Local Headlines
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Candidates for Staten Island/Brooklyn House seat pic...
Wednesday Aug 20 | via Pennlive.com
Republican Robert Straniere -- a former assemblyman vying to replace Rep. Vito Fossella in the House of Representatives -- received an endorsement today from Bronx County Republican Party Chairman Joseph Savino ...
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Can a Child Take Over a Co-op?
Saturday Aug 16 | via New York Times
I live in a New York co-op, and I have received a two-year job assignment in Los Angeles.
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Realtors group looks at firm to book showings
Thursday Aug 14 | via The Gazette
Wanting to improve the way real estate agents arrange property showings, GCAR is considering contracting Centralized Showing Service.
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Duped when they're down, then forced out
Saturday Aug 9 | via SILive
To Gerthy and Lesly Alexandre, a couple struggling to fight off foreclosure on their West Brighton home, the proposition seemed to make sense: Refinance the mortgage and put someone else's name on the deed just ...
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New York's Foreclosure Crescent
Thursday Aug 7 | via The New York Observer
July was a tough month for the borough of Queens. Not only did Queens lead all other boroughs in first-time home foreclosures, with a total of 178 , but the borough also has some of the most foreclosure-prone ...
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Regional Headlines
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Fitch Downgrades 1 Class from ABSpoke 2005-X; Resolv...
Thursday | via MarketWatch
NEW YORK, Aug 28, 2008 -- Fitch Ratings has downgraded and removed from Rating Watch Negative one class of notes issued by ABSpoke 2005-X, Ltd.
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Wednesday | via Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Alaska Air Group Inc. of Seattle confirmed that it will lay off 80 nonunionized Alaska Airlines managers by Monday.
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September 1: Countdown to Fannie/Freddie NY Public B...
Wednesday Aug 27 | via DMI Blog
Yep, you heard it right, the two GSEs that have been consistently made headlines over the past few months because of accounting scandals, their role in the subprime meltdown , and federal plans to rescue the ...
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S&P/Case-Shiller: National Home Price Index Fall...
Wednesday Aug 27 | via Huntington News
Aug. 27, 2008 S&P/Case-Shiller: National Home Price Index Falls a Record 15.4% from Q2 2007 By David M. Kinchen Huntingtonnews.net Real Estate Writer The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller U.S. national home price ...
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Housing market shows signs that the worst could be over
Wednesday Aug 27 | via Daily Record
NEW YORK -- While no one is ready to call the bottom of the worst housing collapse in decades, there were glimmers this week that the severity could be waning.
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National Headlines
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Barron County sees drop in equalized value
2 min ago | via Leader-Telegram
Barron County Administrator Duane Hebert said he was surprised by a new state report that shows equalized value in his county fell in 2008.
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Outcry at plan for councils to...
2 min ago | via Daily Express
GORDON Brown was under fire last night over plans for town halls to buy thousands of unsold and repossessed houses.
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Incomes drop sharply in July while spending slows
Wednesday Jul 30 | via Messenger
Consumer spending slowed to a crawl and personal incomes plunged in July, reflecting the waning impact of $93 billion in economic stimulus payments.
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Incomes Drop Sharply in July While Consumer Spending...
10 min ago | via The Ledger
Published: Friday, August 29, 2008 at 11:10 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, August 29, 2008 at 11:41 p.m. WASHINGTON Consumer spending slowed to a crawl and personal incomes plunged in July, reflecting the waning ...
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Sell your house online and save thousands
28 min ago | via This Is Money
Home sellers have looked on aghast as thousands has been flayed from the value of their property.
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