Mortgage defaults on rise (Chicago Tribune)
Increasing debt, interest rates and job losses blamed for spike in foreclosures Foreclosures on home mortgages are on the way up.
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Bay Area renters lament high prices amid mortgage industry crisis (San Diego Union-Tribune) SAN FRANCISCO, 11:54 a.m. Sept. 16 (AP): The cost of renting an apartment in the San Francisco Bay Area has surged in the past year ? thanks in part to
The Irrigation Industry's Biggest Challenge - Water Availability Despite the many positive influences, such as increasing home building and remodeling investments, that will continue to drive the irrigation industry's growth into the next decade, there is one big
Statutes Don't Say When The Board Must Meet Is real estate heating up, cooling down, headed for a deeper freeze, or just hanging in there despite the challenges? read more...
Paulson urges quick action on $700 billion bailout The Bush administration insisted Sunday that Congress must move quickly to approve what one lawmaker called the "mother of all bailouts" _ a $700 billion proposal to buy a mountain
Charles Batchelor: Rough justice for a mortgage ?gamble? (Financial Times) The Financial Ombudsman Service is doing sterling work dealing with the raft of complaints that have come in about recent misselling scandals. Mortgage endowment claims alone numbered 69,149 in the
Grants contractor accused of fraud, racketeering, tax evasion A Grants contractor has been indicted on charges of fraud, tax evasion, embezzlement and racketeering for activities connected with his home remodeling business. via KDBC read more...