• Consumers need help
  Consumer spending exploded in the third quarter, d... more

• Locals advertise homes on Web sites, but takers unlikely
  With the $6,900 a day she hopes to make for rentin...more

• Atlantic Station condos attracts hordes of buyers
  The competition for condos in the Atlantic Station... more

• Retiring baby boomers will keep property prices high
  Apart from the fact that there is not yet a real e...more

• Mortgage rates decrease for 3rd straight week
  Mortgage rates have dropped for the third week in ... more

• The intelligent way to use credit card balance transfers
  The atmosphere of low interest rates, with attract...more

• Mortgage industry prepares for rate increases
  Notwithstanding a reprieve in recent days, local m... more

• Shut down mortgage firm sued
  A Southern California financial services vendor is...more

• BofA using online helpers to increase mortgage business
  Bank of America Corp. expects to process approxima... more

• Higher California mortgage defaults predicted
  Mortgage defaults are expected to increase as the ...more

• Suit: Fountainhead charging 'sham' fees
  A group of lawyers who won class-action settlement... more

• Area banks' ROA dips below national average in second quarter
  Kansas City-area banks' earnings trailed the natio...more

• Real estate on the menu
  Food and financing usually don't go together, even... more

• Soaring real estate values provides mortgage insurance relief to some
  "Once your equity attains 20 percent, you can get ...more

• Wachovia Mortgage begins e-mail effort
  Wachovia Mortgage Corp. has started an e-mail camp... more

• More people face money problem
  Welfare benefits and debt crises are taking over ...more

• Abana Realty relocates to Hoover, triples HQ size
  Abana Realty, a two-year-old company having rapid... more

• Low mortgage rates boost commercial lending in first half of 2003
  Homeowners weren't the only ones who acted on tak...more

• Finance firm expands rare network
  An expanding Citrus Heights financial company cont... more

• New regulations may lower manufactured home sales
  Doug "Tiny" Keller, manager of Clayton Homes in Se...more

• Competition Creates Sunday Banking Hours
  For an increasing number of financial institutions... more

• Slight increase in interest rates doesn't slow buyers
  Mortgage interest rates have begun to move up from...more