The ‘Emerging Caribbean’ — Owning a Slice of Paradise
Developers are hoping second-home buyers will flock to less-known islands. June Fletcher on hideaways you might not know about, and the ups and downs of buying off the beaten path.
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Extreme Home Makeover Vienna Edition Encompass Design/Build took home the "Best Whole House Remodel in the $250,000 to $500,000 range" for this project in Vienna.Commentread more...
Morgan Stanley Cuts 1,000 Mortgage Jobs (Washington Post) NEW YORK -- Morgan Stanley on Wednesday said it will cut 1,000 jobs as the nation's second-largest investment bank trims its residential mortgage operations amid the continued deterioration of the
Many Have to Take Loss on Investments Q. My condominium rules state I can have only one tenant in a two-year period. This is an investment property and the tenant lost his job and took off before
Thornburg Mortgage Reports 1Q EPS of $0.72 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) Thornburg Mortgage Inc.via
Subprime mortgage 'rip off' has legitimate roots (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) While mortgage brokers defend yield-spread premiums as a way to allow more people to buy homes, critics say they've gone way beyond that role. "It's a classic example of how
Phoenix Investors Struggle to Hold On A staging professional and her husband, a contractor, bought several investment properties before the real-estate market soured. Now they stand to lose them all.read more...