Contractors: Colorado lost 31,600 construction jobs in one year
Colorado lost 31,600 construction jobs in the 12 months ending January 2010, 23 percent of the state's construction employment, the Associated General Contractors of America said Thursday. bizjournals.com |
Goldman Wants to Foreclose on Resort
Goldman Sachs, which lent RQB Resort $193 million to help buy the Sawgrass resort in Florida, is urging a bankruptcy judge to let it foreclose on the property. online.wsj.com |
Avoid foreclosure-prevention scams: 3 tips
With mortgage delinquencies at an all-time high, there are lots of desperate homeowners seeking to avoid foreclosure -- and tons of scam artists trying to take advantage of that. rss.cnn.com |
In down economy, owning a vacation home may be more business than pleasure
Tina Lambert and her husband wanted an investment that would help them pay for their kids' college tuition someday. When he insisted on paying $49,000 for a condominium in Ocean City in 1997, she worried. But by the middle of this decade, when housing markets were in full boom, the condo's value ... Business - United States - Travel and Tourism - Lodging - Caribbean feeds.washingtonpost.com |
Foreclosure scandal impact: Sales dry up
Big banks are having trouble restarting the foreclosure process after this fall's "robo-signing" scandal, and the once booming market for foreclosed homes has been hit hard as a result. rss.cnn.com |