Fat-cat housing dilemma (Reg Req’d)
SANTA ROSA, Calif. Just beyond the Safeway parking lot, my early morning walk takes me into an older housing development.
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For First-Time Buyers, Tempting Prices but Tougher Rules If you're a first-time home buyer, you'll find it a little harder to qualify for a mortgage than your counterpart did two years ago. read more...
Going to extremes (Reg Req'd) Usually it takes 72 hours to finish a home's concrete foundation. Halley's Northland Construction did it in six.via
A new look While I tend to develop a sentimental attachment to the 12-foot-high Christmas trees that we annually chop down, my friend Elizabeth can't wait to remove her glittering, much-adorned tree and
Polk's Housing Starts Will Soon be Available read more...
Rising Property Taxes Fill Gaps Local governments are raising property taxes to fill revenue shortfalls, angering homeowners already hit by the housing slump and economic slowdown.read more...
Mortgage Lender Settles Lawsuit (Washington Post) State prosecutors and lending regulators in 49 states and the District have reached a wide-ranging $325 million settlement with Ameriquest Mortgage Co., the nation's largest lender to home-loan borrowers with