Asia stocks tumble on renewed mortgage fears (International Herald Tribune)
Renewed concerns about the health of the American economy sent Asian stocks sharply lower on Monday.
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Hawaii mortgage rates: 5.75% or higher (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) The largest Hawaii banks charged 5.75 percent this week for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, while other lenders are an eighth higher than that, the Honolulu Board of Realtors reported
Mortgage applicants peppered with trigger-list pitches (Seattle Times) When you apply for a mortgage and get a barrage of irritating and confusing phone calls from competing lenders before noon the next day...read more...
Unbuilt condos shoot into the $7-million bracket There's a race for top spot brewing in Vancouver's high-end luxury condominium market where two as-yet unbuilt projects have units with asking prices in excess of $7 million.via
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No more home mortgage deduction? (Danville Register Bee) The rich get richer. The more money someone borrows to buy a house, the bigger the tax break. All mortgage interest on homes up to $1.1 million is eligible. Want
From the Chairman of the Nassau County Board of Assessors What a difference a year makes. Last October, I had the temerity to suggest that the governor appoint a bi-partisan committee to study the feasibility of eliminating the school portion