Target's sales hit by housing slump

Story date: 2007-10-30 11:55:00
Added on: 2007-10-31 10:00:27

Philadelphia Inquirer - Target is feeling the effects as borrowers with higher incomes cannot refinance at lower rates, or hold mortgages worth more than their homes' values, said Guy Cecala, the publisher of Inside Mortgage Finance, a trade newsletter. "Now we're seeing it ...


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