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  • Luxury condos selling at Oakland's Ellignton - Inside Bay Area

    Developers have breathed fresh life into a luxury condominium project in downtown Oakland that had lurched into foreclosure, saying home buyers have bought more than one-fourth of its units. The Ellington, a high-rise complex perched on the edge of ...
    2009-10-29 05:56:00
  • Complaints about mortgage lenders rise 40% in six months - The Independent

    Complaints about the way banks, building societies and specialist lenders treat struggling mortgage customers have soared by 40 per cent over the past six months, figures from the chief financial watchdog showed yesterday. Amid mounting concern at ...
    2009-10-29 07:07:00
  • Start with Confidence - Photonics.com

    Doing research on how to buy a home is itself an investment - in time. On the one hand are the shelves of books on the subject - helpful, yet sometimes tedious in their detail. On the other hand are specialty Web sites with short, sharp home-buying ...
    2009-10-29 06:39:00
  • The Art World Goes Local - Wall Street Journal

    From Bloomfield Hills, Mich., to Turin, Italy, contemporary-art collectors are passing on works by international art stars and skipping far-flung art fairs and auctions. This year, they're buying local. In Detroit, major collector and steel company ...
    2009-10-29 07:43:00
  • Getting advice on financial advisers - Irish Times

    Just 10 per cent of people rely on an independent financial adviser/broker for advice, writes FIONA REDDAN ‘THERE ARE worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?” asked Woody Allen. If you agree ...
    2009-10-29 07:50:00
  • Appraisal Regulations Affect Housing Market - KOMU

    HALLSVILLE - A code of conduct designed to create a wall of separation between lenders, realtors and appraisers is affecting the local housing market. In May, the Home Valuation Code of Conduct, or HVCC, took effect. It prohibits influence or ...
    2009-10-29 10:13:00
  • No headline - matter_of_record - Wichita Falls Times Record News

    Union Square FCU vs. Rex E. Crouch, 1921 8th, #4, $4,789.16, V3425 P542. First Nat’l Bank vs. Chris/Kristi Williams, 425 W. 3rd., Burk, $17,938.46, V3425 P545. Union Square FCU vs. Eddie C. Salazar/John B. Reberger, 1654 Pearl, $6,722.03, V3425 ...
    2009-10-29 11:03:00
  • What's happening in the lending world these days - Santa Rosa Press Democrat

    What's happening in the lending world these daysSanta Rosa Press DemocratAlso, all lender and mortgage broker fees will be combined and shown as a single amount. Broker rebates, paid out of closings and yield spread premiums will ...
    2009-10-29 01:39:44
  • It's not peace in the Middle East, but it's something - Atlanta Journal Constitution

    It's not peace in the Middle East, but it's somethingAtlanta Journal ConstitutionThat Obama sure knows how to broker those lasting peace deals. The Republicans could learn a thing or two. Something that doe not involve shocking and ...and more »
    2009-10-29 02:27:05
  • The Coming Home-Tax Credit: Worth the Wait? - Smartmoney.com

    The Coming Home-Tax Credit: Worth the Wait?Smartmoney.com“If there's a steal today that won't be there tomorrow, you should probably move,” says JP Endres-Fein, a real estate broker and partner at Homes of ...and more »
    2009-10-29 02:32:50
  • Not the Worst of Times - Bisnow

    Not the Worst of TimesBisnowOwner and broker panelists yesterday at the Roosevelt Hotel reached a consensus: this market's not the worst we've seen. We snapped Malkin Holdings' Tony ...
    2009-10-29 03:30:14
  • Émigré exuberance: Group of 18 celebrates a joyous b'nai mitzvah in Marin - Jweekly.com

    Émigré exuberance: Group of 18 celebrates a joyous b'nai mitzvah in MarinJweekly.com“None of us even knew the meaning of the Jewish holidays,” said Mozeson, a mortgage broker in San Mateo. Another participant, Anna Lushtak of Ross, ...
    2009-10-29 04:22:20
  • Looming tax credit deadline spurs return of real estate bidding wars - WalletPop

    Looming tax credit deadline spurs return of real estate bidding warsWalletPopVictoria Caldwell, a real estate broker in Edmond, Okla., says there is a shortage of affordable homes in the area and buyers are streaming in to bid on ...
    2009-10-29 04:46:14
  • Complaints about mortgage lenders rise 40% in six months - Independent

    Complaints about mortgage lenders rise 40% in six monthsIndependentEarlier this week, for example, the FSA found "serious failings" in the high-street broker Swinton's sales of payment protection insurance. ...and more »
    2009-10-29 07:20:35
  • Getting advice on financial advisers - Irish Times

    Getting advice on financial advisersIrish TimesFor example, it could be as much as 1 per cent, so for a mortgage of €350000, the broker could earn €3500. While the broker earning commission may not be so ...
    2009-10-29 07:47:25