Exercising caution
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Room for more M&A activity in hotel sector Billions of dollars have already been spent on hotel deals this year, and the pace probably will accelerate into 2006, further boosting lodging stocks, analysts and industry experts say.read more...
30-Year Mortgage Rates Top 6 Percent Level (San Francisco Chronicle) Rates on 30-year mortgages rose for a fifth consecutive week, topping 6 percent for the first time since March as financial markets continued to worry about inflation. Mortgage giant Freddie
Mortgage bankers: home boom to continue (CNN Money) The sharp rise in home prices will continue in 2006, according to an upcoming forecast by Douglas Duncan, chief economist for the Mortgage Bankers Association, the leading trade organization of
Mortgage rise to pad margins: experts (The New Zealand Herald) Major banks' recent mortgage rate increases are probably intended in part to rebuild profit margins eroded by competition rather than a pass through of higher funding costs as they claim,
Getting Wise to Mortgages; Web Sites Help Borrowers A few entrepreneurs are developing new tools to help home buyers tackle one of the most confusing projects they face: figuring out whether a home loan is a fair deal.read
Expectations drop for real estate price increases Survey shows that real estate 'bubble' fear is weak Homeowners have declining expectations for increases in home value, according to an annual survey conducted for ING Direct , a federally