Banks claw back profits
New Zealand’s big Australian-owned banks have moved to claw back profitability in the competitive mortgage market by raising floating interest rates faster than the Reserve Bank raises its official cash rate.
read more…
Urban Waterfronts Catch Building Fever Cities are redeveloping their beach fronts after decades of letting them go to seed.via
Obama seeks info on Dodd in vice president search Barack Obama's presidential campaign has requested information from Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd as part of its search for a possible vice presidential candidate.The former White House hopeful and Connecticut lawmaker
Deadline Is Monday to Pay Real Estate Taxes BARTOW | Pay your taxes by Monday. That's the message Polk County Tax Collector Joe Tedder is sending out as a reminder for the deadline to pay 2007 real estate
Mortgage assistance helps 503,000 (The Morning Call) Hope Now arranged for the loan workouts in first quarter of year. More than a half-million U.S. households recieved mortgage assistance in the first three months of
From Faberge to Firehouse -- A Collector Buys a Landmark A San Francisco property built in 1893 is purchased for $4 million. The new owner is a Bay Area art collector.read more...
Banks applaud legislation to lower minimum payment needed for mortgage insurance (MSN Money Canada) TORONTO (CP) - Canada's big banks are applauding new legislation that lowers the required down payment for mortgages. The federal government said Friday it is lowering the minimum down payment