Real Estate News
In Times Like These (Editorial)
It helps to take a deep, cleansing breath and look for things for which to be grateful. More »
Baptist Grows, Other Hospitals Struggle
When Baptist Health of Little Rock announced last week it was taking over the management of Stuttgart Regional Medical Center, it was just another addition to the growing hospital system. More »
State Fair Valuation (Jeff Hankins Publisher's Note)
It's time to rethink the whole State Fair business plan. More »
For bailout to work, housing market needs to mend (AP)
AP - Washington's financial bailout plan is now law. So the credit spigot will start flowing again, banks will resume lending, and an economic recovery can begin, right? More »
Mortgage forgiven for woman, 90, who shot herself (AP)
AP - Mortgage finance company Fannie Mae said it is forgiving the mortgage debt of a 90-year-old woman who shot herself in the chest as sheriff's deputies attempted to evict her. More »
The Cabinet: Veterans Affairs Secretary (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - The VA oversees the nation's network of health care hospitals, benefits programs, and national cemeteries for America's veterans and their dependents. Much of its $90 billion budget goes toward health care through the Veterans Health Administration. The VA operates pension, education, rehabilitation, and home loan guaranty programs. More »
Issues: The Economy: More Trouble Ahead (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - It's going to take a long time to dig out from the damage of the economic storms now buffeting the country. Every aspect of the next president's agenda will be affected by the banking crisis, the credit squeeze, the housing market meltdown -- and the fallout for ordinary Americans who are losing their jobs and homes. More »
For bailout to work, housing market needs to mend (AP)
AP - Washington's financial bailout plan is now law. So the credit spigot will start flowing again, banks will resume lending, and an economic recovery can begin, right? More »
2 firms selected for mortgage securities program (AP)
AP - The Treasury Department has picked two financial institutions to manage a program it unveiled last month to provide support for beleaguered mortgage-backed securities. More »
Mother and son plead guilty in NY mortgage fraud (Reuters)
Reuters - The mother and son operators of a New York mortgage brokerage firm and one of their employees pleaded guilty on Friday to taking part in a multimillion dollar subprime mortgage scheme. More »