Many immigrants arrive with skills
The state’s construction industry and the Hispanic community have become interdependent, if not inseparable, in the past 10 years.
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Help for mortgage holders in trouble (USA Today) Rising payments from adjustable-rate mortgages, mounting job losses and an epidemic of unaffordable loans have thrown more homeowners into a dire situation: They're no longer able to pay.read more...
Tough years for Spain's economy THE Spanish government reported more disheartening news yesterday about the country's dramatically slowing economy, with the prime minister and his Cabinet interrupting their holidays for an emergency meeting.read more...
Greenspan Expects Subprime Mortgage Fallout to Spread (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) March 15 (Bloomberg) -- Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said he expects the fallout from subprime-mortgage defaults to spread to other parts of the economy, especially if home prices
'Don't move' ...Improve What better time than spring for a home show? And the Home Design and Landscape Show at the National Guard Armory in Westfield this weekend has it all.Commentread more...
Building boom turns into bust for developer Hendricks County Flyer AVON, Ind. - A Hendricks County home builder will pay for writing $217 million in bad checks by spending up to 6 1/2 years in prison.
Stricter Mortgage Rules Proposed (Washington Post) WASHINGTON -- Economic policymakers on Thursday recommended stricter regulation of mortgage lenders as part of a broad effort to prevent a repeat of a credit crisis threatening to drive the