Car buyers beware: Look for hidden flood damage
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita left behind thousands of flood-damaged cars and trucks that are likely to make their way to used car lots across the country over the next several months.
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Ahead of the Bell: Mortgage Applications (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Investors trying to gauge the impact of the housing market's slump on mortgage applications will watch Wednesday for industry data on loan volumes.read more...
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Stock market indicators positive on earnings reports, lower oil price Global indicators were mostly positive for North American stock markets Tuesday after oil prices eased and Texas Instruments Inc.read more...
Building permits up 6.9% in May to $5.4B, third-highest on record Statistics Canada said Thursday that municipalities issued $5.4 billion worth of building permits in May, up 6.9 per cent from April, driven mainly by activity in the non-residential sector.read more...
Mortgage applications rise; housing to hit Downey Financial (Market Watch) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The volume of applications filed for mortgages ticked up last week, increasing a seasonally adjusted 2.4% compared with the week before, the Mortgage Bankers Association said
Regulators crack down on escrow officers in mortgage fraud (KVOA Tucson) PHOENIX -- Arizona regulators are cracking down on escrow officers for skimming hundreds of thousands of dollars off home sales as part of a wave of mortgage fraud that