Housing Drives Polk’s Economy
H&R Block Ups Mortgage Losses Provision (AP via Yahoo! Finance) H&R Block Inc., a provider of tax and other financial services, said Thursday it will set aside roughly $61 million to protect against liabilities at its mortgage unit, Option
Connecticut Customers To Share In $325 Million Lending Settlement Thousands of Connecticut customers of Ameriquest Mortgage Co. will share more than $5 million from a multimillion-dollar agreement between Ameriquest's parent company and numerous states to settle questionable ...read more...
William Becker, co-founder of Motel 6 chain, dies at age 85 KINGMAN, Ariz.- William Becker, who co-founded the Motel 6 chain and was a former chairman of the board of the Stockmen's Bank here, has died. via Montereyherald.com read more...
New home sales climb; prices fall Sales of new homes in May climbed to the second highest level in history, providing further evidence that low mortgage rates are still fueling a booming housing market.via
Construction slows in Tri-State (Reg Req'd) The pace of residential and commercial construction in the Tri-State has apparently slowed in the last six weeks, according to a report released Wednesday by the Federal Reserve.read more...
The Nationwide has announced mergers with two rivals Mortgage lender Nationwide announced mergers with smaller mutuals the Derbyshire and Cheshire building societies.read more...