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It’s clear that we’re a nation obsessed with remodeling our houses. See it in the aisles of Home Depot on Friday nights, or in the dumpsters outside your neighbor’s house as he tears out a patio.
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30-year mortgage rates fall to 6.28% (Poughkeepsie Journal) WASHINGTON ? Mortgage rates around the country, which have been trending upward, dropped last week, offering a dose of good news for prospective home buyers.read more...
Amid divorce, Houston loses 2 homes Whitney Houston is shown in this October file photo in Beverly Hills, Calif. Houston's New Jersey mansion is slated to be sold at a sheriff's sale because she is more
Regulators take over troubled U.S. mortgage lender (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News) Bank regulators seized California-based mortgage lender IndyMac Bancorp Inc. on Friday afternoon after panicky depositors began withdrawing their money, leaving the institution short on cash.read more...
Brown: How to cope with climb in adjustable mortgage rate (Corvallis Gazette Times) First, the bad news: If you?re among the millions who took out an adjustable-rate mortgage in the past few years, your monthly payment is likely to jump on the next
Web-Based Maps Provide Data for Investors, Home Buyers Several initiatives across the U.S. use new mapping technology to open up troves of government data. These applications could potentially help people decide where to live and assess development projects
Dodge do-it-yourself disasters Real-estate agent Nancy Raddohl has seen the ugly side of home improvements done wrong.Commentread more...