U.K. Aims to Revive Housing Market
Britain’s Brown unveiled the first in a series of measures to prop up the housing market and boost his approval ratings.
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Grant brings 56 Habitat homes closer to reality Nina Rao News-Leader Springfield's Habitat for Humanity will soon break ground on a new housing development in Greene County, thanks in part to a $200,000 state grant that will help
Mortgage company reported on by Sun-Times shut down (Chicago Sun-Times) A state agency Friday shut down a mortgage company that was the subject of a Chicago Sun-Times article just four days earlier. The Professional and Financial Regulation Department pulled the
Low-Risk Areas, a High-Risk Insurance Decision Many homeowners have the decision about flood insurance made for them. If their houses are in high-risk zones, their lenders require insurance. So they buy it.read more...
Mortgage Program Fuels Risks Mortgages that allow consumers to put little if any money down when buying a home have largely disappeared from private lenders. But they are still available -- and growing more
H&R Block Loss Narrows to $132.7 Million on Mortgage-Unit Sale (Bloomberg.com) Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- H&R Block Inc. , the biggest U.S. tax preparer, said its fiscal first-quarter loss narrowed after selling a mortgage-servicing unit.read more...
Mortgage war set for third wind - KPMG (Stuff) New Zealand's big banks may be far from calling a truce in the battle for the largest slice of the local mortgage market, according to accounting firm KPMG.read more...