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Orlando new-home sales, home construction are up
Business has picked up from last year for Orlando-area homebuilders, and at least some of their new customers are an unlikely group of buyers: former foreclosure victims.
It has been three years since foreclosures peaked in Orlando, and that is the...Tags: Real Estate Sales, House Building, Luxury Vehicles, Foreclosures, Windermere
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Letters to the Editor - May 26
‘Hardship withdrawals’ need further investigation To the editor: Well, here it is May and my mortgage is past due another month and I have auto insurance coming due as well. Like other Americans, I am in debt. I do have a 401(k), but in...Tags: Mortgages, Education, Schools, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance
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Las Vegas housing market improves in April
A new report shows Las Vegas metro area prices rose year-over-year in April for the first time since June 2010. The median home price for the region was up 2.5% from April 2011 and 4.3% from the prior month to hit $119,000, according to research firm...
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Ask a real estate pro: Mortgage settlement prompting banks to make deals
Sun SentinelBoard-certified real estate attorney Gary M. Singer writes about the housing market in this space each Friday. To ask him a question about short sales, mortgages, refinancing, homeowner's associations or any other residential real estate topic, click...Tags: Legal Services, Mortgages, Bank of America Corp., Services and Shopping, Justice System
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Deere fiscal 2Q profit rises, beats expectations
MOLINE, Ill. (AP) - Deere posted a 17 percent spike in second quarter profit May 16 and boosted its outlook for the year, predicting record-high global demand for its signature tractors, harvesters and seeders. Analysts had been anxiously awaiting...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Agriculture, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Finance
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Company hires and promotions in the Lehigh Valley
Scott E. Yescavage has been hired as an SBA program officer, corporate banking for Univest Corp. of Pennsylvania. He brings 19 years of experience in the financial services industry to Univest. He joins Univest from National Penn Bank where he was vice...Tags: Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania, Health and Medical Professionals, Economy, Business and Finance, Medical Specialization, Finance
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Costco members can now shop for mortgages online
Members of Costco Wholesale Corp. can fill their carts with a shopping list of goodies like big-screen televisions, bathroom tissue and rotisserie chickens.
Mortgages? Well, not exactly.
The company is receiving a fair amount of publicity for the...Tags: Mortgages, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Consumers, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Services and Shopping
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Freddie Mac: 30-year mortgage rate down a tick at 3.78%
Los Angeles TimesRecord low interest rates for 30-year mortgages edged down another tick, Freddie Mac said in its latest survey, which showed lenders across the nation offering the benchmark loan at 3.78 percent compared to 3.79 percent last week. The typical rate on a...Tags: Mortgages, Freddie Mac, Los Angeles Times, Homes, Banking
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44% of Cook County homes with a mortgage are underwater
Tribune staff reporterAlmost 667,000 homes with a mortgage in the seven-county Chicago area were underwater on their mortgages in March -- and 13 percent of those homeowners were also delinquent on their mortgage payments by three months or more. The paper losses total almost...Tags: Mortgages, Services and Shopping, Foreclosures, Chicago Mortgages, Real Estate
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Facebook, Wall Street banks under fire from lawmakers and lawyers
WASHINGTON — Already grappling with regulatory reviews of its troubled initial public offering, Facebook Inc. and the Wall Street banks that shepherded the deal are now under fire from lawmakers and lawyers. Two congressional committees said...Tags: Mary Schapiro, Finance, Stock Market, NYSE, Media Industry
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Zillow: Underwater mortgages still plague Broward, PB counties
Sun SentinelDespite the recent rise in home prices, nearly half of Broward County mortgage holders owe more than the properties are worth, real estate website Zillow.com says. The figure, 46 percent, is down slightly from a year ago. In Palm Beach County, four in 10...Tags: Mortgages, Services and Shopping, Real Estate
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Underwater mortgages still plague Palm Beach County
Despite the recent rise in home prices, four in 10 Palm Beach County mortgage holders owe more than the properties are worth, real estate website Zillow.com says. The figure, 43 percent, is up slightly from a year ago, and the lost value totals $11.1...Tags: Mortgages, Services and Shopping, Real Estate
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