This Week in City Hall
Auckland Hosts Leaky Building Symposium The leaky buildings crisis comes under the spotlight at a University of Auckland symposium to be held at Waipuna Hotel on July 18-19. The symposium aims to increase the understanding
Credit costs changing Coping with higher minimum payments If new, higher minimum credit card payments prove to be too much for your budget, consider these steps * Budget Get three months of bills
House's Lending Bill Would Hurt Some Borrowers It Intends to Help In the wake of the subprime mortgage crisis, the market has turned against all except "cream-puff" borrowers -- those with no weaknesses. read more...
Florida among top 5 for increases in home values Average U.S. home prices increased 12.5 percent in the first quarter of 2005 from the year-ago quarter, according to the House Price Index.via
Countrywide deal could give modest boost to mortgage industry (The Pantagraph) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Bank of Americaâ?™s $4.1 billion rescue of Countrywide Financial could help stem economic turmoil by giving global investors more confidence in the battered U.S. mortgage industry.read more...
HSBC says UK mortgage lending jumps after offer (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) HSBC , Europe's biggest bank, said its UK mortgage lending jumped to four times its normal rate in the past month after it launched an offer to grab a bigger