Katrina spawns cottage industry
Hurricane Katrina has spawned a real cottage industry, catering to the tens of thousands of families still crammed in government-issued trailers 10 months after the storm.
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Mortgage lender HBOS may launch rights issue (AFP via Yahoo! News) The board of HBOS, Britain's biggest mortgage lender, will meet Monday to discuss a possible multi-billion pound rights issue due to the international credit crunch, media reported Sunday.read more...
(AFX UK Focus) 2005-10-20 09:45 GMT: UK Sept mortgage lending stable, savings levels strong - BSA (Interactive Investor) LONDON (AFX) - UK mortgage lending and approvals in September were stable while savings put in another strong performance, the Building Societies Association said.read more...
Mortgage Seekers Find Rates Are Down, Credit Tighter (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) Sept. 16 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. mortgage rates are dropping. Good luck getting a loan. Existing home prices have fallen 7.7 percent since their July 2006 high and rates dropped below
Real estate prices cool in W'chester For those trying to read the real estate market tea leaves these days, the news out of Westchester County is a cloudy mix.read more...
Subprime mortgage defaults rise in Salem (Salem Statesman Journal) The consequences of the housing boom and subprime mortgage meltdown in the past several years is having substantial effects on Oregon's economy.read more...
Before a Flood Hits, Check Into Insurance It doesn't take much of a storm to flood some basements. Here's how to deal with the havoc water can wreak on a house: read more...