Central Texas Digest: Region's foreclosures keep rising
Wednesday Dec 23 | via Austin American-Statesman
More than 1,400 Central Texas properties have been posted for the Jan. 5 foreclosure auction, signaling no letup in foreclosures that have been rising for more than two years. Comment?
City to consider more money for redevelopment agency
Wednesday Dec 9 | via Austin American-Statesman
The Austin City Council is poised today to give the Austin Revitalization Authority $110,000 in operating money over the next nine months, even though a recent audit said the redevelopment agency needs to find other sources of income. Comment?
Repeat postings inflate foreclosure listings
Tuesday Dec 1 | via Austin American Statesman
New figures show that Central Texas' residential foreclosure picture isn't as gloomy once repeat postings are factored out, according to the firm that compiles the numbers. Comment?
30-year mortgages return to record low; State Farm t...
Nov 25, 2009 | via Austin American-Statesman
Average rates for 30-year fixed mortgages matched a record low of 4.78 percent this week, government-controlled financier Freddie Mac said. Comment?
Foreclosed Hamilton Pool development is up for sale
Nov 19, 2009 | via Austin American-Statesman
Rocky Creek Ranch, the western Travis County development that became one of the region's biggest residential foreclosures in July, is on the market for $17.5 million. Comment?
Jul 4, 2009 | via The Brownsville Herald
In the midst of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, Brownsville saw its own fair share of memorable stories and events in 2009. Comment?
Yesterday | via Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Mesa Air Group Inc., parent of interisland carrier go!, said it anticipates that its fiscal-year loss for 2009 will be less than its loss in the previous year. Comment?
Yesterday | via Mortgage News Daily
Latest post Wed, Dec 30 2009 5:55 PM by Bryan Bledsoe. 28 replies. Viewed 2,378 times. Comment?
Texas' Now-Strong Banks Hold Lessons for Rest of U.S.
Wednesday | via KPRC-AM Houston
Part of the reason Texas banks have fared better is the superior Texas economy. "We did not have the high run-up of home prices and we did not have the subprime debacle." Texas banking Commissioner Charles Cooper says Texas bankers also learned how to better cope with banking disasters -- when hundreds collapsed in the 1980s. Comment?
Dallas-Fort Worth home prices dip slightly
Tuesday Dec 29 | via Denton Record-Chronicle
Dallas-Fort Worth home prices were down by just a whisker in the latest gauge of the U.S. housing market. Comment?
37 min ago | via Democrat & Chronicle
Indicators for region in 2010 are hardly bleak. January 1, 2010 Despite the worst economic meltdown since the Great Depression, the Rochester region weathered the turbulence of 2009 fairly well. Comment?
A look back at the 2009 housing market
51 min ago | via Las Cruces Bulletin
While 2009 saw less home sales and building permits than previous years, it was still a good year for the Las Cruces housing market. Comment?
Doubts on Regulation and Renewal Hang Over Wall St.
1 hr ago | via Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun Gainesville, FL
After staging one of the most remarkable comebacks in business history - because of taxpayer lifelines and other support from Washington - the giants of the banking industry are entering a new phase of the postbailout period. Comment?
Tough economy, big tipper, pastor's fraud charges am...
1 hr ago | via Martin County Hometown News
It was a difficult year for many in Martin County, as news of record foreclosures and rising unemployment broke with each set of data released from local, regional and state officials. Comment?
Calgarians come through for great causes with donations
1 hr ago | via Calgary Herald
Calgary Herald Christmas Fund, total to date: $1,148,496.64 Six weeks ago, a woman sought refuge from an abusive relationship at the YWCA Sheriff King home. Comment?