A new mortgage? That’ll be £10,000: Lenders raise fees to ‘astronomical’ levels (Daily Mail)
Finance giants are taking advantage of home buyers by introducing ‘astronomical’ mortgage application fees that can top £10,000
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'Trading Spaces' star now a 'Design Star' Thursday, July 6, 2006 12:17 PM EDT Vern Yip knows it's what's on the inside that counts and he's not planning on trading spaces with anyone anytime soon.read more...
3 On Your Side: Floor Tile Nightmare PHILADELPHIA When you are doing a home improvement job, how carefully do you screen who you are hiring? Do you check multiple references? Do you look at the contractors work
Some Met Mortgage lawsuits settled (The Columbian) SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- Two former executives for Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co. and a businessman accused of fraud have settled lawsuits brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.read
FOR SOME, DEDUCTING MORTGAGE INTEREST MAY BE OVER- VALUED: Homeowners' tax break could end (The Charlotte Observer) President Bush's tax-overhaul commission is considering an idea to eliminate the vile alternative minimum tax by, among other things, trimming the break homeowners get on mortgage interest.read more...
NH regulators, mortgage company reach settlement (AP via Yahoo! Finance) A mortgage company that does business in New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts has agreed to pay $425,000 as part of a settlement with New Hampshire banking regulators.read more...
Mortgage rates 'to rise late this year' (Herald Sun) AN INTEREST rate increase is likely later this year -- and the average mortgage is set to rise by about $40 a month, economists say. Borrowers will be spared a