A Backdrop for Life: An Iconic Home’s Lesson in Architectural Humility
Last month I visited a renowned house, the home of Charles and Ray Eames, in Pacific Palisades, Calif.
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Getting a Mortgage with Bad Credit (Hope Star) (ARA) - Having bad credit is not the end of the world and it's not impossible to get a loan. Generally, credit scores below 600 are considered sub-prime and the
Mortgage rates edge down for the week (San Jose Mercury News) Mortgage rates edged down this week, good news for people looking to buy a slice of the American dream -- their own home. The mortgage company Freddie Mac, in its
MFA Mortgage to publicly offer 18 million shares (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Real estate investment trust MFA Mortgage Investments Inc. said Tuesday it plans to publicly offer 18 million shares of common stock.read more...
Mortgage players speed-date to lift subprime gloom (Washington Post) ORLANDO (Reuters) - It's not just for lonely hearts anymore. Speed-dating -- a way for busy singles to meet -- was on the event list at a distinctly unromantic venue,
Chinese Eatery Sold Donkey in Tiger Urine (Reg Req'd) A restaurant in northeastern China that advertised illegal tiger meat dishes was found instead to be selling donkey flesh - marinated in tiger urine, a newspaper reported Thursday.read more...
Feds propose overhaul of mortgage process (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance) Getting a mortgage can be confusing and frustrating. To make it less so, the federal housing department has proposed an overhaul of the mortgage process, from application to closing.read
March 21st, 2008
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