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Rate Trend Index -- Mortgages

Bankrate Mortgage Headlines - Wed, 06/17/2009 - 23:00
Each week, Bankrate.com surveys experts to gauge which way interest rates are headed on mortgages -- a vital tool if you're about to buy a home.
Categories: Loans

10 ways to keep home and love it

Bankrate Mortgage Headlines - Mon, 06/15/2009 - 23:00
Economy forcing you to stay put in your existing home? Here are expert tips on how to realize less can be more and to realize, "There's no place like home."
Categories: Loans

Cash-out home loan refinance sensible

Bankrate Mortgage Headlines - Mon, 06/15/2009 - 23:00
The math suggests a cash-out home loan refinance may make the most sense for one homeowner.
Categories: Loans

Who wins, who loses in today's market?

Bankrate Mortgage Headlines - Sun, 06/14/2009 - 23:00
In this topsy-turvy real estate market who stands to win and who's fighting an uphill battle?
Categories: Loans

Don't raid retirement to fund mortgage

Bankrate Mortgage Headlines - Sun, 06/14/2009 - 23:00
It is foolish to raid a 401(k) and risk your retirement simply to land a mortgage for a home.
Categories: Loans

What will $400,000 buy today?

Bankrate Mortgage Headlines - Sat, 06/13/2009 - 23:00
Bankrate's annual interactive looks at how much home you can buy today for $400,000. In 2009? Quite a lot.
Categories: Loans

Bob Toll: Issue is Confidence

Builder Magazine News - Tue, 03/04/2008 - 23:00
Toll Brothers CEO Bob Toll offered some candid observations on the housing industry this morning, urging more government action to inject some confidence in the market.
Categories: Industry News

Fed Chief: Banks Should Do More

Builder Magazine News - Tue, 03/04/2008 - 23:00
WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday that the deepening U.
Categories: Industry News

NAHB Leaders Want More Federal Policy Changes to Boost Housing

Builder Magazine News - Mon, 03/03/2008 - 23:00
National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) CEO Jerry Howard Tuesday in a conference call with reporters called on the federal government to save housing and the U.
Categories: Industry News

Pulte CEO Advocates Tax Credits for Home Buyers

Builder Magazine News - Mon, 03/03/2008 - 23:00
The chief executive of Pulte Homes says his company is aggressively lobbying federal lawmakers to craft a second stimulus package that would directly benefit the housing industry by offering tax credits to home buyers.
Categories: Industry News

FBI, ATF Rule Out Explosive Device In Street of Dreams Arson

Builder Magazine News - Mon, 03/03/2008 - 23:00
The fires that burned five "Street of Dreams" luxury show homes in Woodinville, Wash.
Categories: Industry News

HomeAid to Assist Wounded Veterans

Builder Magazine News - Mon, 03/03/2008 - 23:00
Genette Eaton remembers the hardships faced by veterans returning from the Vietnam War and is determined that it doesn't happen again with veterans coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Categories: Industry News

Proposal Aims to Protect Subprime Borrowers: Spitzer's Legislation Requires Lenders to Give Notice Before Taking Action, Targets Foreclosure Scams

Builder Magazine News - Mon, 03/03/2008 - 23:00
Mar. 4--ALBANY -- Gov. Eliot Spitzer plans to introduce a bill today intended to help subprime borrowers statewide who are at risk of losing their homes.
Categories: Industry News

Proxy Firm Urges "No" Vote on Toll Executive Compensation Plan

Builder Magazine News - Sun, 03/02/2008 - 23:00
A leading proxy advisory firm is recommending that Toll Brothers shareholders vote against a proposal that would ensure that the company's top three executives would receive cash incentive awards even as the company is losing money.
Categories: Industry News

Ecoterror Link Eyed in Wash. Fires

Builder Magazine News - Sun, 03/02/2008 - 23:00
WOODINVILLE, Wash. - Fires gutted four multimillion-dollar model homes in a Seattle suburb on Monday, and authorities found a sign purportedly left by eco-terrorists that mocks claims that the homes were environmentally friendly.
Categories: Industry News

Money Spent on Single-Family Homes Continues To Fall

Builder Magazine News - Sun, 03/02/2008 - 23:00
Single-family construction spending fell by more than 5 percent for the third straight month, as money spent on new homes dropped to $233.
Categories: Industry News

Construction Spending Dives in January

Builder Magazine News - Sun, 03/02/2008 - 23:00
WASHINGTON - Construction spending took its biggest nosedive in 14 years and manufacturing activity contracted, fresh trouble signs for a struggling economy.
Categories: Industry News

Builder Blocks: The Week in Review

Builder Magazine News - Sat, 03/01/2008 - 23:00
Ryland stays the course; Georgia's PlyMart fights for survival; Mizel suggests government take a break from trying to manipulate economy; Wet areas go greener and leaner; Kimball Hill to exit florida market.
Categories: Industry News

Ryland Stays The Course

Builder Magazine News - Thu, 02/28/2008 - 23:00
For a company that lost $334 million last year, The Ryland Group sounds awfully confident about its business model.
Categories: Industry News

Hovnanian Weathers Downturn

Builder Magazine News - Thu, 02/28/2008 - 23:00
Forget about profitability and reasonable margins in 2008.
Categories: Industry News

Poll

What contributed most to the subprime crisis?: