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Scotland’s unflashiest star (Sunday Herald)
almost call it a hare and tortoise story, but while Northern Rock is perfect casting as the turbo-charged overreacher that crashed and burned, Dunfermline Building Society is nobody's idea of a tortoise.
2008-08-02 10:46:14 -
London News and Reviews (Evening Standard)
The couple, the latest to have fallen foul of the credit crunch, have resorted to sleeping in an allotment site owned by a relative, while their four children, aged between four and 14, are staying with other family members.
2008-08-02 11:34:30 -
International Forecaster August 2008 (#1) - Gold, Silver, Economy + More (GoldSeek.com)
The following are some snippets from the most recent issue of the International Forecaster. For the full 23 page issue, please see subscription information below.
2008-08-02 11:37:39 -
Families forced to live in sheds and cars as credit crunch bites (Daily Mail)
A couple are sleeping rough in an allotment shed after their home was repossessed.
2008-08-02 12:16:45 -
A Summer Drive For the Forever Young - Washington Post
Convertible owner Dennis Hultman talks to Robert Taylor at a recent "cruise-in" at Bubba's East Coast Rods and Customs in Fairfax. Cruise-ins have been held for decades in Washington area parking lots. (Photos By Dominic Bracco Ii -- The Washington ...
2008-08-01 07:18:00 -
Home buyers lose another option - Tacoma News Tribune
A popular lending option for low- and moderate-income home buyers soon will go away. Private down payment assistance, which allowed the seller to contribute up to 6 percent toward the buyer’s purchase, was banned as of Oct. 1 under the national ...
2008-08-02 01:23:00 -
Even the Hamptons have been hit (Seattle Times)
Home prices in the Hamptons, the summer haven of New York financiers and socialites, fell almost 12 percent in the second quarter.
2008-08-02 02:12:59 -
Brokers clash over future (The New Zealand Herald)
Adam Parore has moved to defend his mortgage-broking business after a pointed attack from rival Mike Pero, who has questioned its future.
2008-08-02 10:29:31 -
Battle for District 81 a popular one for candidates (The Palm Beach Post)
For the first time in eight years, the District 81 state House seat will be left without an incumbent as elections near - a fact that has not gone unnoticed by the six people hoping to fill the void.
2008-08-02 11:46:28 -
Britain's biggest mortgage lender warns one in ten households face ... - Daily Telegraph
The high street lender, which accounts for 20per cent of all UK mortgages, yesterday said it expects house prices to drop between 15 and 20 per cent by 2009. This would push 12 per cent of its two million customers, some 240,000 people, into negative ...
2008-07-31 03:08:00 -
Banks might not pass on interest rate cuts - News.com.au
Banks are trying to top last year's obscenely large profits ($1 billion), to do this they are ripping the public off by taking a larger cut. A bigger problem is that they are firing staff and outsourcing all the work to India. Every time you apply ...
2008-08-02 04:50:00 -
Why interest rates must be cut - News.com.au
STRUGGLING homeowners and business people were yesterday given a ray of hope with experts tipping interest rate cuts in November and then again next April. The welcome predictions come amid a flurry of bad economic news. Retail sales suffered their ...
2008-08-02 07:56:00 -
Squeezing savings from closing costs (Seattle Times)
Homebuyers can get extra savings at the closing table if they negotiate on fees charged by lenders, closing companies and title insurers.
2008-08-02 02:11:29 -
Still a fixer-uper (Seattle Times)
In a rare splash of good news for the housing market, the supply of new homes for sale dipped in June. Based on the figures, it will take...
2008-08-02 02:15:40 -
Toll Brothers' Vita Bella translates into "beautiful living" at Lake Las Vegas (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Toll Brothers' gated townhome community, Vita Bella at Lake Las Vegas Resort, is offering low mortgage rates and prices from the upper $300,000s.
2008-08-02 02:37:27