Real Estate People
Tapping 401(k) after disaster should be last resort People hard up for cash - whether they've been set back by a job loss or a disaster such as Hurricane Katrina - may be tempted to tap their 401
Gas explosion destroys homes in Kensington (Reg Req'd) Residents of a Kensington rowhome may have accidentally caused their home to blow up when they removed appliances from there Sunday, allowing the structure to fill with gas over night.read
Fed to Lend $200 Billion, Take on Mortgage Securities (Update3) (Bloomberg.com) March 11 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve, struggling to contain a crisis of confidence in credit markets, plans to lend up to $200 billion in exchange for mortgage-backed securities.read more...
Government Crackdown on Mortgage Fraud (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance) More than 400 real estate industry players have been indicted since March, including dozens over the last two days, in a Justice Department crackdown on incidents of mortgage fraud
Don't let mortgage merry-go-round take you for ride (Richmond Times-Dispatch) If you're in the market for a mortgage, now might be the time to lock in those rates. Mortgage rates are going up. They rose every day one week in
Which Home Builders Rank Best According To Customers? While housing starts are going down, customers are expecting more from new home builders.read more...