American economy set for another good run
The Sunday Times – Business THE YEAR that ended yesterday was a pretty good one in America—unless you made American cars, worked for an airline, or lived in the path of Hurricane Katrina.
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BoI first time mortgages up 25pc in Q1 Bank of Ireland says it has received a 25pc higher number of first time buyer mortgage applications in Q1 of this year compared with the same period last year.via
Bernanke urges more action to stem home foreclosure crisis "Conditions in mortgage markets remain quite difficult" A rising tide of late mortgage payments and home foreclosures poses considerable dangers to the national economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke
Rent-to-own homeowners finally close on properties (Reg Req'd) Wanda Williams said she was "overjoyed" to own this home. A city program aimed at helping low income families to rent-to-own their homes was in serious jeopardy after major accounting
Report Finds Home Values Underperform Other Assets Don't count on equity in your property to come through with a significant portion of retirement funding, cautions a new report by Fidelity Investments. Residential real estate fell behind
Mortgage lending falls 32% as prices slump (Times Online) Gross mortgage lending slumped by more than a third in the year to June as the rate of house price growth slowed from 3 per cent to 0.6 per cent.
The more you fix it up, the more you'll get Question: We want to sell our older home and buy a townhouse or condominium. Frankly, our house is a bit rundown, and may be hard to sell.read more...