Discovery Adds Home Improvement Show to Radio Channel NEW YORK, NY -- -- 01/04/2006 -- Money Pit Media and Discovery Communications, Inc.read more...
Bravo brings design show home First it was the runway, then the kitchen. Now Bravo is applying its reality TV touch to our homes for its interior design competition "Top Design." Hosted by famed designer
Special section to offer tips on home buying, selling (Reg Req'd) I counted 16 for-sale signs while driving to the office the other day. My commute isn't terribly long - I hit the edge of downtown in less than 10 minutes
Governor questions UConn officials' oversight of building program HARTFORD, Conn. -- Gov. M. Jodi Rell said Thursday that management lapses cited in two new reports on the $2.3 billion University of Connecticut construction program are "very disturbing" and
On Personal Finance Save a bundle: Sell it yourself (Reg Req'd) Thinking about selling your house this spring? Then think about selling it yourself, saving a bundle you would otherwise pay a real estate agent.via
What's next for the mortgage market? (Mortgage Introducer) The turn of the year seemed to point to the continuing dominance of fixed rate mortgages. At one point, organisations such as the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) were indicating
“It’s fun to collaborate and find out how to put a room together so it reflects them.”
Redecorating a house, or even just a room, may sound like a daunting task, but one new business can make it a little easier. via The Daily Times – Salisbury, Md.
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“What about the person who has been patiently sitting on the sidelines over the last several years, saving up and waiting for these unsustainable prices to come down and paying rent every month while getting no equity?”
Democrats turned back a slew of Republican challenges to their housing rescue package Wednesday as they moved toward committee approval of the plan.
Republicans, targeting virtually every element of a measure they characterized as an unfair and risky taxpayer-funded bailout, failed to win adoption of any major changes. A final vote of the Financial Services Committee on the bill is scheduled Thursday, and the House is expected to consider the package next week.
The bill would allow the Federal Housing Administration to back up to $300 billion in new mortgages for distressed homeowners now too financially strapped to qualify for such loans. Read more
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There are lots of proposed remedies to prevent another mortgage catastrophe like the one we’re going through now. Most of the suggestions I’ve seen won’t fix the loopholes that allowed so many borrowers to take on mortgage loans they couldn’t afford.
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When Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson released the government’s blueprint for overhauling the nation’s financial regulatory structure, he promised to direct more attention toward the front-line people who arrange mortgage loans.
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There are lots of proposed remedies to prevent another mortgage catastrophe like the one we’re going through now. Most of the suggestions I’ve seen wont fix the loopholes that allowed so many borrowers to take on mortgage loans they couldn’t afford.
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Some Canadian home buyers are seeing a bright side to America’s credit and subprime mortgage crisis: Their cost of borrowing has fallen. Borrowers willing to risk a variable interest rate have started to benefit from the determination of central banks to avert a recession in North America.
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OTTAWA - Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney says he is concerned about loosening standards in the Canadian mortgage system, particularly the growing popularity of mortgages amortized over a 40-year period.
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Audio Available The current mortgage turmoil is usually portrayed as a home-owner crisis, but housing advocates and scholars meeting in Chicago today worry renters are getting snarled in it, too.
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Emeritus Corp. said Wednesday it refinanced $112 in mortgage debt on 18 of its assisted living and senior citizen communities.
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