Mortgage rates hold onto recent gains (CNN Money)
Mortgage rates held onto last week’s substantial gains, ending mixed on the week, Freddie Mac reported Thursday.
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Californians Spy Gold In Texas Real Estate Property investors bet that the Lone Star state's residential market will improve.read more...
Homebuilder Shares Rally Amid Housing Slump; Home Depot, Pulte Beat S&P Shares of Home Depot Inc., Fannie Mae and home builders are rising faster than the stock market on speculation the worst of the housing slump is over.Commentread more...
Halifax makes twentieth change to mortgage rates (Times Online) Halifax, the UK's biggest mortgage lender, is expected to deliver more woe to homeowners and first-time buyers tomorrow when it raises its fixed rates on loans by 0.5 percentage points.read
Kenya: Housing Finance Launches Mortgage for First Time Home Owners (AllAfrica.com) The Kenya government will amend the law to enable mortgage firms charge first time home owners relatively lower interest rates.read more...
Mortgage lending at highest since 2004 (Guardian Unlimited) Mortgage lending reached £28.3bn last month, a record March figure and the highest in any month since July 2004.read more...
Making waves (Reg Req'd) Spencer Street station is more than a mere building, writes Norman Day. It is the result of a high-tech solution to a design challenge.read more...