Mortgage 'burden' worse than Labor peak (Nyngan Observer) An unprecedented issuing of previously secret documents suggests the Treasury believes households face a higher mortgage repayment burden than they did when interest rates peaked under the Labor government in
Florida Hones Plan to Overhaul Escalating Property Taxes The state is leading an effort to tackle high rates, hoping a cut will juice the state's economy, which has been hit hard by the housing bust.
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Record mortgage lending in 2007 (BBC News) Last year saw the strongest gross mortgage lending to date, but the market is weakening, figures show.read more...
UPDATE: OCBC To Raise Pvt Home Mortgage Rate By 25 BPS (Dow Jones via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) UPDATE: OCBC To Raise Pvt Home Mortgage Rate By 25 BPS SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. (O04.SG), Singapore's third-largest lender, has joined market leader DBS Bank in raising its benchmark
Foreclosure rates increase nationwide With a tentative agreement ready for approval, Fort Wayne Community Schools teachers and administrators say they'll be able to put their full energy into the classroom instead of on
A Helping Hand In Builder Disputes When home builders behave badly, some of their customers may have an unexpected resource: The federal government's "RESPA police," who say they have become increasingly active in resolving consumer
The cost of construction materials will go “through the roof,” local building officials said this week, as the rebuilding efforts gain footing in coming weeks in the communities devastated by Hurricane Katrina …
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