Arkansas Home Sales Rising Again?
Sep 10, 2009 | via ArkansasMatters Central Arkansas' Homepage
The latest figures for home sales in Arkansas are very encouraging for three of the state's top five counties. Comment?
Arkansas financial office says more cuts likely
Tuesday | via Miami Herald
Here's a switch for a state accustomed to falling revenues: Florida will have more money to spend next year than expected. Comment?
NWA Developer Gary Combs Sues Signature Bank
Tuesday Jan 5 | via ArkansasBusiness.com
Northwest Arkansas developer Gary Combs is suing Signature Bank of Arkansas and its CEO, Gary Head, claiming fraudulent inducement, deceptive trade practices and breach of fiduciary duty. Comment?
Using decorative staging to attract buyers and incre...
Sunday Jan 3 | via Daily Record
Special to the Daily Record ecnobles@att.net According to the National Association of Realtors , some of the most important steps a homeowner can take when putting his home on the market are cleaning and decluttering. Comment?
What challenges face housing markets in 2010?
Monday Dec 28 | via Daily Record
While housing markets remained volatile through 2009, a first-time home buyer tax credit, low mortgage rates and downward pressure on list prices combined to help convince some buyers that the time had come to purchase a home. Comment?
Multiple Federal Agencies In Arkansas For Disaster R...
Friday Dec 18 | via Federal Emergency Management Agency
Multiple federal agencies and departments are here to help Arkansas recover from damages incurred during the severe storms and flooding last October. Comment?
Inflation vs. Deflation -- By: Veronique de Rugy
7 min ago | via The Corner
Amity Shlaes has a good piece today in Bloomberg where she rightfully notes that, strangely, lawmakers and economists live in fear of deflation while treating inflation as a lesser and more remote threat: The shared belief is that the potential for deflation or credit-and- deflation-related spirals deserve our near-exclusive attention. Comment?
Lenders May Cut Borrowersa Principal to Prevent Cost...
1 hr ago | via ABA Journal
Several years ago, it would have been virtually unheard of. But a number of lenders are now sometimes willing to consider reducing or deferring part of a borrower's principal balance on an upside-down mortgage in order to avoid taking an even more costly hit if the loan goes into foreclosure and has to be sold at a significant loss, according to ... Comment?
Hedge Funds: Industry has best year in a decade
2 hrs ago | via MarketWatch
In just a year, hedge funds have gone from worst to first. After suffering its worst year on record in 2008, the industry generated the biggest gains in a decade in 2009 as credit and equity markets rebounded strongly, according to early estimates released Thursday by Hennessee Group. Comment?
Having an island all to yourself is no longer just a...
8 min ago | via Star-telegram.com
BY JONATHAN VATNER One night in August, Debra Dawson and her boyfriend, Joe Sinagoga, were vacationing on Jonathan Island, a nearly 3-acre plot off the coast of Narragansett, R.I. Their motorboat had broken down and they had no way of getting to the mainland for dinner. Comment?
DotLoop founder to appear on Fox Business
11 min ago | via Cincinnati Business Courier
Blue Ash entrepreneur Austin Allison will gain some national exposure Thursday when he appears on the Fox Business Network's "Happy Hour" program at about 5:40 p.m. Allison is the founder of Dotloop Co., a software firm that allows real estate agents to process contract documents electronically - saving money, time and paper. Comment?