Atwood Real Estate News

31 min ago | via KansasCity.com 

For years, anybody with a stepladder and a flashlight could work as a home inspector in Kansas.There were no state licenses for inspectors and no state agency to complain to if inspectors failed in their job.But a new law imposing regulations on Kansas home inspectors has set off a firestorm in the industry.

Related Topix: Kansas, Home, Mortgage, Bel Aire, KS, Wichita, KS

Saturday Nov 21 | via KAKE 

A national study prepared for Congress shows about 2.2 percent of Kansas households will use the $8,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit to buy their first house.

Related Topix: Kansas Government, Kansas, Real Estate

Sunday Nov 8 | via Kansas.com 

The following is an excerpt of remarks made by FDIC Chairwoman Sheila Bair at Kansas State University's Alfred M. Landon Lecture Series last week in Manhattan: We're tackling the aftermath of a financial and economic crisis that has done as much, if not more, damage to our country than a Kansas tornado.

Related Topix: Kansas State University, Kansas, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Housing

Thursday Nov 5 | via Kansas.com 

The Kansas Board of Accountancy has announced that 53 candidates successfully passed the computerized examination in the July/August 2009 exam window.

Related Topix: Kansas, Wichita, KS, Kingman, KS, Park City, KS, Home, Mortgage

Monday Nov 2 | via WIBW 

Here's the transcript of today's prepared remarks by Sheila Bair. She delivered the Landon Lecture Monday on the campus of Kansas State University: It's a great joy to be back home in Kansas.

Related Topix: Kansas State University, Kansas, Kansas Government, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures

5 min ago | via Guardian Unlimited 

A A A' The Obama administration, battling a foreclosure crisis that shows no signs of relenting, will step up pressure on mortgage companies to do more to help people remain in their homes, officials said Saturday.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Housing

9 min ago | via Mydigitalfc.com 

"The banks are not doing a good enough job," the Times quoted the Treasury Department's assistant secretary for financial institutions as saying in a Friday interview.

Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Publishing, New York Times

37 min ago | via Free Republic 

The Obama administration, battling a foreclosure crisis that shows no signs of relenting, will step up pressure on mortgage companies to do more to help people remain in their homes, officials said today.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

2 hrs ago | via Freerepublic.com 

Looks like we have lost one of our financial truth seekers. Mark Pittman, only 52, died yesterday.

Related Topix: Journalism, Home, Mortgage, Columbia University, Manhattan, NY, New York, NY

21 hrs ago | via SFGate 

United Commercial Bank of San Francisco liked to boast that it was the first U.S. bank to buy a bank in China.

Related Topix: UCBH Holdings, Banking, Financial Services, Home, Mortgage