| Builders group hires executive director The Metropolitan Builders Association has hired Richard Hodges as the organization’s executive director following a nationwide search. bizjournals.com |
Maitland bidding out new $7.6 million city hall, fire station The city of Maitland is moving ahead with plans to build a new $7.6 million city hall and fire station, six years after voters approved funding for them. They were to be part of a major private development in the downtown area that never got off the ground. bizjournals.com |
Kenneth Harney: Despite 2009 restrictions, mortgage and appraisal fraud spiked For anyone who assumed that the toughened real-estate appraisal rules imposed on the mortgage market last year would mean less monkey business in home valuations, here's a shocker: Fraudulent appraisals soared in 2009, according to a lending-industry study released this week, and they now represent... feeds.washingtonpost.com |
How Canada really avoided a housing bubble The June 24 Economy & Business story " No bubble, please, we're Canadian " correctly noted that the Canadian mortgage markets generally had less leverage, less risk and less subprime lending than did those in the United States, key factors in why Canada avoided a housing crisis. Unfortunately,... Canada - Real estate - Business - Housing - Residential feeds.washingtonpost.com |
Nearly one in four home sales a foreclosure Nearly one in every four U.S. homes sold in the second quarter was a deeply discounted foreclosed house, RealtyTrac said. Foreclosure - Real estate - United States - Business - RealtyTrac pheedo.msnbc.msn.com |