Mortgage scheme nets disbarred lawyer 3½ years in jail (CBC)
A disbarred lawyer has been sentenced to 3½ years behind bars for his part in a multimillion-dollar mortgage scheme, according to newspaper reports.
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Plan to Rein in Mortgage Giants Entangled (AP via Yahoo! News) A plan for tighter supervision of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is entangled in a dispute over whether money to house low-income people and hurricane victims can
Boomers not satisfied with 'copy cat' design Today's baby boomers have reached a time in their lives when they are no longer satisfied with "copy cat" design.read more...
Education programs emerge to help Hispanics buy homes Nearly half a million Hispanics are living in Austin, and more of them are becoming homeowners as barriers to their ability to realize this dream are vanishing.read more...
High housing costs force young adults out Is the American dream of owning a home attainable for a young person in Exeter? When posed this question, local real-estate and demographic experts said that for the most part,
Your Home Office: Color Lab "I WAS A LITTLE APPREHENSIVE ABOUT MY NEW HOME OFFICE, because I had never worked from home," says Joan Brooks, a molecular biologist with several patents to her name.read more...
ECONOMIC REPORT: Mortgage Applications Jump In Latest Week (Nasdaq) WASHINGTON (Dow Jones) -- The volume of mortgage applications at major U.S. banks rose sharply last week, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Wednesday.read more...