Britain’s tightest man
Martin Lewis is on a mission to put more cash in consumers’ wallets. The way to do that, ‘Britain’s tightest man’ tells Cassandra Jardine, is to show us the myriad ways we are being fleeced In early January, ...
read more…
Lenders hope home buyers can hang on Does anybody remember the old days when home buyers actually made sizable down payments -- often 20 percent or more -- when they bought their first house? New national survey
30-year mortgage reaches 6.24% (Chicago Sun-Times) Rates on 30-year mortgages rose for a third straight week, hitting the highest level in more than three months. Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, reported Thursday that 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages
Hoping the Housing Bubble Stays Inflated (Reg Req'd) With tentative signs that the boom in housing may be cooling off, Congress again is wrestling with whether to rein in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , the giant companies
U.S. homebuilders defy expectations, raise construction sharply in September American home construction unexpectedly rose in September to the highest level in seven months, defying expectations of a slowdown in the booming housing market.read more...
Rate of Home-Price Increases Falls To Slowest Pace in Eight Years In the third quarter, there was a year-over-year price increase of 3.5%, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight says. Anderson, Ind., saw the biggest year-over-year price decline, while the
Leaders call for urgent financial reforms "The forecasts we are going to release in a few days are not really improving" Reuters Saturday, April 5, 2008; 11:43 AM WATFORD - Centre-left leaders from around the