Vital Signs for the Week of June 13
In addition, the Fed Chairman cited several issues on the central bank’s radar, including a frothy U.S. housing market, low long-term interest rates, improved corporate pricing power, a recent jump in unit …
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Mortgage costs fall from 8-year high in July (Reuters.co.uk) LONDON (Reuters) - The cost of taking out the most popular type of fixed-rate mortgage fell last month for the first time since February, Bank of England data showed on
As housing market cools down, some buyers bailing out As the U.S. housing market cools, builders say more people are walking away from contracts and from tens of thousands of dollars in deposits.read more...
Takeover Rumours Push Builders Through the Roof HOUSEBUILDERS were hot property as punters responded to rumours that a leading player was drawing up plans for a takeover.read more...
Building permit activity up in county in first 4 months Building permit activity for residential units was up 13 percent in San Luis Obispo County but down 30.6 percent in Santa Barbara County for the first four months of 2005
How city auditor missed his mortgage payments (The Post-Standard) While the man elected to keep watch over Syracuse's finances spent his days working at City Hall, his own business a mortgage company fell behind on its mortgage payments.read more...
Witness denies bribing housing inspector Testimony began Tuesday in the Superior Court trial of a city housing inspector accused of shaking down city contractors for money.via