How do you prepare for a lifetime of renting?
1 hr 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...
18 hrs ago | 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'
Yesterday | 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 | 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 | 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?
Should I Accept a Credit Line Increase?
3 min ago | via Blueprint for Financial Prosperity
I was talking with friends over the weekend when one of them asked me a question I'd, surprisingly, never saw before . Comment?
Mortgage rates climbing as Fed consider ending stimu...
4 min ago | via Business Journal
Mortgage interest rates rose last week to their highest point in a year, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Comment?
RES.NET Launches New Homepage, More Easily Connects ...
7 min ago | via Customer Interaction Solutions
RES.NET , a provider of software applications connecting real estate professionals and consumers, launched a new homepage to better communicate with current users and facilitate connections among all participants of a real estate transaction. Comment?
Bank of America, Wells Fargo fail mortgage servicing...
9 min ago | via WCNC-TV Charlotte
Bank of America and Wells Fargo both failed tests checking to make sure the banks were following the rules of a national mortgage servicing settlement, a report released Wednesday shows. Comment?
U.S. MBA Mortgage Applications Index Decreased 3.3% ...
15 min ago | via San Diego Source
Mortgage applications in the U.S. decreased last week as borrowing costs climbed, keeping refinancing hovering around a more than one-year low. Comment?