Voluntary evacuations lifted, but Sierra fire still formidable
Voluntary evacuations have been lifted for residents of several Sierra foothill communities that had been threatened by a wildfire burning for about a week.
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Mortgage mess has government scrambling (CNN Money) A look at the moves needed to ward off recession and foreclosures in 2008. WASHINGTON (AP) -- After a slow and stumbling start, Washington is scrambling to prevent the unfolding
Scotiabank first to offer no-money-down mortgage (CTV.ca) It just got easier to buy a new home with Scotiabank's announcement that it will become the first of Canada's major players to offer a no-money-down mortgage.read more...
Housing starts down because of new building code With sales of new homes and housing construction activity continuing at near-record levels nationally, news of an almost 16 percent first-quarter decrease in housing starts in the Pittsburgh region may
Trickster claimed to be Owen's bodyguard AN ex-drug dealer claimed he was soccer star Michael Owen's bodyguard to trick a mortgage company into giving him 250,000. But last night Richard Gregory Platt risked losing his luxury
Bubble Brush-Off: Home Building Industry Claims No Crash Ahead SAN FRANCISCO - What housing bubble? California home builders said this week that conditions were in place to ease the risk of a flameout in the state's sizzling housing market.via
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