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BOSTON – Massachusetts saw 566 completed foreclosures in August, the lowest monthly level to date in 2012, The Warren Group said last week.
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10/8/12
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With 30-year mortgage rates hitting new lows and recent borrowers’ payment performance the best by far in decades, you’d think that banks and other lenders might be loosening up on their hyper-strict underwriting standards.
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10/8/12
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When voters head to the polls in November to decide whether the state will borrow $50 million to renovate three
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Even before boards appeared on some of its windows, the Fogarty Building on Fountain Street in downtown Providence often was considered an eyesore.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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Government debt has taken a beating on the campaign trail this election season, but supporters of a $25 million state housing bond up for voter approval in November say it’s actually a great time for Rhode Island to borrow money.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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Anyone who’s bought or sold a house recently is probably familiar with the Multiple Listing Service in their state, the database where sales and properties for sale, are listed. But for those interested in commercial real estate – potential buyers, sellers, brokers, bankers and insurers – the residential-based system has never quite fit.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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When Nora Alexander was a student at
By Patrick Anderson |
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Someone once said that, “Home is the place that you go where they have to take you in.”
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Guest Column:
Frank A. Lombardi | 10/22/12 |
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Housing starts in the U.S. surged 15 percent in September to the highest level in four years, adding to signs of a revival in the industry at the heart of the financial crisis.
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Bloomberg News
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10/22/12
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If you have a pressing need to raise some cash, here’s some good news: Rising home values are encouraging lenders to revive a product that imploded during the housing bust years – second mortgages.
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10/22/12
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