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West Side door to global crisis - Chicago Tribune
A run-down brick two-flat sits in a muddy yard at 1034 N. Central Park Ave. on Chicago's West Side. A teenager with a limp walks by and lights a cigarette on a chilly spring afternoon. Next door, an old car pulls up and something is exchanged through ...
2008-05-24 11:53:00 -
First-time home buyers have few options - Allentown Morning Call
Homeownership, the bedrock of the American Dream, is a bit of a nightmare these days for many first-time home buyers. Lenders are demanding higher credit scores, mandating private mortgage insurance on many more loans, and requiring larger down ...
2008-05-25 12:21:00 -
Good time to whip finances into shape (Baltimore Sun)
T here is no leniency.
2008-05-25 12:38:22 -
Urban vacation rentals are hot moneymakers (San Francisco Chronicle)
"Charming garden apartment" in the Castro for $3,500 a month. Three-bedroom flat in Ashbury Heights - $7,000 a month. "Large one-bedroom apartment" with Golden Gate - $6,000 a month. "Beautiful New Edwardian Victorian" in the Castro - $16,000 a month. Say...
2008-05-25 12:40:13 -
FOOD: Prices soar for Memorial Day fixins' for barbecues (North County Times)
Hamburgers and hot dogs? Check. Lighter fluid? Check. Beer? Check. More money?
2008-05-25 12:48:07 -
HOUSING: Foreclosure crisis to grow before it shrinks (North County Times)
Foreclosures have flooded North County's housing market, and indicators show that the waters will be rising, not receding through the rest of the year.
2008-05-25 12:48:17 -
HOME BRIEFS (The Columbus Dispatch)
Seminars will assist first-time home buyers First-time home buyers can receive free advice on how to purchase a home at a series of free seminars in June.
2008-05-25 12:48:48 -
Labeling 'declining' markets might end (The Columbus Dispatch)
Could the mortgage-industry practice of listing hundreds of real-estate markets as "declining" -- and restricting lending through higher down payments or credit scores -- be scrapped?
2008-05-25 12:48:58 -
401(k) Savings Are A Retirement Lifeline (The Morning News)
Love it. Hate it. Get used to it. And learn what you can about it, because the 401(k) is the cornerstone of retirement savings plans for working class Americans from ages 25 to 70.
2008-05-25 12:56:35 -
Boating industry hits economy's troubled seas (The Sacramento Bee)
From the lazy byways of the Delta to the shores of Lake Tahoe, a soggy economy and stratospheric fuel prices are hurting Northern California's boating industry. Anne Chadwick Williams / awilliams@sacbee.com A boat pulls a water skier Friday on the Sacramento River past Miller Park. High gas prices could keep some boaters off the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta's byways this Memorial Day ...
2008-05-25 12:58:07