Florida Housing Sales Way Down, Prices Still Up
The Florida Association of Realtors’ monthly statistics show sales of existing homes dropped 33 percent in July and prices inched upward slightly.
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Robert's clients get hit again Six weeks after Michelle Danielson and her husband finished paying Robert's Home Designs $36,000 to build a room above their garage, she opened a certified letter on Friday and was
Yorktown contractor sentenced in thefts A Yorktown home-improvement contractor was sentenced yesterday to state prison for stealing more than $140,000 from two customers who hired him to work on their homes.read more...
Zip Code 'Redlining': A Sweeping View of Risk Critics call it the new redlining: Many of the country's largest mortgage lenders are imposing loan restrictions in entire counties or Zip codes that they rank as risky or
Mortgage bankers dwindle in Tennessee (The Tennessean) Mortgage bankers, roiled by job losses and slumping home sales, tried to lift their spirits during the annual convention of the Tennessee Mortgage Bankers Association on Monday.read more...
Fed to flex its mortgage-relief muscle (MSNBC) The Federal Reserve is finalizing a far-reaching mortgage proposal that would ban certain lending practices and apply to the lightly regulated subprime mortgage specialists.read more...
Confused by all the Mortgage Options? Here's Help (Evening Times) (ARA) - Fixed rate. Adjustable rate. Interest Only. Flex. All of the different types of home loans that are available these days can puzzle many homebuyers. But, say mortgage experts,