Mortgages Improve, Delinquencies Rise
While delinquencies and defaults slowly improve in the housing economy as a whole, FHA’s portfolio has not shared the same...
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Home Economics: Saving Power Costs in the House
(MCT)—Winter has been relatively mild and virtually snow-free so far in many regions. That’s helped take the chill off utility...
Housing Starts Rise 1.5 Percent from Upwardly Revised Numbers in January
Building on significant upward revisions to numbers for the previous two months, nationwide production of new single-family homes and apartments...
Your Place: More about Shore Home Dampness
(MCT)—In a recent column, a newly minted Jersey Shore homeowner asked for help making his damp abode drier. He said...
Fed Chairman Comments on Today’s Housing Market
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke made the following speech at the 2012 National Association of Homebuilders International Builders' Show,...
Celebrities Not Immune to Foreclosure Crisis
We, the little people, are not alone. Or so say the gossip rags. The country is riddled with houses in...
5 Ways to Tame Out-Of-Control Meetings
(MCT)—We’ve all been there—staff meetings that seem longer than “Gone with the Wind.” Not only are they often bad for...
More Than 95 Percent of Refinancing Borrowers Choose Fixed-Rate Mortgages
In the fourth quarter of 2011, fixed-rate loans accounted for more than 95 percent of refinance loans, based on the...
Agents: What Dropbox Can Teach Us about Cloud Computing
(MCT)—Dropbox is the most deceptively simple of services. Place a Dropbox folder on each computer or gadget you own. Drag...
Hot Property: Aniston Buys Bel-Air House
(MCT)—Leading lady Jennifer Aniston has bought a midcentury house in Bel-Air that was listed at $24.9 million. The seller was...
How to Build a ‘B-Roll Bank’ for Effortless Content
The idea of scripting, lighting and performing for a camera every day is enough to keep even the most ambitious professional on the sidelines. The secret is staying consistent without burning out isn’t working harder on your production—it’s working smarter with B-roll. Read more.
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