Spending on Home Renovations Ebbs
Spending on Home Renovations Ebbs—Home-improvement spending is weakening due to higher short-term interest rates and a drop in home-price gains, says Nicolas Retsinas, director of the Joint Center for …
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Congress to Press Regulators on Mortgages Congress will press federal regulators on whether they were lax as high-risk mortgages proliferated during the housing boom and even contributed to the spike in delinquent payments and foreclosures.Commentread more...
Sector Snap: Mortgage Lenders (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Shares of mortgage lenders sank Monday after the second mortgage bank in two weeks said investors have lost their appetite for "Alt-A" mortgage debt, a type of home loan
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Beware of the housing 'bubble' If you own a home, you're probably feeling flush these days. At current housing prices, your doorknob may be worth more than your father's first car.via
Shoehorns in Hand, Mexicans Move Into Their Dream Homes ZUMPANGO, Mexico - Maintenance worker Carlos Hernandez Pineda moved his family this year to one of several sprawling subdivisions rising here amid the alfalfa fields about 30 miles north of
Never Pay In Advance To Fix Your Credit Picture this: You're eager to take advantage of today's troubled real estate market and buy a foreclosed house at a fire-sale price. But you don't have much money for a