New boss for decor magazine; Suzanne Dimma is editor of House and Home
What am I bid for the house? A large "Auction Today" banner on the corner of Oakland Gravel Road and Grizzly Court drew attention to five unfinished houses to be sold to the highest bidder.Commentread more...
Will housing market take a nose dive? (Reg Req'd) Every day real estate investor Park Wilson drives through some of Birmingham's trendiest neighborhoods, looking for an "ugly duckling" home that can be turned into a swan.via
do not disturb Courtesy Johnsen Schmaling Architects The bar-shaped design of this Lake Michigan house aligns water views and promotes energy-saving cross-ventilation. A large west-facing skylight over the second-story ...read more...
Discriminating Lenders, or Just Discrimination? When mortgage lenders refuse to write loans on central-city rowhouses, does that violate federal fair-housing rules? read more...
Mortgage Funds Dodging Subprime Bullet (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News) According to the Mortgage Bankers Assn., an industry trade group, delinquencies in mortgages of all types rose to about 5% in the fourth quarter of 2006, the highest level
Mortgage delinquencies low (TimesLeader.com) Bubble, what bubble? Fears of housing bubbles nationwide may be overblown, according to top officials in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., the federal agency that regulates loans.via