New reform bill tightens state’s oversight of mortgage industry (BizJournals)
Gov. Phil Bredesen has signed into law a mortgage reform bill that creates safeguards for Tennessee consumers, according to a state release.
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Builder Confidence Holding Steady In December Heading into the holidays, builders of new single-family homes continue to believe that the worst of the downswing in home buying is behind them, according to the National Association of
Wisconsin consumers share in $325M Ameriquest lending settlement Wisconsin Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager joined with attorneys general from 47 other states Monday in a $325 million settlement with the Ameriquest Mortgage Co.read more...
Not As Complicated As You Think, Says NAHB Is it hard to build green? Is it a lot more expensive? Do I have to live in a straw-bale cottage or some other strange building to say I'm a