Sketchpad: Landscape Values
Few home remodeling projects would fail to be improved by better landscaping. This is an underappreciated aspect of construction that can quickly turn a good project into a great impression.
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Largest Realty Firm Has Gains Polk County's largest real estate firm is now the leader when it comes to sales. Keller Williams Realty's Lakeland office posted $269.9 million in sales last year, which
United Financial Mortgage Corp. Enters Into Definitive Agreement To Be Acquired by Airlie Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd. (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) United Financial Mortgage Corp. announced today that it has signed a definitive merger agreement with ARH Mortgage Inc. and the Airlie Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd. .read more...
Existing-home sales are projected to trend up in 2008 "That would have broken the back of the economy, and brought the housing boom down" The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS has developed the Pending Home Sales Index , a
New-home starts climbing gradually in tri-county area New homes are hot, and it's not just the weather. After a sluggish 2004 in which local housing starts dropped 13.7 percent, new home construction in the tri-counties this year
Average 30-year mortgage rate rises to 5.73% (Detroit Free Press) The average U.S. rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage rose this week to the highest since the middle of May, according to Freddie Mac. The rate increased to 5.73% from
Xceed Mortgage Q2 profit more than doubles to $3.4M, first dividend declared (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) TORONTO (CP) - Xceed Mortgage Corp., a mortgage broker serving the non-traditional market, saw second-quarter profits rise 161 per cent as the lender announced its first dividend since going
June 5th, 2008
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