Is The Real Estate Bubble About To Burst?
All over South Florida you hear stories about people making money on real estate.
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Bid to build large house declined A Jacksonville resident who wanted to build a 3,400-square-foot single-family home on a 30,000-square-foot lot on Roscoe Boulevard was denied Tuesday by St.read more...
Wells Fargo wins appeal in lending case (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A federal appeals court in California ruled that the operating units of nationally chartered banks cannot be regulated by states, but that California's limits on mortgage interest charges were
Home builders grasp at straws Unlike that of the three little pigs, a Shiawassee County man is building a straw house that should be able to withstand the strongest wind.read more...
Greenspan: Put limits on mortgage giants Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan again pushed for limits on the multibillion-dollar mortgage holdings of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, saying such restrictions would not hurt the thriving housing market.via
Booms don't always end with a bust (Reg Req'd) So sky-high home prices haven't come tumbling down during 2005 as some economists were predicting.read more...
Toll sees 'uptick' in demand, raises estimate on land charges Toll Brothers Inc. reported Thursday an "uptick" in sluggish housing demand in several markets as the luxury home builder's cancellation rate came down but said it may post quarterly writedowns