Not bullied by the big boxes
Randy Likens, manager of Ideal Building Supply in Roanoke, hasn’t lost sleep fretting about the prospect of a new Home Depot on U.S. 220 near the Lowe’s home improvement store.
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Why Mortgage Life Insurance is Not a Good Idea (Kewanee Star Courier) (ARA) - If you've recently taken out a mortgage, brace yourself for the onslaught. Before you even finish unpacking, your mailbox will likely be filled with offers for all kinds
Popular selling US mortgage assets to Goldman (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Puerto Rican bank Popular Inc. said Friday it will sell mortgages and servicing assets from its U.S. mortgage subsidiary Popular Financial Holdings to affiliates of Goldman Sachs Group Inc.read
Mortgage approvals hit 7-month low (ShareCast via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance) Fuelling concerns that the UK housing market is running aground, a new report has claims mortgage approvals fell to a seven month low in April.read more...
Ahead of the Bell: Thornburg Mortgage (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Two more analysts upgraded Thornburg Mortgage Inc. on Thursday, as the home lender appears to have averted the worst of the mortgage crisis.read more...
Barclaycard cuts credit limits Barclaycard has cut the credit limits of 83,000 customers in the last six months in an attempt to stop them amassing more debt than they can afford to repay.read more...
The truth about buying foreclosures Everyone wants to buy a foreclosure for a song. But they're not that easy to find and there's no guarantee it's a good investment.via