Mortgage rates steady to higher in latest week (Market Watch)
CHICAGO (MarketWatch)—Average mortgage rates rose for the first week in three, Freddie Mac’s latest survey showed Thursday.
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Fixed-rate mortgage holders are in for a rude awakening when their deals run out (Sunday Herald) be in for a shock: their monthly mortgage payments will jump when they come to the end of cheap two-year fixes.read more...
Higher rents driving rise in core CPI Beneath the surface of the rise in core consumer prices in the last two months is a disturbing trend - the slowing housing market is pushing rent prices higher, economists
Katrina Brings Financial Plight to Focus Hurricane Katrina has brought into focus the financial plight of many blacks along the Gulf Coast as well as illustrating the differences in how minorities and whites use and are
Home for the Holidays: HomeAid, Ameriquest and Local New Orleans... Nov. 24, 2005--On Thanksgiving Day, HomeAid, the country's leading non-profit developer of transitional housing, in partnership with their Gulf Coast Rebuilding Fund donors Ameriquest Mortgage Company and a ...read more...
2007 survey of house closing costs by state New York still tops the list as the state with the highest closing costs. See where yours ranks.read more...
Nationwide surge in remodeling helps fuel local economy REDWOOD CITY , Americans broke spending records on home remodeling last year, a national trend that has also been playing out in neighborhoods and city halls across the Peninsula.read more...