Many struggle even as home prices fall
Wednesday Dec 30 | via CulpeperNews.com, Culpeper, VA
Home prices may be falling, but in parts of Virginia and the D.C. metro area, more people are struggling to pay mortgages and rent now than in 2005, according to statistics from an agency that tracks housing costs. Comment?
Local Leads: $41M to Shovel Snow
Wednesday Dec 30 | via NBC Washington
The following stories have been hand-selected by the Assignment Desk at News4: DRINKING ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, DON'T DRIVE U.S. drunk driving deaths nearly double on New Year's Eve Combating a holiday period when nearly twice as many U.S. traffic deaths are caused by drunk drivers than during Christmas or any other December evening*, area officials ... Comment?
Legislative proposal requests business tax on rental...
Wednesday Dec 30 | via Northern Virginia Daily
During remarks at the city's legislative dinner Monday night, City Council members highlighted several issues they would like to see addressed in Richmond during the upcoming General Assembly session. Comment?
Frederick appeals to first-time homebuyers
Monday Dec 21 | via WTOP
Nick Carroll and his girlfriend, Kasey Lehman began looking for homes in Northern Virginia, but found better prices in Frederick. Comment?
Company/Individual Honors for Dec. 21
Sunday Dec 20 | via Richmond Times-Dispatch
KimMarie McGoldrick has received the Kenneth G. Elzinga Distinguished Teaching Award from the Southern Economic Association. Comment?
Program isn't halting torrent of foreclosures
5 min ago | via Contra Costa Times
Banks and other lenders still are foreclosing on Americans' homes at a rate that's outpacing the Obama administration's main effort to stem the crisis. Comment?
New year, old worries for U.S. stocks
9 min ago | via TownHall.com
U.S. stocks closed out 2009 with the best performance in six years, but monthly employment figures in the first week of the new year will keep investors focused on what is likely to be 2010's reality -- the economy's struggle to recover. Comment?
HungryAgents.com Launches Web Page with Interactive ...
10 min ago | via MELODIKA.net
HungryAgents.com, the real estate web site that allows home buyers and sellers to have Hartford discount REALTORS offering Full Service bid for their business, has created an online interactive real estate commission savings calculator. Comment?
Towns Realty Short Sales Tips -- yes you can -- Shor...
12 min ago | via MELODIKA.net
Yes a Short Sale can avoid a Foreclosure This is the purpose of it. Otherwise banks would not approve it. Comment?
22 min ago | via CNN
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said Sunday that low interest rates in the first half of the last decade were "appropriate" at the time and were not the main cause of the ensuing housing bubble. Comment?