Foreclosure activity slows in November
Yesterday | via The Birmingham News
Times Business Writer gina.hannah@htimes.com Huntsville area sees 23% decline from October Foreclosures in the Huntsville metropolitan area last month fell nearly 25 percent from October, RealtyTrac reported Wednesday. Comment?
SAIC receives contract extension for NASA work
Monday Dec 7 | via Star Tribune
Defense contractor Science Applications International Corp. said Monday it received a contract extension from NASA that could be valued at more than $235 million if all options are exercised. Comment?
Is buying a home the right choice for you?
Friday Dec 4 | via WAFF-TV Huntsville
Across the country home sales have suffered. Nationwide incentives have helped boost sales a bit, even in markets like Huntsville that haven't been hit quite as hard by the housing slump. Comment?
Learn about laws on homeowners groups
Friday Dec 4 | via The Birmingham News
Two months ago, members of the Madison County legislative delegation met with homeowners, developers, builders and Realtors to discuss solutions to problems some homeowners associations are having with their developers. Comment?
Mortgage modification underway
Wednesday Dec 2 | via WAFF-TV Huntsville
The Mortgage Modification Conversion Drive has begun. It's an effort by Housing and Urban Development and President Obama to help homeowners who feel they can't keep their head above water. Comment?
University of Alabama buys Capstone Village retireme...
5 hrs ago | via Alabama Live
University of Alabama trustees on Thursday approved buying Capstone Village, on the eastern edge of campus, for $9.5 million -- or about 20 cents on the dollar for the property valued at $40 million, according to a Tuscaloosa News report. Comment?
i Golf course property in foreclosure
Tuesday Dec 8 | via The Gadsden Times
Published: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 8:54 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 8:54 p.m. A Jackson County bank has begun foreclosure proceedings against the East Gadsden Golf Club for the 103-acre River Trace Golf Course the club sold to the Cherokees of Alabama this year. Comment?
SunTrust Banks, Inc. - Financial And Strategic Analy...
Tuesday Dec 8 | via OfficialWire
Financial and Strategic Analysis Review Summary SunTrust Banks, Inc. - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review is an in-depth business, strategic and financial analysis of SunTrust Banks, Inc.. The report provides a comprehensive insight into the company, including business structure and operations, executive biographies and key competitors. Comment?
Elderly prime targets of con artists
Saturday Nov 28 | via Prattville Progress
Flimflams are not something Montgomery police said they see often. But when traveling scam artists do come to town, they generally are searching for the easiest persons to con, and the elderly community has become a prime target, local officials said. Comment?
Monday Nov 23 | via The Birmingham News
For the first time in more than two years, home sales posted a year-to-year increase in Huntsville and the state. Comment?
3 min ago | via Financial News & Daily Record
Foreclosure is still a major problem in Jacksonville. Last month alone, over 3,000 people got notices informing them that their homes were in some stage of the foreclosure process. Comment?
Lawyers deny claims they were greedy
5 min ago | via The Press On-Line
Top commercial lawyers in Christchurch are defending claims they were greedy when they paid themselves and others a $950,000 dividend this year for operating troubled mortgage fund Canterbury Mortgage Trust . Comment?
Judgment invites LAQC wariness
5 min ago | via Southland Times On Line.
The Taxation Review Authority has released a judgment on a taxpayer renting a house from a loss attributing qualifying company of which she was the sole owner, writes Murray McClennan in this week's Taxing Times. Comment?
Top Home Building Stories for 2009
5 min ago | via Builder
But builders may remember 2009 as much for events stemming from unprecedented government efforts to prop up housing starts and homeowner efforts to fight off the pernicious forces of unemployment and foreclosure. Comment?
New home prices rise 0.3 per cent in October
6 min ago | via Canada.com
Prices for new homes in Canada rose 0.3 per cent in October after a 0.5 per cent increase the previous month, Statistics Canada said Friday. Comment?