Real estate’s October report card (Reg Req’d)
Guest perspective: Some markets show signs of cooling Monday, October 17, 2005 By John Burns John Burns, Real Estate Consulting The housing market cooled slightly this month.
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A $12 Million Bra . . . and Other Fantasy Gifts Some people need a solid gold Zippo cigarette lighter almost as badly as the rest of us need to convulsively laugh that such a product even exists.read more...
Building activity sees a slow-down County home building permits were down for the first six months of 2005 compared to the first half of last year.read more...
Mortgage rates dip (WRIC 8 News Richmond) McLEAN, Va. Long-term mortgage rates are lower this week on signs that inflation may be less of a threat to the economy. McLean-based Freddie Mac reports the 30-year...read
2 Plead Guilty To $17.7 Million In Mortgage Fraud (WJXT News4Jax.com via Yahoo! News) Two men accused of obtaining about $17.7 million in fraudulent mortgage loans have pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud, according to the
Former Bridgeport official has trouble selling guillotine A former Bridgeport city councilman isn't having much luck selling a home-made guillotine that he used to chop off his own finger more than a decade ago.via
Standard Mortgage acquires Shreveport Mortgage Company (Louisiana Weekly) New Orleans-based Standard Mortgage Corporation (SMC), the largest privately owned mortgage banking institution in the Louisiana, has purchased the assets and the name of Aulds, Horne & White of Shreveport.