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While many would-be homebuyers have been scared off by dire housing market predictions, Debbie Harris has taken out mortgages on five homes in the past 18 months.
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Officials Finalize $1.1 Billion Budget-Cut Deal TALLAHASSEE | House and Senate budget leaders Monday finalized an agreement to cut about $1.1 billion in state spending. The two legislative chambers will vote on it Friday in what
Baltimore Cuts Losses of Revitalization at Cost to Some Homeowners Tracy Robinson felt good that late fall day 4 1/2 years ago when he moved into his first home, a newly renovated rowhouse just north of the Johns Hopkins medical
Treasury Pressures Mortgage Firms The Treasury Department is meeting with mortgage companies Tuesday to discuss ways to speed up the program for helping borrowers.read more...
Inside Track: Insiders sell at Countrywide, buy at Chesapeake The top executive at the nation's biggest independent residential mortgage lender is publicly expressing confidence in the health of the economy and home buyers, said Mark LoPresti.via
City mortgage plan getting 5-year renewal (The State) A popular reduced-rate mortgage program that helps residents buy or build homes in Columbia ? no matter the buyer?s income level ? will continue for another five years.Eight banks are
Comforts of home, but they're underground For months, Marlin Howze has seen a steady stream of curious onlookers passing by the construction site of his new home, and that curiosity may well continue long after the