Mortgage applications rise 1.7 percent (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Mortgage application volume rose 1.7 percent during the week ending July 11, according to the trade group Mortgage Bankers Association’s weekly application survey.
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Homebuilders' stocks fall on Toll Bros. Shares of homebuilders took a hit on Tuesday after Toll Brothers Inc. said new orders fell in the first quarter and home deliveries this year would be weaker than expected.read
State attorney general charges contractor for scamming customers A civil lawsuit was filed Tuesday against a contractor, who once worked in the Gilbertsville area, for accepting nearly $150,000 for home improvement projects but failing to complete them or
Two people arrested and charged with mortgage fraud (NBC 15 Mobile) Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood's office says it has charged two people with mortgage fraud.read more...
How to Find the Right Contractor or Home Improvement Professional for the Job Now that temperatures are warming up, people are once again thinking about home improvement projects they need to get done outside.read more...
Existing-Home Sales Hit Record NAR' s latest report on total existing-home sales shows that the national seasonally adjusted annual rate was 7.22 million units in the second quarter, up 4.6 percent from the previous
Different From, Different Than Sound Different One by one, some of the nation's largest home-builders have seen quarterly earnings get crushed by the slump in the housing market. Lennar Corp. became the latest victim Tuesday, with