EPA promises lead-remodeling regulation
The Environmental Protection Agency said Monday it would propose regulations by the end of the year to limit people’s exposures to lead paint during home remodeling.
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Mortgage debt brings increase in lost homes (Financial Times) The number of homes repossessed by banks and building societies rose sharply in the first half of the year as more people fell behind with their mortgage payments, data showed
For many in Bay County, a mortgage payment turns their finances - and lives - upside down (The Bay City Times) Like millions of other Americans, Dave Kozuch of Bay City ran into a bit of trouble making his mortgage payments. About a year ago, the part-time maintenance worker was laid
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Stocks Down On Mortgage, Oil Woes (NPR) The Dow has fallen a little more than 1 percent on Friday. The main reasons for the decline are fears over the future of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie
U.S. mortgage troubles extend to Germany (International Herald Tribune) Amid investment losses at large American firms, IKB Deutsche Industriebank, a small German firm, said its stake in U.S.mortgage securities had fallen sharply, rattling credit markets in Europeread more...
D.C. Area Housing Market Cools Off Washington area temperatures may be sizzling, but the once-torrid real estate market seems to be cooling off as houses stay on the market longer and the number of homes