Spotlight on mortgage giants (Reg Req’d)
WASHINGTON - The heads of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac assured Congress yesterday that the companies were on the right course after recent accounting scandals.
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Remaking Southeastern Fairfax On the morning of Sept. 29, a tour bus chartered by the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority pulled into the parking lot of Smitty's Building Supply, a lumberyard catering to
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How To Deal With Higher Mortgage Payments (CBS News) Rising interest rates are putting the squeeze on many homeowners, who are seeing their resulting mortgage payments increase. Ray Martin has details and tips for homeowners in trouble.read
Oil's well in gas-guzzling America So much for rising oil prices sending investors and consumers into a lasting state of panic.read more...
A broad retreat from risk-taking may be ahead "We've been negative on REITs for about six months, and we're pulling back" AT the halfway point of the year, you probably have substantial portfolio gains to celebrate. via
North Carolina real estate sales pick up (Reg Req'd) Coastal markets begin to stabilize in May Home sales in Charlotte, N.C., rose 14 percent during the last year, and the average sales price gained 6 percent to $219,180. Existing-home