Nebraskans Top List For Making Mortgage Payments
Monday Dec 21 | via WOWT-TV Omaha
The lowest mortgage delinquency rates in the nation next year should be in Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota. Comment?
Creditors question Seven Falls developer
Thursday Dec 17 | via HendersonvilleNews.com
Creditors for Seven Falls Golf and River Club questioned developer Keith Vinson about his business relationships and financial obligations at a hearing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court Wednesday. Comment?
Secretary Announces Disaster Assistance for Nebraska...
Friday Dec 18 | via HUD
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to counties in Nebraska and provide support to homeowners and low-income renters forced from their homes following last month's severe winter storm. Comment?
Despite real estate slump, affordable housing is dow...
Friday Dec 18 | via AARP The Magazine
"? Renae Merle A growing number of lower-income homeowners in the D.C. region spent at least half of their income on housing costs, reflecting a decline in housing affordability across the nation, according to a study released Thursday. Comment?
Rural index weak, but rises again
Nov 20, 2009 | via Omaha World-Herald
Significant economic weakness remains in the rural Midwest, a survey of small-town bankers in 11 states indicates, although the resulting index improved for the third straight month. Comment?
The past and future decade in business at a glance
3 min ago | via News Chief
Published: Saturday, December 26, 2009 at 2:57 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, December 26, 2009 at 2:57 p.m. A look at the decade that was and the decade to come, by industry: BANKING THE PAST DECADE: The nation's big banks swaggered into the decade as owners of the world. Comment?
Bill Thomas: Real estate dreams, schemes helped doom...
6 min ago | via Bakersfield Californian
Democratic members: Brooksley Born, former chair of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission; Byron Georgiou, a Las Vegas-based businessman and attorney who serves on the advisory board of the Harvard Law School Program on Corporate Governance; Bob Graham, former Florida senator and governor; Heather H. Murren, a retired managing director for ... Comment?
Decade marred by housing crisis
13 min ago | via SF Gate
In July 2007, the Bay Area housing market peaked with a median price of $665,000. Reverberations Suddenly, Bay Area residents stopped marveling at their genius and counting on equity to cover the cost of new cars and college tuition payments, and started worrying about how to cover the mortgage. Comment?
US housing data tempers optimism in world markets
29 min ago | via WKRN-TV Nashville
European stock markets rose modestly Wednesday on optimism about the recovery even as Wall Street remained flat, as downbeat housing data restrained any gains. Comment?
Fannie, Freddie freed from caps on govt help
41 min ago | via Business Standard
The US Treasury Department will remove the caps on aid to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for the next three years, to allay investor concerns that the companies will exhaust the available government assistance. Comment?