Real Estate Weekly — Dec. 30
Home sales will set records again in 2005, the fifth straight high-water mark for existing houses.
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Interest Rate Roundup Here's a look at the state of interest rates on five common consumer banking products and the latest rates from Bankrate.com's weekly national survey of large banks and thrifts.read more...
Home construction opens doors to county employment Home construction was responsible for nearly one out of eight jobs in San Bernardino County in 2004, according to a study released by an Inland Empire economist Tuesday.read more...
Don't Drag That Mortgage With You Into Old Age (Washington Post) It would have shaken my dear, deceased grandmother to her financial core. read more...
Real Estate Search Engine Awarded U.S. Patent A U.S. patent has been granted to NeighborhoodScout for a search engine that enables home buyers to input data, such as proximity to the nearest major city, to locate a
Neat Freak Throws in the Towel, Tries to Hire Housecleaners Our columnist finally decided to outsource her housekeeping, weary of weekends of household chores. But the experiment didn't go the way she'd hoped.read more...
Miss., La. to use mortgage licensing system Mississippi and Louisiana are among the six states that will start using the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System next Tuesday.read more...