Flaherty won’t budge on mortgage bonds (The Globe and Mail)
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is resisting further pressure to expand a lending program that was set up to grease the wheels of the Canadian mortgage market.
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Seller carryback mortgage ripe with benefits (Lodi News-Sentinel) DEAR BOB: What is a seller carryback mortgage, which you often mention? --Mary J. DEAR MARY: When you buy a property and the seller finances all or part of your
Powerful Series Looks at Eight Artists When it comes to art, Simon Schama isn't so interested in prettiness as in another P-word: power. read more...
U.S. real estate sales rate continues to slide (Reg Req'd) U.S. real estate sales rate continues to slide For-sale inventory of existing homes builds up Sales of existing homes were down in January while home prices continued to appreciate at
Insurance crisis slamming S.C. coast Mary Lewis shakes her head in disbelief. The letter has to be a misprint. How could her homeowners association's insurance premium increase from $126,000 to $879,000? She'll have to find
Florida Housing Bust Increasing Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - FreeMarketNews.com There is apparently another factor in the Florida housing crisis, aside from the periodic hurricane cycles.read more...
Letting the walls talk (Reg Req'd) Like many Americans, I used to have a bad attitude about wallpaper. The very word brought up dreary images of Victorian cabbage roses, 1970s flocked velvet, and the endless hours