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Forget the Mortgage, I'm Paying My Credit Card Bill
(U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. News & World Report - Amid high unemployment and sliding home prices, a growing number of struggling consumers are doing what was once considered unthinkable: paying their credit card bills instead of their mortgages. A recent study developed by TransUnion found the percentage of Americans who were current on their credit cards but behind on their mortgage increased to 6.6 percent in the third quarter of 2009, up from 4.3 percent in the first quarter of 2008. Meanwhile, the share of consumers making mortgage payments on time but behind on their credit cards moved in the opposite direction, sliding from 4. ... |
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Beazer Homes posts a $48 million profit for Q1
(AP)
 AP - Homebuyers spurred by low interest rates and government incentives helped lift Beazer Homes USA Inc.'s sales in the last three months of 2009, but the builder only turned a profit because of a hefty tax gain.
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Design Awards Enable Aging in Place
(U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. News & World Report - Making homes suitable for elderly occupants is easy to describe, but it can be very expensive to do. The cheapest solution is to make homes senior-friendly when they are built, rather than trying to retrofit them. Some of the most elegant and cost-effective solutions are recognized each year by AARP and the National Association of Home Builders. The winning designs employ imaginative solutions that reduce energy consumption and use smart communications tools for home security and health-related "telemedical" applications. ... |
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Economy - Wednesday
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - A gauge of home loan demand in the U.S. shot up 21% to a 6-week high of 620.7 in the week ended Jan. 29 as buyers took advantage of low interest rates and the federal tax credit, the Mortgage Bankers Association said. The group's refi gauge leapt 26.3% as the average 30-year mortgage rate dipped to 5.01%, which is expected to rise later this year. The purchase index climbed 10%, suggesting that a renewed and expanded gov't tax credit is spurring demand after sales fell late last year on expectations the incentive would expire. |
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Pace of private sector job losses slows
(Reuters)
Reuters - The pace of job losses in the private sector slowed in January as employers reported the smallest payroll decline in nearly two years while demand for home loans hit a six-week high last week, data showed on Wednesday. |
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