Chopping Away at Wood
Bart Jones, left, and Stephen Jones of Merlin Contracting stand over the foundation of a 20,000-square-foot home they are building in Southern Highlands.
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Mortgage crisis ripple hits other sectors (International Herald Tribune) The turmoil in the U.S. home mortgage market this summer is beginning to directly affect the fortunes of companies that would not seem the least bit connected with the mortgage
ILOG Enhances BRMS Product Line With Scenario Management Features ILOG has introduced ILOG Rule Scenario Manager 1.0, adding testing and simulation capabilities to their market-leading Business Rule Management System product line.read more...
Prices of building materials rise with oil prices The wholesale cost of building materials for new home construction increased 3.4 percent overall in April compared with a year earlier, according to the News-Leader . Prices have increased for
Go green with your mortgage (CNN Money) House hunters looking to maximize their buying power may want to consider becoming environmentalists -- at least when it comes to financing their homes.read more...
First: Get Rid of Those Incandescent Bulbs Romance and home sales have a lot in common, or so says Sid Davis, a real estate broker and author. read more...
Mortgage Application Volume Rises (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Mortgage application volume rose 5.5 percent for the week ending Sept. 7, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's weekly applications survey.read more...