Plenty of hope for first-time buyers, even without Gordon’s assistance
Gordon Brown has still not published full details of his plans to help first-time buyers get on the property ladder.
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BofA Tosses Out Fees to Lure Mortgage Customers (E-Commerce Times) Achieving the American dream of home ownership has never been as simple as just paying for the house itself. Looking to further grow its mortgage business and expand its traditional
Mortgage firm sends HQ, jobs to S.C. (BizJournals) HSBC Mortgage Services Inc. will move its headquarters and 464 jobs to northern Lancaster County from Charlotte next year, continuing an incentives-driven migration of white-collar jobs to South Carolina.via
Toronto - Second best-year ever for new home sales Condo sales spike 34 per cent TORONTO, Jan. 29 /CNW/ - With another 1,785 new homes and condos sold in December, 2007, total new home sales last year reached 44,784
Gas Prices Drive Man to Commute by Horse Jim Jundt was so determined to rein in his spending on gasoline that he got out of bed early and rode his 14-year-old quarterhorse mare to work.read more...
Broken Homes (Reg Req'd) From Portland to Seattle to Vancouver, B.C., homes and condominiums are falling victim to a commonplace enemy long thought to be vanquished: the humble raindrop.via
Mortgage rates spike (Orange County Register) Orange County figures rise to highest level in seven months. Mortgage rates in Orange County spiked this week, at exactly the wrong time for a sluggish housing market.read more...