Woman?s identity stolen for mortgage (Daily Herald)
A Carpentersville man who works for a temporary employment agency used a stolen Social Security number to secure a $173,000 mortgage for his home, police said Wednesday.
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Red Cross Volunteers Get Ready for Hurricane Emily More than a handful of volunteers left for the region on Sunday. The volunteers say they will be waiting in Weslaco Texas "We'll be setting up shelters before the hurricane
Prices of building materials rise with oil prices The wholesale cost of building materials for new home construction increased 3.4 percent overall in April compared with a year earlier, according to the News-Leader . Prices have increased for
First-timers like multifamily houses (Reg Req'd) When Naama Gidron and her husband, Peter Wuhrl, decided to buy their first home in Providence last year, they started out by scouring the area for a single-family house.via
In short supply (Reg Req'd) With the construction industry already running at full tilt, building officials don't want to think about a repeat of last year's storms.via
Can't sell your home? Be a landlord "It's been a wonderful investment" When Katherine and Jean-Paul Chretien bought their Wheaton, Md. townhouse for $480,000 in late 2004, they expected to stay four or five years. via
Mobile GPS device tailored to real estate agents Feb 02, 2006 --Mobile Crossing and Pocket Real Estate are teaming up to provide a GPS navigation system with functionality designed for real estate agents, the companies announced today.read more...