Renovators in Limbo
Lenders are cutting off more home-equity lines of credit and limiting new ones. These cutbacks are crimping homeowners’ plans for costly improvements and dinging the remodeling industry.
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How about a mortgage at a 2.99% fixed rate? (Miami Herald) What will it take to get consumers off the sidelines to buy more houses and help stimulate the economy? How about a mortgage at a 2.99 percent fixed rate for
Two seeking Parrish seat A conservative Manassas councilman and a local politics enthusiast plan to vie for the 50th District House seat held by the late Harry J. Parrish for 13 consecutive terms.read more...
Real estate editor Maryann Haggerty and columnist Elizabeth Razzi respond to a question from a recent online chat. read more...
To hammer or not is the question for S.Koreans It looks like an art class or language school -- a group of children having a blast learning how to paint, while being taught in English.read more...
Witness details alleged mortgage fraud during Katheryn Shields' trial (The Kansas City Star) Day one of testimony in the Katheryn Shields mortgage-fraud trial brought the first of seven convicted co-defendants to the stand Tuesday to explain how the alleged scheme operated.read more...
Consumer Confidence Drops in March Consumers sent up a warning signal in March that rising gas prices, falling home values and a volatile stock market could hurt spending in the coming months, a widely watched