Area home sales decline 12% (Reg Req’d)
Home sales in the Twin Cities dropped sharply last month from the previous year, though it was still the second-best November on record.
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Bush mortgage plan leaves some cold (International Herald Tribune) Consumer advocates say the mortgage relief plan is too narrow while investment firms say it went too far.read more...
Housing starts hits 2005 record Housing starts rose 0.4% in July to a seasonally adjusted 242,300 units, a high for the year, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.read more...
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Building Permits For July Take a Slight Downturn It should come as no surprise that July's building permit total for single family homes was down. But the good news is that the total fell only 24 percent, considerably
Seeking Cash, at a Lower Cost CHICAGO -- People looking to extract equity from their homes have increasingly been turning to cash-out refinancing, industry observers say. read more...