Households spend nearly a fifth of pay on mortgage (Telegraph.co.uk)
Homeowners are spending roughly a fifth of their income each month on mortgage repayments, according to new research.
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New home-improvement books These two big-time furniture dudes fill their slightly jumbled but ultimately lovely first book with tons of ideas, tips and photos - but for our money , Lulu the English
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Some question repairs to town hall WOODBRIDGE , The municipal building is only 10 years old, but officials recently paid a contractor over $55,000 to caulk it again to plug leaks.via
H&R Block closes sale of mortgage unit (AP via Yahoo! Finance) H&R Block Inc. closed the sale of mortgage-loan servicing unit Option One to an affiliate of billionaire investor Wilbur Ross, the tax preparer said Thursday.read more...
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City bonus mortgage targets high fliers (Reuters.co.uk) LONDON (Reuters) - A mortgage aimed at City high fliers was launched on Tuesday in the run-up to what is expected to be a record bonus season.read more...