Home Builders See Weak Results As the Housing Market Slows
Hovnanian’s profits sank 34% as the company struggled with higher costs, slower-paced orders and increased cancellations. KB Home and Beazer Homes lowered their earning outlooks.
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Steep Rise in Prices for Homes Adds to Worry About a Bubble Housing prices are rising in San Francisco. Across the West, prices rose 21 percent in April from a year ago.via
Give consumers credit: They're managing debt (Reg Req'd) Consumers are doing a better job keeping up with their credit card bills, recent statistics show.via
NAMB 2005: Calyx(R) Point(R) Users Offered Powerful New Business Optimization Reports and Mortgage Company Visibility (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance) PushMX Software, developer of advanced workflow, productivity enhancement and loan pipeline visibility tools for the mortgage brokerage industry, has announced its new PushMX Management Reports(TM) for users of Calyx®
UK mortgage lending hits record high in November - BBA (Sharewatch) The British Bankers' Association said net mortgage lending rose an underlying 6.5 bln stg, well ahead of the 5.6 bln stg increase in October and the 5.7 bln stg average
Ex-party aide sentenced A former Westchester County Independence Party official has been sentenced to one year of probation for telling a witness in a federal probe to lie to investigators.read more...
Confused by all the Mortgage Options? Here's Help (Hope Star) (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,