Big jump in U.S. mortgage rates (UPI)
NEW YORK, June 22 (UPI)—U.S. fixed mortgage rates rose this week, with the average 30-year fixed rate climbing from 6.71 percent to 6.83 percent.
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Is Your Mortgage in Trouble? (BusinessWeek) Your lender may have disappeared but (sorry) your mortgage isn't going to. Here's what does happen?and why you should worry read more...
Lenders hope home buyers can hang on Does anybody remember the old days when home buyers actually made sizable down payments -- often 20 percent or more -- when they bought their first house? New national survey
Mortgage approvals drop further (BBC News) The number of mortgage approvals fell to a record low during December, industry figures show.read more...
Low-priced Brokerage Is Shaking Up Real Estate With his soft-spoken manner and carefully coiffed silver mane, veteran real estate executive Hal Ellis hardly fits the role of industry upstart.read more...
Should you sell directly to a builder? (Reg Req'd) Over here in the land of Big New Small City, take a walk through downtown and you'll see that the official bird of Bellevue is the building crane.read more...
Mall Landlords Gain Ad Space As mall and shopping-center owners lose tenants in the souring economy, they are at least gaining something else: more advertising space.read more...