Housing : Prices ease but not home loan pain
DESPITE falling prices and static interest rates, housing in most major cities is only slightly more affordable than 12 months ago.
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Wal-Mart to Trim Its Store Growth FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart gave investors something Friday they haven't seen in some time: a reason to pour some money into its shares. read more...
Macquarie buys Canadian mortgage broker (Sydney Morning Herald) Macquarie Mortgages has acquired Canadian mortgage broker Cervus Financial Corp for $C12.5 million ($A15 million). Macquarie Bank's global head of mortgages Frank Ganis said the purchase would add to the
Local man nearly buried alive in trench collapse A man who tried a 'do-it-yourself' home improvement project this weekend almost lost his life in the process.read more...
Top five subprime lenders asked to testify: Dodd U.S. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd said on Monday he asked executives at five big subprime mortgage companies to testify at a Thursday hearing and explain their lending practices.Commentread
Mortgage growth 'slowing' (Sake) The annual growth in mortgage advances has slowed for the fourth month in a row, indicating that peak has been reached, says FNB's John Loos.read more...
Welcome the Breeze But Not the Bugs Even in Washington summers, there are days that make us want to open ourselves up to the world -- the air laden with scents and murmurs that remind us we