Archive for January, 2010

Observer sees more suffering (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

For the first time in 27 years, the International Builders Show won’t feature The New American Home, a showcase of the latest home-building concepts, materials and construction techniques that eventually find their way into production homes across the nation.

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Olympic Capsules: Mexico looks to U.S. to find future Olympians (The Brownsville Herald)

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

LOS ANGELES — Mexican sports officials are searching for potential Olympic athletes in the United States with family links to Mexico who might eventually compete for the Latin American country.

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Seven Tips For Tidying Up Your Credit Score (Forbes)

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Fixing a damaged credit score isn’t the hardest thing to do, but it does require some dedication.

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Lenders threaten to auction ski resort (AP via Yahoo! Sports)

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

The Whistler ski resort, home to next month’s Olympic downhill, could be auctioned off in the middle of the games after creditors moved to auction off the assets of Intrawest LLC. A public notice of foreclosure has been posted in newspapers by the company’s lenders, which include Lehman Brothers and Davidson Kempner Capital Management, saying that an auction to sell the assets will be held…

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Whistler auction is threatened (Rutland Herald)

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Whistler ski resort, home to next month’s Olympic downhill, could be auctioned off in the middle of the Games after creditors moved to auction off the assets of Intrawest LLC. … - By JEREMY HAINSWORTH The Associated Press

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Modified loan on home can hurt (Asbury Park Press)

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

The last thing many troubled homeowners want to hear is that they could be denied a car loan after they get a chance to modify their home loan.

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FHA mortgage loan standards tightened (The Record and Herald News)

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Home buyers will find it a little more expensive to get a loan insured by the Federal Housing Administration, under changes announced this morning.

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Lenders threaten to auction ski resort (AP via Yahoo! News)

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

The Whistler ski resort, home to next month’s Olympic downhill, could be auctioned off in the middle of the games after creditors moved to auction off the assets of Intrawest LLC.

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Whistler seized; may be auctioned during Olympics (KING5 Seattle)

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Lenders have seized the Whistler Ski Resort, home of the 2010 Winter Olympic downhill races. On top of that, warm temperatures at Cypress Mountain have led to a desperate search for snow.

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Plan aims to speed short home sales (The Tampa Tribune)

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Realtor Stephanie LeFew knows all too well how slow lenders can be when approving a short sale. She’s had deal after deal fall through because buyers get tired of waiting on an answer.

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