Mortgage Application Volume Rises (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Mortgage application volume rose 3.4 percent during the week ending Aug. 10, according to the industry trade group Mortgage Bankers Association’s weekly application survey.
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Homeowner group to honor five for anti-fraud efforts Several officials will be honored by a homeowners' activist organization Saturday, Oct.read more...
New Jersey Man Gets 15 Months for Selling Fake Rolex Watches Over the Internet A Maple Shade man was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison on Tuesday, July 12, for selling counterfeit Rolex watches through Internet sites, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie announced.read
Mortgage firm to let most of its workers go, report says (Seattle Times) Kirkland-based mortgage company Merit Financial will meet with its 300 employees this morning to let most of them go as executives decide...read more...
In a Significant Shift, China Raises Value of Its Currency Facing intense international pressure, China took a crucial first step Thursday toward overhauling its currency system, a move that could help ease U.S.-China tensions but eventually raise costs for everything
Workshop Set on Subdivision Plan Haines City commissioners will have a workshop with the city's Planning Commission at 5:30 p.m. Monday to listen to a developer's plans for a new subdivision at Lake Marion. The
Concrete slab kills construction worker in Milwaukie (Reg Req'd) A construction worker was killed when a 20-foot long slab of concrete crushed him Friday, fire officials said.Commentread more...