Homes on parade
The houses aren’t marching down the street, but as many as 10,000 people are expected to attend the upcoming Parade of Homes to peruse the Rock River Valley’s best and boldest new homes.
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UK mortgage approvals hit record high (The Age) British mortgage approvals hit their highest level in more than two years in September - another sign this summer's surprise interest rate hike has done little to cool the housing
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Officials looking into cause of Urbana blaze URBANA + An Urbana fire official said this morning he still isn't sure what sparked a fire in a southeast Urbana apartment complex early Tuesday that displaced about a dozen
Construction could start soon on new domestic violence shelter Construction on the Family Abuse Center's new shelter and offices could begin within the next month as the organization makes strides on its $2.4 million campaign.via
More people retiring with mortgage payments (Colorado Springs Gazette) It?s an increasingly common dilemma: You want to retire ? but you haven?t yet retired your mortgage. Even before the debt-driven housing boom and bust, the numbers were getting ugly.read
The Mortgage Crisis | Lenders offer ?lifeline? (The State) WASHINGTON ? Six major lenders, worried about the deepening mortgage crisis, said Tuesday they would grant a 30-day freeze on many foreclosures in order to consider delinquent borrowers?