Types Of Bankruptcy

Emerging-Market Bonds Little Changed on Subprime Mortgage Woes (Bloomberg.com)  Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Emerging-market bonds were little changed as concerns about losses in the U.S. subprime mortgage market deterred investors from buying riskier assets.read more...


Creative Way to Sell a House  New figures out show more signs the housing market is cooling off. New construction permits fell for the seventh month in a row and more than analysts had expected.read more...


Realtors Predict Drop in 2007 Home Sales    A trade group for real estate agents on Tuesday lowered its forecast 2007 existing home sales for the seventh-straight month, predicting a drop of 8.6 percent from last year.The


Mortgage repayment plans get careful (Turks.US)  Minister of Finance, Michael Cullen, has announced that savers will be able to divert half of their KiwiSaver contributions to mortgage repayments.read more...


From Faberge to Firehouse -- A Collector Buys a Landmark  A San Francisco property built in 1893 is purchased for $4 million. The new owner is a Bay Area art collector.read more...


A scam is born every minute (Reg Req'd)  There's a scam for every sucker. But Tom Robinson is no sucker. He wanted to make some quick cash for the Virginia Fire and Police Museum, which he oversees, so

May 31st, 2006

Existing Home Sales Decline in April

April sales of previously owned single-family homes and condos fell by an expected 2%, according to the National Association of Realtors.

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May 31st, 2006

$50M Loan Expedites Hotel Expansion

Ocean Place LONG BRANCH, NJ-In early spring, Ocean Place Development LLC announced plans to renovate and expand the 254-key Ocean Place Conference Resort and to develop an adjacent four-acre parcel with mixed …

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May 31st, 2006

Convicted sex offender used false name to get boarder

A convicted sex offender run out of town by a West Coast community a year ago was able to get a 17-year-old Chinese girl student boarding in his home by giving a false name.

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May 31st, 2006

Residents fight to keep building affordable (Reg Req’d)

The residents of a small apartment building in Elmwood decided they had two choices.

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May 31st, 2006

Mobile Home Park Being Cleared Out for Pricey Homes

When this couple moved into a Salt Lake County Mobile Home Park years ago, they thought they’d never move again.

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May 31st, 2006

Blue chips offer the best relative value

On May 1, 2006, we authored an article for MarketWatch headlined, “A time for caution.” The article described three headwinds—soaring energy prices, higher interest rates and a softening housing market—...

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May 31st, 2006

Is The Building Boom Going Bust?

Developers are not ignoring the housing glut and the rising interest rates. According to a national housing consultant, they’re renegotiating land and lot purchases and in some cases even walking away from …

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May 31st, 2006

Bank of China Shares to Begin Trading

Shares of the Bank of China were to begin trading on Hong Kong’s stock market on Thursday, with indications of strong demand from investors around the globe eager to tap into the country’s galloping economy.

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May 31st, 2006

Foreclosures are increasing but there are ways to avoid them

Since the year 2000, the number of foreclosures in Weld County has increased by an incredible amount.

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May 31st, 2006

New financial center could open in December

By RACHAEL BOSSOW, Times Staff Writer Published: Thursday, June 1, 2006 9:04 AM CDT MidAmerican Bank board members and Lansing city leaders officially broke ground Wednesday at the site of the new MidAmerican …

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