted: Guerilla Knife Sharpener in SoMa Asks our iPhone-armed snapster: "Why bother leasing a storefront when the back of an old pickup will do?" And with a roof like that, why bother renting an apartment
Regulator defends role in mortgage mess (Miami Herald) Facing calls for his ouster after allowing thousands of criminals to sell home loans in Florida, the state's embattled chief mortgage regulator proposed changes that would toughen the law to
Households reluctant to spend despite expansionary policy Households unsure of an economic turnaround remained reluctant to spend in the first quarter despite the government's expansionary fiscal policy to spur growth, the central bank said yesterday.via