Local experts seeing shifts in long downturn
Monday Jun 3 | via Times Herald-Record
Realtors and builders are seeing more business now than a year ago for both existing houses and new construction. Comment?
Former prison is pitched for development
Apr 26, 2013 | via Times Herald-Record
Warwick Supervisor Michael Sweeton on Thursday took his marketing campaign for the closed Mid-Orange Correctional Facility to two dozen real estate and development professionals. Comment?
TEG credit union opens branch in Newburgh
Apr 24, 2013 | via Hudson Valley Press
The 2,200 square-foot branch is located in the new Powelton Plaza at the intersection of Interstate-84 West/exit 10S and North Plank Road . Comment?
Home Sales up 8 % in Tri-County Region in Jan-Feb March
Apr 10, 2013 | via White Plains CitizeNetReporter
Realtors participating in the Hudson Gateway Multiple Listing Service, Inc., a subsidiary of the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors, Inc. Comment?
Orange County joins program for energy updates
Mar 15, 2013 | via recordonline.com
Orange County has agreed to join a fledgling program that plans to lend property owners money to make energy-saving improvements and allow them to repay the loans over time on their annual tax bills. Comment?
How do you prepare for a lifetime of renting?
13 hrs ago | via BBC News
In much of the UK many young people have no prospect of getting on the property ladder so how can they prepare for decades of renting? They rent when young, when it seems a rite of passage. Comment?
TREASURIES-U.S. bond prices steady before Fed policy...
Tuesday | via Reuters
The Fed's policy statement, to be released after the close of the meeting on Wednesday afternoon, could affirm remarks by Chairman Ben Bernanke last month that the U.S. central bank may decide to trim the amount of bond purchases in the next few meetings if the economic recovery maintains momentum. Comment?
Theater Review: 'Somewhere Fun'
Monday | via The Epoch Times
Rosemary sees her old friend Evelyn at the hospital, suffering from terminal cancer. Comment?
New York AG Signals Crackdown On Bank Foreclosure Pr...
Monday Jun 17 | via JD Supra
On June 4, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a lawsuit against a major financial institution for allegedly violating state law by failing to timely file in foreclosure cases "requests for judicial intervention" , which would trigger court-supervised settlement conferences. Comment?
Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions
Monday Jun 17 | via Reuters
** Brookfield Asset Management Inc said it will sell its Longview Timber holdings in the U.S. Pacific Northwest to Weyerhaeuser Co for $2.65 billion, including assumption of debt, and will sell a nearby paper and packaging business to KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp for $1.025 billion. Comment?
Fed suggests it's closer to slowing bond purchases
4 min ago | via HeraldNet
Chairman Ben Bernanke ended weeks of speculation Wednesday by saying the Federal Reserve will likely slow its bond-buying program this year and end it next year because the economy is strengthening. Comment?
Wells Fargo halts home foreclosure of Etienne Syldor...
5 min ago | via WFTV Orlando
Etienne Syldor, the hardworking father and Walt Disney World bus driver who found himself in foreclosure received good news Wednesday. Comment?
Family Finance: Tips for buying, selling in today's ...
7 min ago | via WTOC-TV Savannah
With mortgage rates rising quickly, many might wonder if now is a good time to buy or sell a home. Comment?
Global Markets-Asian stocks fall on Bernanke comment...
1 hr ago | via Reuters
Asian shares tracked the overnight drop in U.S. equities after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke confirmed market fears that the Fed would begin reducing its stimulus later this year as the economy improved. Comment?
Sen. Heller: Keep mortgage forgiveness debt relief t...
8 min ago | via The Las Vegas Sun
For many underwater Nevada homeowners, the most important part of the New Year's Day fiscal cliff deal wasn't the assurance that their income tax rates wouldn't rise, but the guarantee that for the coming year, they could refinance their mortgages or short-sell their houses without owing income taxes on the money they saved. Comment?