By Dampening Mortgage Rates, Katrina Might Feed Housing Boom (Hartford Courant)
Hurricane Katrina’s reverberations could help sustain the nation’s housing boom, stretching out the strong market by keeping borrowing costs low, experts say.
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Speakers Discuss Housing Woes Workforce housing, attainable housing, affordable housing - whatever you want to call it, Polk County is in desperate need, said speakers at Thursday morning's Polk Workforce Housing Summit. Housing prices
Housing Starts in January Hit 33-Year High Home construction jumped 14.5 percent to a 33-year high last month, the Commerce Department reported yesterday, a sign that builders may have taken advantage of unseasonably warm weather in January.read
Horton warns of grim 2008 "We just think that in order to get bonuses, they should be outperforming their peer group" The chairman of Fort Worth-based D.R. Horton home builder warned Thursday that the
Borrower beware on a mortgage (Asbury Park Press) Taking a mortgage loan is the largest financial decision many people make in their lifetime.read more...
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Travel Q&A Do you know of any resources for renting a house for one week? Melani Kurniadi, Hayward