What's new on the business scene
Tuesday | via Poughkeepsie Journal
Mortgage loan officer joins Citizens Bank - Tom McHugh, of Poughkeepsie, joined Citizens Bank as a mortgage loan officer. Comment?
Real Estate Notebook: Shadowland Theater to provide ...
Thursday Dec 24 | via Recordonline.com - The Times Herald-Record
The Shadowland Theatre is getting into the landlord business. The theater in Ellenville has housed actors and staff at nearby 7 Elting Court for the past decade or so. Comment?
Friday Dec 11 | via Poughkeepsie Journal
Homes sold in Ulster County in November hit a peak for the year, statistics from the Ulster County Board of Realtors show. Comment?
What's new in the business scene
Wednesday Dec 2 | via Poughkeepsie Journal
Realtors' office honors top associate - Jo Ellen Ashby, regional vice president of Weichert, Realtors, has announced that Francis Cannizzaro of the LaGrange office was recently recognized for sales successes in October. Comment?
Real estate notebook: Low prices, tax credits help S...
Nov 20, 2009 | via RecordOnline.com
Houses in Sullivan County are practically free. Well, maybe not quite free, but market forces and government assistance have conspired to make them appear that way. Comment?
Public relations, press release distribution, invest...
13 hrs ago | via Business Wire
As part of its continuous surveillance effort, Fitch Ratings affirms the City of Hollywood, Florida Community Redevelopment Agency's redevelopment revenue bo... NEW YORK-- --Fitch rates Jefferies Resecuritization Trust 2009-R13, Resecuritization Trust Certificates, Series 2009-R13 as follows: --$31,058,000 class 1-A1 'AAA'; Outlook Stable; --$16... Comment?
Morgan Stanley sued over failed $1.2 billion CDO
15 hrs ago | via Tan Kin Lian's Blog
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK - Morgan Stanley has been sued by a Virgin Islands pension fund that accused the Wall Street bank of defrauding investors by marketing $1.2 billion of risky mortgage-related notes that it expected to fail. Comment?
Yesterday | via Journal News
NEW YORK: Home prices rose for the fifth month in a row in October, but the recovery is shaky with only 11 of the 20 metro areas tracked showing gains. Comment?
Housing recovery fails to bolster broker commissions
Yesterday | via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A surge in home purchases by first-time U.S. buyers is doing little to help real estate agents and brokers who close the deals. Comment?
Case-Shiller Home Prices Rise Modestly
Tuesday | via Seeking Alpha
The latest report for the S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Indexes showed another small monthly gain in October for the 20-city index, up 0.37 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis or a gain of 0.05 percent when seasonal factors are not taken into account. Comment?
The Perpetual Foreclosure Crisis, Continued
2 min ago | via EconLog
Peter J. Wallison writes , On Christmas Eve, when most Americans' minds were on other things, the Treasury Department announced that it was removing the $400 billion cap from what the administration believes will be necessary to keep Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac solvent. Comment?
Real: Two reasons to skip homebuyer credit
3 min ago | via ScrippsNews
Real: Two reasons to skip homebuyer credit Submitted by SHNS on Thu, 12/31/2009 - 13:16 Have you thought of trading up to a bigger home, especially in light of the new $6,500 homebuyer tax credit? If your house is bursting at the seams with family and extra stuff, you're probably tempted to make the leap to more spacious digs. Comment?
This year's best of SNL Real Estate: Homebuilder
3 min ago | via SNL Financial
There may not have been any housing market in the world that suffered as much as Las Vegas, which experienced the crash pricing of bubble-prone California, the foreclosure rates of fraud-riddled Florida and the unemployment rates of the manufacturing-depleted Rust Belt; SNL took a look at the Sin City housing market in August. Comment?
The do's and don'ts of new 2010 laws in California
4 min ago | via Ventura County Star
To start the new year, here are some do's and don'ts for 2010, courtesy of the California Legislature, which passed 953 bills last year, and Gov. Comment?
A look at economic developments around the globe
6 min ago | via The Plain Dealer
A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Thursday: ___ LONDON-World stocks mostly edged higher as traders headed into the long New Year holiday weekend in a fairly upbeat mood following a nine-month bull run that has seen many markets advance over 50 percent since March. Comment?