Lehman's debt business grows despite mortgage slowdown (Market Watch) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Lehman Brothers said Wednesday its fixed-income revenues managed to grow a modest 3% despite declines in volumes for mortgage-backed securities and interest-rate products.
New Habitat CEO: Double whirlwind HABITAT0924 After signing on as the new CEO of Habitat for Humanity International, Jonathan Reckford joked that his career hadn't turned out the way he planned.read more...
Police ID construction worker killed in Milwaukie (Reg Req'd) Authorities have identified the construction worker killed when a 20-foot long slab of concrete crushed him Friday.Commentread more...
Politician kills himself at paper's office MIAMI: A former Miami city commissioner shot and killed himself in the lobby of The Miami Herald newspaper building today, five days after pleading not guilty to corruption charges.read more...
Mortgage bankers and brokers trade barbs (Sharewatch) The head of the mortgage banking industry's trade group claimed brokers profited from a home loan boom but didn't do enough to examine whether borrowers could repay.read more...
Unlikely Trio Promote Density In Housing If real estate developers and tree-huggers can agree on it, maybe it's an issue Realtors should get behind -- that higher density in housing is a good thing, but not
Wall Street is sounding the alarm on one of the most popular ways to buy a house in many high-cost areas around the country—“piggyback” programs that mesh first-lien mortgages and second-lien credit lines or mortgages that close simultaneously.
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