Mortgage rates fall (Chicago Tribune)
The average rate on a 30-year fixed- rate mortgage in the U.S. fell to 6.63 percent this week, the second straight decline, according to Freddie Mac.
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Building Blocks For the Right Playroom Melinda Adamec likes to plan ahead. That's why she hired a builder late last year to transform the basement of her Arlington home into a playroom for her daughter,
Know-your-mortgage worksheet The most-important terms and conditions of an adjustable-rate mortgage often are scattered through a long contract. This worksheet helps borrowers pull the key information together on one simple form.read more...
Illinois to sue mortgage lender (Chicago Tribune) The nation's biggest mortgage lender engaged in "unfair and deceptive" practices to get homeowners to apply for risky mortgages far beyond their means, according to a civil lawsuit Illinois' attorney
Museum plans growing Historical society supersizes design for Horner collection's home The Benton County Historical Society is changing course on its vision for a new museum downtown, abandoning plans for renovating the old
RBA to give mortgage holders early gift (The Age) The Reserve Bank board is set to give mortgage holders a Christmas reprieve when it meets on Tuesday as the mining sector continues to pump huge profits into the Australian
O'Malley Sets Up Homeownership Preservation Task Force "Homeownership in our state and in our country is the key to a stronger, growing middle class, and we must do all that we can to protect homeownership throughout Maryland"