U.K. Aims to Ease Pain in Housing
The British government this week plans to present measures aimed at boosting the housing market and helping poor consumers pay their utility bills.
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U.S. existing home sales hit 7.18M in April, a record In the black? Xbox has cost Microsoft billions. Meet the man whose job is to end the red ink.via
Fitch Upgrades Six Classes GMAC Commercial Mortgage 1998-C2 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) NEW YORK----April 18, 2006--Fitch Ratings upgrades GMAC Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., series 1998-C2 as follows: $38.0 million class E to 'AAA' from 'AA+'; $88.6 million class F to 'A+'
Good Samaritan Ministries Moving Good Samaritan Ministries is fixing up an old downtown building to help better offer its services to the community.via
Confidence, jobless-claim figures merit close watch "A significant increase in jobless claims would surely signal that the front end of the U.S. economy (and the global economy, for that matter) are starting to weaken more than
Government Crackdown on Mortgage Fraud (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance) More than 400 real estate industry players have been indicted since March, including dozens over the last two days, in a Justice Department crackdown on incidents of mortgage fraud
No Money Down? You're Out of Luck Falling prices have improved affordability for first-time home buyers, but financing the purchase has become a bigger challenge. read more...