Week Ahead
TODAY * Columbus Day observed. U.S. government bond and bond futures markets will be closed, but most other financial markets will be open, including the stock markets.
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Furniture Gets Smaller Overstuffed Fatigue? U.S. home-furnishings companies have seen growing demand for smaller-scaled furniture from homeowners whose plans to trade up are on hold because of a chill in the housing market.
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? Owner of Florida Mortgage Firm Charged in a Huge Fraud Case (Turks.US) Twenty-four people face charges in an identity theft ring where some participants, including a mortgage company owner, were involved in a mortgage fraud scheme on 180 properties.read more...
Mortgage Application Volume Tumbles (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Mortgage application volume tumbled 19.2 percent during the week ending Feb. 22, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's weekly application survey.read more...
American Express Unit Settles Charges The financial advisory unit of the American Express Company will pay $7.4 million to settle charges its advisers cheated clients by selling its own underperforming funds, New Hampshire's securities regulator
Mortgage industry associations release real estate fraud brochure for consumers (Investment Executive) Canada?s four mortgage industry associations have announced the release of a joint real estate fraud brochure. The brochure is designed to increase consumer awareness of real estate fraud issues and