Habitat opens retail store to raise money
The inside of the Habitat for Humanity ReStore on Mercury Boulevard looks like a cross between a thrift shop and a home improvement store.
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Hearing looks at zero-downpayment pilot A handful of community and housing groups will be represented at the witness table for today's hearing on a zero-downpayment mortgage pilot proposed by Reps.via
Home prices pushes more buyers to 40-yr loans Sky-high prices are not preventing cash-strapped consumers from getting the house of their dreams now that lenders are letting them drag out the term of their mortgages to 40 years.read
Ga. Mortgage Fraud Suspect Changing Plea (AP via Yahoo! Finance) A man accused of stealing the identities of homeless people as part of a massive mortgage fraud scheme is expected to change his plea Tuesday, according to court records.read
Irwin Mulls Sale of Mortgage Business (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Irwin Financial Corp., which provides mortgages and other banking services to consumers and small business, said Wednesday it has hired investment bank JPMorgan to help it consider strategic options
Room refiners help put furniture in its best light (Reg Req'd) The cluttered living room had decor problems, and room refiner Ruth Edmondson had been hired to solve them.read more...
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