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Community & family night  The June Community and Family Night will be held on Monday, June 6, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Springville Museum of Art.via


Hiring real estate agents in a buyer's market  There are lots of eager agents out there. But to sell your house in today's market, you want to find the best one for you, not necessarily the cheapest.read more...


TT model scores at LA contest  DOMINIQUE LA VEAU, who represented Trinidad and Tobago in the modelling segment at the World Championships of Performing Arts which was held in Burbank, California, in August, won three gold


Handyman Connection's Tips for Choosing Reputable Home Improvement Contractors  "But homeowners can avoid a lot of headaches just by being informed." This May is National Home Improvement Month, and appropriately so. The last few weeks of spring traditionally


Low-rate ride is finished, so lock in your mortgage  "In fact, it could be a good thing." The golden age of variable-rate mortgages is over. They're still a defensible choice if you're buying a home or renewing your


US housing market stays hot as existing sales surge to record  The sizzling US housing market showed no signs of cooling in April as new data showed a 4.5 percent monthly jump in existing home sales to an all-time record.via

October 31st, 2006

Consider green, a smart home improvement

The technology has come a long way in the past 30 years. And what’s starting to be good for contractors is looking sweet for homeowners too.
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October 31st, 2006

Cost vs. Value

REMODELING Online provides professional remodelers, contractors and with information about home remodeling, kitchen and bath design, renovation, building products, and business management.
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October 31st, 2006

Family’s prized goats offer life lessons

FISHERSVILLE, Va.—Cashmere goats are the luxury SUVs of farm animals: They’re sturdy, big-boned and they’ve got some of the most expensive upholstery in the business.
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October 31st, 2006

Pending sales index falls in September (Reg Req’d)

Midwest region sees largest year-over-year decline The rate of pending home sales fell 13.6 percent in September compared to the same month in 2005, according to a report by the National Association of …
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October 31st, 2006

Abbey ups mortgage limit to 5 times salary

Abbey, the country’s second largest mortgage lender, has increased the amount it will typically lend borrowers to up to five times income, to help ailing first-time buyers.
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October 31st, 2006

Abbey ratchets up mortgage multiplier

First-time buyers desperate to get onto the property ladder are being offered loans of up to five times joint salary levels, according to a report in today’s Financial Times.
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October 31st, 2006

Signature merges with BancorpSouth

Springfield’s The Signature Bank will merge with BancorpSouth, a Tupelo, Miss., publicly traded bank.
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October 31st, 2006

Indiana State Police officer charged with fraud and forgery

A state trooper on the force for 27 years was charged with two felonies after his ex-wife reported that he forged her name on loan documents, authorities said.
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October 31st, 2006

Mortgage applications drop even as rates fall (USA Today)

Applications for home mortgages declined last week as long-term mortgage rates fall, ending four weeks of increases, data from an industry group showed Wednesday.

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October 31st, 2006

IAC/Interactive Discusses the Mortgage Lending Environment (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance)

David Jackson submits: Excerpt from the transcript of IAC/Interactive Corp’s conference call; CFO Tom McInerney is speaking: In lending, we continue to operate in an environment significantly less attractive from mortgage refinancing and home purchases in the prior year period.

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