Not quite a do-it-yourselfer?
Home-improvement retailer Lowe’s Cos. Inc. knows not everyone is a do-it-yourselfer. And it has a plan to capitalize on that.
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H&R Block cuts '06 outlook, cites mortgage weakness (Reuters via Yahoo! News) H&R Block Inc. , the largest U.S. tax preparer, on Wednesday lowered its fiscal 2006 earnings forecast, citing weaker-than-expected results for its mortgage services.read more...
Where's 'funny money' coming from? Check 'payment buyers' A fellow I know has a house in Longboat Key's Country Club Shores subdivision -- nothing elaborate, but a nice place, with a canal to Sarasota Bay at its back
U.K. Mortgage Lending at 11-Year High (KiplingerForecasts.com) Mortgage lending in Britain hit an 11-year high in May, the Council of Mortgage Lenders reported Tuesday. May lending of 28.7 billion pounds (euro42 billion, US$52.9 billion) was up 18
Too-Good-To-Be-True Offers Leave Borrowers in a Bind RISMEDIA, Feb. 10 - - The promise of easy money comes in an official-looking envelope marked, "Important Financial Information Enclosed." Need $2.5 million at 1 percent to 2 percent to
Deadbeat Contractor Angers Yonkers Clients Homeowner Fred Buhler said his sense of dread built over a matter of months. "I was worried, certainly," said Buhler, who last summer gave $900 to a contractor as down
Greenspan's conundrum US Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Alan Greenspan is confused - why are long-term interest rates so low? Is what he calls "too low" a risk premium courtesy of his successful