Mortgage industry feels impact of shrinking subprime market (BizJournals) With the national subprime mortgage market shrinking and foreclosures on the rise, local mortgage brokers say they are facing tough times, too.read more...
Parent company woes lead to Ivanhoe Mortgage shutdown (BizJournals) ORLANDO -- Ivanhoe Mortgage abruptly closed its doors late last month and sent its employees home without a final paycheck, leaving many questions unanswered.read more...
Rate Trend Index -- Mortgages Each week, Bankrate.com surveys experts to gauge which way interest rates are headed on mortgages -- a vital tool if you're about to buy a home.read more...
California Mortgage Defaults Reach 15 Year High (Nasdaq) (RTTNews) - DataQuick information systems reported Wednesday that the number of mortgage default notices filed against California homeowners jumped to their highest level in fifteen years, since DataQuick began compiling
U.S. Move To Cut Lumber Duties A Halfway Measure While the U.S. Commerce Department's decision to cut duties on Canadian softwood lumber imports is a positive development for housing affordability and consumers, the nation's home builders are calling on
Remodeling Intended to Speed Permit Process LAKELAND - Getting a permit in Lakeland should become a little easier by summer after a renovation at City Hall puts key personnel closer together.
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A wave of new mortgage products is flooding the market, many promising credit-challenged homebuyers the key to the American Dream. Christian Werner, CEO of New World Mortgage – www.mortgagemaps.com – says the American Nightmare is a more likely scenario. [PRWEB Nov 1, 2005]
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With interest rates rising, does it still make sense to try to pay your mortgage off early by paying a little extra every month? I think so, though bank certificates of deposit aren’t a bad alternative.
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As we’ve sadly witnessed from recent events, disasters—be it hurricanes, earthquakes or wildfires—are an inevitable fact of life.
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Chosen to find a simpler way to tax the nation, a presidential panel is set to recommend two designs that would rewrite virtually every tax law for individuals and businesses.
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Sale sought to support future nurse’s new lifestyle DEAR BOB: My mom’s part-time home health aide, who earns $9 per hour, has shared her real estate problem with me because she is a single mother who wants to …
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Posted at 2:50 AM EST From Monday’s Globe and Mail If there was any doubt left whether the U.S. Federal Reserve Board would raise interest rates today for the 12th time since June, 2004, last Friday’s report of …
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House prices jumped in October at their fastest pace in 15 months, the Nationwide Building Society said on Tuesday, in another sign the property market is stabilising after a sharp slowdown in the last year.
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The widow of slain Denver police officer Donald Young has filed suit to force the owner of the Castle Rock home she has occupied for nearly a year to sell her the property.
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This amendment would create a state railroad relocation and improvement fund. The amendment would also allow for state grants and bonds to be issued for repair, relocation and expansion of public and …
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Exal Corp. received $7 million in state-backed funding Monday to help build a manufacturing facility next to the aerosol-can maker’s plant in Youngstown.
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