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Recent building permits -- Sept. 5, 2005  Brasfield & Gorrie pulled a permit for substantial work on Metro Water Services' wastewater treatment plant at 61 Edenwold Road.read more...


Mortgage break is safe, says Bush (New York Daily News)  TAMPA - Eliminating a big worry for New York taxpayers, President Bush yesterday rejected the idea of changes in federal tax laws that could have eliminated deductions for mortgage interest.read


Developer gets six-year prison term for scamming sewer district (Reg Req'd)  A real estate developer who talked a tiny sewer district into selling $20 million in municipal bonds for a commercial center that was never built has been sentenced to nearly


Liberty Reverse Mortgage sells for $50M (BizJournals)  Genworth Financial Inc. is buying local reverse mortgage company Liberty Reverse Mortgage Inc. for $50 million.read more...


Community Bankers Celebrate National Homeownership Month  With the national homeownership rate at an all-time high of 69.2 percent, and with interest rates remaining near 40-year record lows, opportunities abound for many potential homebuyers to share in


Builder's memory lives on in showcase homes  Custom home builder John Wilkinson died last month at age 77, but the work he did in the Great Falls area will be remembered for years to come.read more...

May 31st, 2006

Open-House Blog: What’s Next For the Real-Estate Market?

This week’s survey of news from across the Web looks at where home prices might rise in the next decade, where sales are sluggish, and one trend that has car enthusiasts buying condos for their vehicles.

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May 31st, 2006

Second-Home Housing Glut; Real-Estate Bubble Losing Air

Sellers are slashing prices nationwide as the inventory of properties on the market rises. Despite cooling demand, however, these investments should hold their value in the long term, experts say.

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May 31st, 2006

Fake Suburban Towns Offer Urban Life Without the Grit

These residential centers are popping up across the U.S. spurred by a demand for city living. This could be bad news for real downtowns, whose patchwork landholdings and planning restrictions make them hard to redevelop.

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May 31st, 2006

Weekly Home Mortgage Rates (AP via Yahoo! News)

Weekly Home Mortgage Rates

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May 31st, 2006

Weekly Home Mortgage Rates (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Average mortgage rates for single-family homes in the 10 largest metropolitan areas as of May 31, as compiled by bankrate.com. The rates are for 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages for 80 percent of the value of the house. A point is a one-time fee equaling one percent of mortgage.—-NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) – bankrate.com’s national average for a 5-year adjustable

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May 31st, 2006

Fitch Upgrades 9 Classes of LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2003-C5 (FinanzNachrichten)

::? Fitch Upgrades 9 Classes of LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2003-C5?:: Fitch Ratings upgrades LB-UBS commercial mortgage pass-through certificates, series 2003-C5, as follows: —$22.8 million class B to ‘AAA’ from ‘AA+’; —$24.6 million class …

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May 31st, 2006

Fitch Rts $319.8MM Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., Ser 2006-4 (FinanzNachrichten)

::? Fitch Rts $319.8MM Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., Ser 2006-4?:: Fitch rates Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc. (CMLTI), mortgage pass-through certificates, series 2006-4 as follows: —$306.3 million classes 1-A1, 1-XS, 1-PO, 2-A1A, 2-A1B, 2-A2, ...

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May 31st, 2006

Las Vegas Housing Boom Is Over

Las Vegasas’ home building boom is coming to an end and some local builders have started to lay off their employees.

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May 31st, 2006

Baldus says she made mistakes, denies dishonest intent

Bozeman School District administrator Terry Baldus testified Wednesday that she made financial mistakes, but denied any dishonest intent and pleaded to be allowed to keep her job.

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May 31st, 2006

Crowell gets degree at UNI

Tatum Leigh Crowell is the daughter of Gary and Margie Crowell of Centerville. Tatum graduated from the University of Northern Iowa on May 5 with a bachelor of arts degree in art education.

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