S&p Places Lehman On Negative Ratings Watch - Msn Moneycentral new york (ap) - standard & poor's says it placed lehman brothers' ratings on a negative watch. the ratings agency cited uncertainty surrounding the investment bank's ability to raise capital amid a "precipitous" decline in its share price. lehman ... news.moneycentral.msn.com
Conceptual Neighborhood Takes Shape Around New Arena, With Some Homes Built Around 'pirate Pond' the crookston city council tuesday evening approved an agreement with the state to access the $10 million in bonding dollars awarded to the city's arena project, and also approved calling for bids on the current design, which will be opened sept. 16 in advance of site and infrastructure work that will commence this fall. crookstontimes.com
Two North Augusta Landmarks For Sale two pieces of north augusta history are up for sale. lookaway hall and rosemary hall both have for sale signs in front of them. one group says keeping these homes in great shape needs to be a top priority. www.wrdw.com
Safe Homes Gets $100,000 Donation - Spartanburg Herald-journal a $100,000 donation brings the safe homes-rape crisis coalition a step closer to buying a new residence to shelter women and children who are victims of domestic violence. lynn hawkins, executive director of the spartanburg facility that also serves ... www.goupstate.com
Mortgage Relief For Housing Market - Forbes things are looking up for the housing market. on wednesday, the mortgage bankers association said the average 30-year loan rates slid 0.33 percentage points to 6.06% in the week ending sept. 5, prior to sunday's government bailout of fannie mae and ... www.forbes.com
Housebuilder Offers No-loss Guarantee On New Homes a housebuilder has launched an innovative deal to stimulate sales of new homes – by promising to cover any losses from a subsequent sale. thescotsman.scotsman.com
'net Assets - Baltimore Sun i t is the rare homebuyer who hasn't done preliminary house-hunting online, whether to peruse what's for sale, check out neighborhoods or get an idea of what prices homes have fetched in the past few months. a recent national association of realtors ... www.baltimoresun.com
House Hunting With A Mobile Phone - Silicon Valley if you ride around in the car on weekends trying to find open houses while balancing a newspaper and map on your lap, it may be time to use your mobile phone instead. a display of properties for sale — and even open houses — may be as close as ... www.siliconvalley.com
Safe Homes Gets $100,000 Donation published: thursday, september 11, 2008 at 3:15 a.m. last modified: thursday, september 11, 2008 at 1:46 a.m. a $100,000 donation brings the safe homes-rape crisis coalition a step closer to buying a new residence to shelter women and children who are victims of domestic violence. www.goupstate.com
U.s. Pending Home Resales Fell 3.2% In July, More Than Forecast - Bloomberg sept. 9 (bloomberg) -- fewer americans than forecast signed contracts to purchase previously owned homes in july, a sign that slowing demand will keep adding to the glut of unsold properties. the index of pending home resales fell 3.2 percent after a ... www.bloomberg.com
Collinsville Police Say Copper Thieves Striking For-sale Homes - Ksdk ksdk -- police in collinsville, illinois, say over the past two weeks, copper burglars have struck four homes, which are for-sale, and unoccupied. major terry bell said the homes which were burglarized are located on north keebler avenue, west main ... www.ksdk.com
Builders Garage Sale To Benefit Houston Charities bargain hunters will have new place to call home at the texas home and garden show, sept. 19 through 21 at reliant center. this year’s show features a home builders garage sale with excess inventory from members of national association of the remodeling industry (nari) and greater houston builders association remodelers council. www.hcnonline.com
Ura May Choose A New Director Today the man temporarily at the top of pittsburgh's storm-lashed urban redevelopment authority held his wedding reception at a windy construction site and bandies about terms like "interstitial ... www.post-gazette.com
Uk Housebuilder Barratt Reports 71 Pct Profit Drop - Forbes barratt developments plc, britain's second-biggest house builder by volume, reported wednesday that full-year profits fell by 71 percent as the credit crunch depressed sales in the second half. barratt announced new incentives to boost sales, make a ... www.forbes.com
Diablo Grande Sale Gets Approval sacramento -- a u.s. bankruptcy court judge tuesday approved the sale of the massive diablo grande development for $20 million to world international llc. www.modbee.com
Southeast Houston Townhomes Go On Sale a new batch of townhomes are turning heads near the museum district. fox 26's lanny griffith got a look at the new homes. www.myfoxhouston.com
Barratt To Pay Stamp Duty For New Homes - This Is Money barratt developments today announced a £500,000 stamp duty holiday after government efforts to boost the housing market flopped. the builder - reeling from a 68% crash in profits - is offering to pay the 3% stamp duty charged on new barratt homes ... www.thisismoney.co.uk