Double-digit gains are norm
The Wasatch Front real estate market reached new heights in 2006, bolstered by strong job and population growth in a state with one of the nation’s hottest economies.
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Charlotte Convention Center falls with a boom, skyscraper coming Charlotte's old convention center - an anachronism since a new building opened a decade ago - fell with a boom as a demolition team started clearing the downtown site for
NE Portland real estate quickest selling Homes in North and Northeast Portland are selling twice as fast as those in Lake Oswego and West Linn.read more...
Bank on mortgage misery (Stuff) Recent rapid economic growth has wrought some spectacular economic changes. One of the more arresting examples, is the mortgage market but its lending binge is about to create a lot
Mideast Boom Lifts GE, Other Firms The Middle East's oil-fueled construction boom is creating a big market for Western industrial companies, such as GE, even as their growth slows in the U.S. and other developed countries.read
Business forum: New rules tighten mortgage operations (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) Lessons learned as a result of the lending mess are leading to more regulation. Mortgage originators must be more forthright and careful, but buyers have a responsibility to understand what
Subprime Woes Sink Mortgage Lenders After HSBC, New Century Fin'l Warnings (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News) The housing bust claimed some new scalps Thursday as shares of mortgage lenders sold off on trouble in the subprime loan sector.read more...