Beware the mortgage time-bomb
18.10.2006 19:33 - source: rss.cnn.com
Mortgage rates have been trending down, but that won't do much to benefit those who signed up for low-teaser-rate adjustable-rate mortgages in the past few years. Read more…
Realtors: Home sales weaker, prices lower
18.10.2006 19:33 - source: rss.cnn.com
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FTC targets real estate brokers for unfair practices
18.10.2006 19:33 - source: rss.cnn.com
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MetLife sells NY apartment complexes for $5.4B
18.10.2006 19:33 - source: rss.cnn.com
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Mortgage applications ease 2.2%
18.10.2006 19:33 - source: rss.cnn.com
U.S. mortgage applications fell last week on a drop in refinancing activity as interest rates ticked higher, an industry trade group said Wednesday. Read more…
A blog for the finer things in life
18.10.2006 19:33 - source: rss.cnn.com
Want to follow the latest in luxury trends? Try a new blog page from Luxury Portfolio. Read more…
Practical For-Sale-By-Owner (FSBO) Tips, Part 1 | From PFBlog: The Premium Personal Finance Blog about Saving, Investing, Retirement, Credit Card, Insurance, and all Other Personal Finance Topics
18.10.2006 21:09 - source:
Practical For-Sale-By-Owner (FSBO) Tips, Part 1Contributed by mm | October 8, 2005 5:11 AM PSTHow should I summarize my first FSBO deal? Read more…
Practical For-Sale-By-Owner (FSBO) Tips, Part 2 | From PFBlog: The Premium Personal Finance Blog about Saving, Investing, Retirement, Credit Card, Insurance, and all Other Personal Finance Topics
18.10.2006 21:09 - source:
Practical For-Sale-By-Owner (FSBO) Tips, Part 2Contributed by mm | October 26, 2005 5:20 AM PSTNow let us continue our FSBO tip series (first installment here). Your job as the self-agent does not finish after you do all the right things to prepare, price and market your property. Read more…
WaMu profit down 9 percent (Reuters)
18.10.2006 23:12 - source: Real Estate
Reuters - Washington Mutual Inc. , the largest U.S. savings and loan, on Wednesday reported a lower-than-expected profit, blaming part of the 9 percent drop on lower home mortgage demand and costs for the elimination of nearly 5,200 jobs. Read more…
Washington Mutual profits slide 9 pct. (AP)
19.10.2006 09:15 - source: Real Estate
AP - Washington Mutual Inc.'s third-quarter profits slid nearly 9 percent, widely missing Wall Street's expectations, as the company continued broad cost-cutting efforts amid a slowdown in the home lending market. Read more…
Housing slowdown may hit bank profits
19.10.2006 10:34 - source: rss.cnn.com
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The hottest part of the housing market: Taxes
19.10.2006 10:34 - source: rss.cnn.com
Homeowners across the country are angry about their property taxes, and it's no wonder. Read more…
Housing burden rising across America
19.10.2006 10:34 - source: rss.cnn.com
American families across the nation are paying an increasingly large portion of their incomes on housing, putting a squeeze on household budgets, according to a published report. Read more…
Guard against mortgage fraud
19.10.2006 10:34 - source: rss.cnn.com
Mortgage fraud is one of the fastest growing white collar crimes, according to the FBI, with reports more than quadrupling since 2001. Read more…
Home builders: A ray of optimism
19.10.2006 10:34 - source: rss.cnn.com
Home builders' confidence about the market may have bottomed out. Read more…
Housing start gain may signal slide is over
19.10.2006 10:34 - source: rss.cnn.com
Home building may be ready to shake off its 2006 slump, as housing starts posted the biggest jump since January in a government report issued Wednesday. Read more…
Can this super car rev up Nissan?
19.10.2006 10:53 - source: 2rss.cnn.com
Nissan has long lagged Toyota in sales. But in the world of high-performance racing cars, Japan's second-largest automaker leaves its rival in the dust. Read more…
Lobster Gram claws new customers on the Web
19.10.2006 10:53 - source: 2rss.cnn.com
Snail mail may be slightly out of fashion, but lobster mail is doing just fine, it turns out. Just ask Dan "The Lobster Man" Zawacki, the self-proclaimed wacky visionary behind Lobster Gram, a Chicago-based retailer. When his 25 employees aren't decorating the company's office and its two warehouses with new lobster paraphernalia - the place is a veritable shrine to crustacea, crowded with big inflated lobsters, posters and desk ornaments - they are busy gift- wrapping tons of Maine and Canada lobsters each year and shipping them across the U.S. Read more…
Move over, YouTube!
19.10.2006 10:53 - source: 2rss.cnn.com
Cody Chang and Jonathan Mohan didn't even know what an entrepreneur was when they signed up for a class on business and entrepreneurship at their local YMCA. Read more…
5 best luxury SUVs
19.10.2006 10:53 - source: 2rss.cnn.com
Mercedes-Benz's GL-class and R-class SUVs are the top-ranked choices in a Consumer Reports rating of five top luxury SUVs. Read more…
A MySpace for job seekers
19.10.2006 10:53 - source: 2rss.cnn.com
While interviewing with the CEO of a top Silicon Valley e-commerce firm, Scott Langmack got the idea for a company of his own. Read more…
Hybrid vehicles top fuel economy ranks
19.10.2006 10:53 - source: 2rss.cnn.com
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released the 2007 Fuel Economy Guide on Tuesday. Read more…
Secrets of great public speaking
19.10.2006 10:53 - source: 2rss.cnn.com
Dear Annie: Please settle an argument. I have to give a speech in 10 days to all the division heads in my company - the first time I have been asked to do this, so I'm pretty nervous about it - and I've spent a lot of time putting together a detailed PowerPoint presentation with charts and graphs, music, photos, some cartoons for comic relief, etc. A colleague (and friend) says I have too much visual stuff and it will just distract people. He thinks I should get rid of about half my PowerPoint presentation and focus on speaking well. Are there any rules about this? If so, what are they? -Stage Fright Read more…
Rates on 30-year mortgages edge down (AP)
20.10.2006 08:09 - source: Real Estate
AP - Rates on 30-year mortgages, after rising for the first time in five weeks, edged down slightly this week. Read more…
Battle of the Washington insiders
20.10.2006 08:10 - source: 2rss.cnn.com
Don't ask Ed Gillespie and Terry McAuliffe to stand close together for a photograph. The two political moneymen can't do it. It's not that Gillespie, the former Republican National Committee chairman, and McAuliffe, the erstwhile Democratic National Committee chair, don't like each other - or that they're political foes. It's just that every time they try to step in close, they dissolve in laughter as bad jokes fly about former Representative Mark Foley, the disgraced Florida Republican accused of coming on to congressional pages. Read more…
