Bill to cut contractor quotas gets support (Reg Req’d)
A bill that would end formal benchmarks for giving more state highway-building work to minority and women contractors received the state Transportation Board’s endorsement Thursday.
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Record profits at HSBC Record profits at HSBC, Europe's biggest bank, were today overshadowed by a $10.6bn write-off to cover losses at its troubled US operations.Commentread more...
Anonymity Carries a Price at New Zillow Site Zillow, a popular real estate Web site, now has a complementary mortgage site where neither lenders nor borrowers pay for the service. read more...
Monticello lends hand as cases of cancer rise In the two years since he was diagnosed with leukemia, Fritz Pipkin has been forced to mortgage his home to pay for travel and other out-of-pocket costs incurred from his
VMI tidies quarters for school's cadets (Reg Req'd) VMI wants to expand its historic barracks in the next 10 years to accommodate a larger Corps of Cadets.read more...
U.S. mortgage rates drop for first time in four weeks (Market Watch) CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Mortgage rates reversed course this week, dropping after three straight jumps, Freddie Mac said in its weekly rate survey Thursday. The national average for the 30-year fixed-rate
SCAMS: Mortgage schemes follow patterns (Courier-Post) Mortgage scams can be avoided by watching for these common types, according to Gannett News Service. Property flipping: Property is quickly resold at an inflated price, typically through inflated appraisals