County Floats Plan to Buy Water
Higher gas prices slow home construction An economist with the state's home-building industry says the rising price of gas may help boost condominium and apartment construction as single-family home production slows.read more...
Illinois Tries New Tack Against Predatory Loans The state will require counseling for some people mulling mortgages with nontraditional terms. The state's experience shows how difficult it is to create even modest safeguards in the home-buying process.
Sheridan drags Steel back into mortgage cash for MSPs row FORMER Presiding Officer Sir David Steel was today dragged back into the row over MSPs getting taxpayers' money to help pay their mortgages.via
Only the ideas are big SO you've arrived. Good career, clean credit, growing family. It's time for a better house, which for most people means a bigger one.read more...
Credit Card Debt Catches Up with Britons This Christmas season, the hottest-selling gifts in Europe are pricey American products such as iPods, the Xbox 360 and celebrity-inspired fashions.read more...
MFA Mortgage Investments Sets Dividend (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Real estate investment trust MFA Mortgage Investments Inc. said Wednesday that its board declared a regular quarterly dividend of 5 cents per share.read more...