Credit risk
Friday’s report is the latest in a series of audits J. Russell George, the Treasury inspector general for tax administration, has conducted on the home buyer tax credit. It said the agency paid out $513 million in questionable claims for the home buyer tax credit. Among the findings: … View full post on All Stories
Credit risk
Friday’s report is the latest in a series of audits J. Russell George, the Treasury inspector general for tax administration, has conducted on the home buyer tax credit. It said the agency paid out $513 million in questionable claims for the home buyer tax credit. Among the findings: … View full post on All Stories
Canadian Liberals promise permanent tax credit for ‘green’ home redos
Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Gatineau, Quebec, Canada (AHN) – Canadian Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff promised voters on Thursday to make permanent the green renovation tax credit in order to create a new industry focused on green home renovations. To make more Canadian homes more energy efficient, Ignatieff proposed a $400-million fund that would [...]
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: You don’t have to be a genius for this job
Building societies are not banks and the best ones are those that have stuck to their knitting over the years, providing finance to those who want to buy their home or offering a safe home for customers to build a nest egg. View full post on All Stories
Facing housing crunch, Saudi Arabia edges to allowing mortgages
The Media Line Staff Cairo, Egypt (TML) – The day a Saudi will be able to walk into a bank and walk out with a mortgage is getting closer after the country’s Shura Council this week approved a much anticipated mortgage law. Getting a mortgage industry up and running has wide-ranging implications, not just for [...]
San Joaquin nears mobile home parks on the West Side
Since Saturday, the residents of Martin’s Mobile Home Park have uneasily watched the San Joaquin River advance more than a quarter- mile from its banks and within 30 feet of their homes. View full post on All Stories
Rental house gutted to build pot growing operation
Police raided the Ridgefield home and found somebody tore down walls and re-wired to set up a potential marijuana growing operation. View full post on All Stories
Teachers, here’s the view from home front
By Marlene Sokol, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, March 23, 2011 It hardly seems sporting these days to dump on teachers. The Legislature moved lickety-split this month to hand their heads to them, making last year’s fight over Senate Bill 6 look like a round of “Mom, he’s making faces at me!” To recap: Job seniority, [...]
Dollar higher, Treasurys stay up after home data
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The dollar slightly extended solid gains and Treasury prices stayed up on Wednesday after a government report showed U.S. sales of new homes in February fell more than analysts expected. The dollar index , which measures the greenback against a basket of major global currencies, rose to 75.852, from 75.807 before [...]
Homeowners frustrated with home modification loan process
DENVER – When many of you told 9NEWS you were frustrated with how banks were treating foreclosures in Colorado, we heard you. View full post on All Stories

