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Do New Mortgage Rules Make Borrowers Safer?
Wednesday Jul 16 | via Realty Trac
You could hardly miss the headlines this week: More than 1,000 news outlets covered new rules from the Federal Reserve designed to "protect" America's mortgage borrowers.
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Related Topix: Home, Foreclosures, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance
Local Headlines
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6 hrs ago | via News Chief
Jerry Anderson has joined Coldwell Banker Ridge Properties, at 247 E. Stuart Ave., in Lake Wales, as a full-time broker/sales associate.
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Related Topix: Lake Wales, FL, Real Estate, Lakeland Metro, Winter Haven, FL
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Polk Housing Slump Keeps On With Low June Permits
Friday Jul 18 | via The Ledger
Area builders are keeping a low profile as the housing slump drags on. A total 217 single-family home permits were pulled last month in Polk County, falling from 321 the year before and 265 in May, according to ...
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Related Topix: Polk County, FL, Housing, Lakeland, FL, Winter Haven, FL, Davenport, FL
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Unable to Make Mortgage Payments, Many Give Up
Sunday Jul 13 | via The Ledger
Published: Sunday, July 13, 2008 at 7:40 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, July 13, 2008 at 8:17 a.m. NEED HELP? Florida Legal Services and the Florida Bar Association have established a hotline to provide free legal ...
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Related Topix: Polk County, FL, Auburndale, FL, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Lakeland, FL, Lakeland College
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Century 21 Realty Offices Merge
Wednesday Jul 2 | via The Ledger
Published: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 6:21 a.m. Andy Hernandez, president of Century 21 A.H. Realty, at his office in Lakeland, Fla.
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Related Topix: Lakeland, FL, Lakeland Metro, Winter Haven, FL, Polk County, FL, Housing
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Sale raises $6,000 for Meals on Wheels
Friday Jun 27 | via News Chief
It was a buyer's market on Saturday when Brokers Realty of Central Florida hosted a five-hour "Parking Lot Sale" at its Winter Haven location.
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Related Topix: Lakeland Metro, Winter Haven, FL, Lake Wales, FL, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance
Regional Headlines
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34 min ago | via The Miami Herald
With the local economy on the ropes and the number of borrowers behind on their mortgages rising, South Florida median home prices and sales continued sliding last month, falling an average 20.5 percent in ...
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Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, University of Miami, Real Estate, Housing, Foreclosures, Home Listing
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1 hr ago | via Daily Business Review
That's one of the explanations in a 40-page response to a Miami Herald investigation, which found that more than 10,000 people with criminal records were permitted to work in Florida's mortgage industry between ...
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Related Topix: Florida, Florida Government, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance
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Florida To Address Criminals In Mortgage Industry
1 hr ago | via Tampa Bay Online
The head of a state agency that allowed thousands of criminals to sell home loans in Florida has acknowledged that his office did not follow a screening law, but blamed legislators for failing to provide money ...
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Related Topix: Florida, Florida Government, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance
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McCollum "not ready" to say whether battered mortgage chief should go
3 hrs ago | via El Sentinel
Next Tuesday is bound to be a bloodletting when the Florida Cabinet meets to decide the fate of embattled Office of Financial Regulation chief Don Saxon .
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Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Florida, Florida Government
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FAR: South Florida home sales continue decline
Monday Jul 21 | via South Florida Business Journal
Year-over-year single-family home sales and prices declined again in June, across South Florida and the state, a Florida Association of Realtors report showed.
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Related Topix: Real Estate, West Palm Beach, FL, Florida, Miami Metro, Fort Myers, FL, Cape Coral, FL
National Headlines
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Discounted mortgage notes can stop foreclosures
4 min ago | via Business Standard
Where politicians and bankers see vexing liabilities in defaulted mortgages and foreclosures, Robert Lee sees opportunities as he picks up the pieces of the housing bust.
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Related Topix: Huntington Beach, CA, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures
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Closing Market ... Dow "283.10 ... S&P "29.65 ... Nasdaq "45.77
5 min ago | via Cleveland.com
Wall Street abruptly ended an earnings-driven rally and closed sharply lower today after a steeper-than-expected decline in existing home sales and worries about the financial sector chilled the market's recent ...
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Related Topix: Home, Housing, Home Selling, Real Estate
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Stocks Tumble After Sales of Existing Homes Fall; Dow Down 283 Points
6 min ago | via ArkansasBusiness.com
The major indexes fell about 2 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which lost more than 275 points.
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Related Topix: Financial Markets, The National, Entertainment, Television, Real Estate, Home, Housing, Home Selling
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Housing Market Legislation Update
6 min ago | via Business Law Prof Blog
On Wednesday, President Bush dropped his opposition to the current housing market legislation despite his objections to a $3.9 billion provision.
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Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage
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7 min ago | via The Taipei Times
AIDING MORTGAGE GIANTS: The House of Representatives voted to pass a bill that will provide liquidity to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, with some denying it is a bailout AP, WASHINGTON Friday, Jul 25, 2008, Page 7 ...
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Related Topix: Foreclosures, George Bush, US Politics, US News, Financial Services, Fannie Mae, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance




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