If stiffer mortgage laws restrict access to certain loans to push back the growing number of homeowners on foreclosure rolls, hundreds of thousand of Americans could be unintentionally deprived of access to home financing.
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Planning to remodel your out-of-date kitchen? Thinking about a major bathroom overhaul? If so, you’re probably thinking about all the green you’re going to spend, as in greenbacks. But smart home owners also should be thinking about another shade of green, as in energy efficiency and sustainability.
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TORONTO, June 5 th, 2007 In May the Toronto Area resale housing market experienced its most active month ever as 11,146 homes changed hands, Toronto Real Estate Board President Dorothy Mason announced today. The total for the month was 18 per cent higher than May of 2006.
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The Federal Reserve Board has set June 14 for a public hearing on the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act (HOEPA) frequently called upon to curb predatory lending.
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