Presidential Candidates Differ on Housing Issues
As Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama look to the March 4 primaries, Mrs. Clinton is more willing to embrace direct government intervention to solve the housing crisis.
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Mortgage bankers may face hard times (Honolulu Advertiser) ORLANDO, Fla. ? The last four years likely will be remembered as a gilded age for anyone in real estate, especially mortgage bankers. But with interest rates rising, the industry
Home Depot settles govt environmental case; includes NH sites "We expect a large corporation like Home Depot to comply with the law and protect the waters in the communities it serves." The settlement with the Justice Department, Environmental
Nikko Principal Drops Plan for RAMS Mortgage Bid (Update2) (Bloomberg.com) June 14 (Bloomberg) -- Nikko Principal Investment Australia, a unit of Japan's third-largest brokerage, dropped an offer for home lender RAMS Mortgage Corp., leaving Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. as
Wachovia quits offering risky mortgage loan (AP via Yahoo! News) Beleaguered consumer bank Wachovia Corp. will quit offering a mortgage payment option that allows borrowers to pay less each month than the bank charges in interest.read more...
Mortgage Rates Dip for 5th Straight Week (WJLA-TV Washington D.C.) Washington (AP) - Rates on 30-year mortgages fell for a fifth consecutive week as both sales of both existing and new homes in July declined, confirming a cooling housing market.The
Home Prices Scaring Away Workers; City Housing Coalition Warns of... Employers will have to consider sign-on bonuses, higher wages, down-payment assistance and other financial incentives if they expect to recruit and keep skilled workers -- even executives -- who might
February 20th, 2008
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