Tag: housing
New Mortgage Regulations Could Bruise Housing Market
by Charles Hugh Smith on Mar.23, 2011, under Towing
New regulations limiting mortgage brokers’ compensation go into effect on April 1. While they’re meant to protect mortgage borrowers from unscrupulous brokers, they could have an adverse impact on the nation’s struggling housing market.
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New Mortgage Regulations Could Bruise Housing Market originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:00:00.
Filed Under: Economy, Real Estate
Week in Preview: Discover, Oracle and Tiffany Earnings
by Trey Thoelcke on Mar.20, 2011, under Towing
Oracle, Discover and Tiffany are all expected to report year-over-year growth for their most recent quarters this week. Meanwhile, many will be looking for an updated snapshot of the housing market, with three sets of real-estate data coming out.
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Week in Preview: Discover, Oracle and Tiffany Earnings originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sun, 20 Mar 2011 08:00:00.
Filed Under: Economy, Investing, Earnings, Oracle, Tiffany & Co, Stocks in the News
Three Key Rules for an Unpredictable Housing Market
by Jean Chatzky on Mar.15, 2011, under Towing
Some recent reports on the real estate market show home prices starting to stabilize in many areas. Other data suggests the housing market has further to fall. But whichever direction the numbers are heading, there are few tenets that smart buyers and sellers should always follow.
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Three Key Rules for an Unpredictable Housing Market originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 15 Mar 2011 06:30:00.
Filed Under: Columns, Real Estate
What the Housing Market Is Signaling Now
by Jean Chatzky on Feb.19, 2011, under Towing
Home sales have started to rebound, with half the nation’s markets experiencing price gains in the last quarter of 2010. They weren’t great gains, but they were progress. Here’s what the latest moves mean for buyers, for sellers and for the U.S. economy.
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What the Housing Market Is Signaling Now originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sat, 19 Feb 2011 08:00:00.
Filed Under: Columns, Economy, Real Estate
Recession Lingers On in Silicon Valley
by Douglas McIntyre on Feb.15, 2011, under Towing
Much has been made recently of the huge valuations of Internet players like Facebook, Twitter and Zynga, but while Web 2.0 is doing well, the Silicon Valley region itself is not. A new report shows compensation and unemployment in the region haven’t improved since the downturn.
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Recession Lingers On in Silicon Valley originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:52:00.
Filed Under: Technology, Economy, Real Estate, Taxes







