Remodeling: Tips on Hiring a Contractor
Unless you’re a construction whiz with a lot of spare time on your hands, home improvement will mean hired help.
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Homeowners eyeing mortgage rate escape hatch (Reuters via Yahoo! News) As his interest rate climbed from 6 percent to 12 percent, Glenn Ivey grew to loathe his adjustable rate mortgage.read more...
ECC Capital posts losses (Reg Req'd) ECC Capital posts losses The Irvine real-estate investment trust reported a $38.7 million net loss for the second quarter.read more...
MORTGAGE CRISIS CUTS BOTH WAYS (Miami Herald) She was only 21 when she decided to become a mortgage broker. A newlywed, Michelle LaPiana felt that her own broker had misled her and her husband during the daunting
Fannie, Freddie can help stabilize mortgage market as 'bad actors' drop out, Fannie CEO says (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Several years after multibillion-dollar accounting scandals tarnished reputations at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage giants are regaining market dominance amid an ailing housing market.read more...
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Mafia Raids in U.S., Italy Snare Dozens NEW YORK | American and Italian authorities arrested dozens of people Thursday in a takedown of the remnants of New York's Gambino crime family also meant to cripple a trans-Atlantic