Defining ‘home’ can be a stretch for politicians
The bungalow where Whilly Bermudez says he lives—his mother’s house and his childhood home—is nine miles from the one he owns, where he takes a homestead exemption.
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Prosecutors look into Countrywide VIP loans, like the one Conrad had A federal criminal investigation into possible wrongdoing by mortgage giant Countrywide Home Loans now includes scrutiny of Countrywide's VIP program that gave special mortgage deals to government officials, ...read more...
Color Unites Kravet and Benjamin Moore Benjamin Moore paints and Kravet fabrics, furniture and trims, have formed an alliance that promises to benefit the interior designer/specifier community and simplify color selections.read more...
Mother lode of kittens Fifteen hungry cats were left abandoned at the SPCA in East Providence on Sunday.read more...
Pockets of Affordability Among Rising Home Prices Housing prices continue to soar but there are some reasonably priced markets, says a survey by the National Association of Homebuilders. Here are homes for about $500,000 in three of
ABN Amro takes stake in mortgage company (Reg Req'd) Specialist home loan provider Bluestone Mortgages hopes it can keep growing through the housing slowdown now that ABN Amro has taken a major stake in the business.read more...
Paulson: New way to help mortgage market (AP via Yahoo! News) The Bush administration and federal banking regulators have joined with the nation's four largest banks to endorse a new way to pump money into the battered U.S. mortgage market.read
August 9th, 2008
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