Hanging on to home
Karen and Ed Ralph are so desperate to keep from losing their house, they’re willing to buy it twice.
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Building Blocks For the Right Playroom Melinda Adamec likes to plan ahead. That's why she hired a builder late last year to transform the basement of her Arlington home into a playroom for her daughter,
Designer required to be licensed "I have never thought of myself as a contractor." A dispute over a home-remodeling project landed a prominent Visalia interior designer in both civil and criminal court. via Visalia
Is a 52-year mortgage a wise idea? (Tiscali) LONDON (Reuters) - Gone are the days of the maximum 25-year mortgage; these days homeowners can repay their home loan over as much as 52 years. But is it a
US retailer Home Depot accepts $1.8 billion less for wholesale supply unit ATLANTA_Home-improvement supplies retailer Home Depot Inc. has tentatively agreed to sell its wholesale distribution business to a group of private equity firms for $1.8 billion less than originally planned,
Houston mortgage company files for bankruptcy protection (The York Dispatch) HOUSTON -- Aegis Mortgage Corp., which last week stopped making new loans and laid off a substantial portion of its staff, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.read more...
Countrywide, Quicken Say Rising Rates Spur Mortgage Refinancing (Bloomberg.com) May 8 (Bloomberg) -- Countrywide Financial Corp., the biggest U.S. mortgage company, and Quicken Loans Inc., the top Internet home lender, expect refinancing to increase as rising borrowing costs prompt