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Toll Brothers lost $472 million in Q3 |
08-27-09 |
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| A huge tax hit wiped out Toll Brothers' profits for the third fiscal quarter, but the luxury builder saw housing markets improve in many parts of the country.
Toll posted its first annual increase... |
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Mortgage rates up slightly, still near record lows |
08-27-09 |
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| WASHINGTON (AP) — Rates for 30-year home loans edged up this week, but remain close to record lows reached over the spring.
The average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage was 5.14 percent, up... |
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Sale of big-ticket items soar, bolstering economy |
08-27-09 |
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| WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumers and businesses went on a big-ticket spending spree in July, sending home, car and equipment sales soaring by the largest amount in years.
The sales, detailed in t... |
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Toll Brothers lost $472 million in Q3 |
08-27-09 |
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| HORSHAM, Pa., (AP) — Toll Brothers Inc. says it lost $472.3 million in its fiscal third quarter, as the luxury homebuilder took a large tax hit.
But while Toll Brothers' results were worse t... |
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July new US home sales up 9.6 percent |
08-27-09 |
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| WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of new homes surged 9.6 percent in July, another sign the housing market is climbing back from the historic bottom it reached early this year. Driven by falling prices... |
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Index shows home prices increase from 1Q to 2Q |
08-25-09 |
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| NEW YORK (AP) — Home prices across most of the country have started to rise from the depths of the housing slump, a critical trend that will help stabilize the broader U.S. economy, according... |
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Attorneys general form mortgage fraud task force |
08-24-09 |
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| OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Ten state attorneys general and four federal agencies have announced the formation of a task force to combat mortgage fraud.
According to a statement issued by Washingt... |
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What a little moonlight can do in the garden |
08-24-09 |
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"By the light of the silvery moon" is such a fine time to be in the garden.
The look is quite different from the garden in daylight, and worth considering when you plan your plo... |
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Web sites offer tools for troubled homeowners |
08-24-09 |
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| Almost 6 million Americans are behind on their mortgage payments or in foreclosure, data this week showed, and many more are draining saving and retirement accounts to avoid joining those ranks. Fo... |
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Midwest home sales post 8.5 percent gain in July |
08-21-09 |
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| KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Home sales in the Midwest surged 8.5 percent in July, the second straight annual increase, as new home buyers snapped up properties to take advantage of a temporary fe... |
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$8,000 Tax Credit for First Time Homebuyers
