Archive for February, 2012
Test tube burgers in the works
It may pass muster with PETA, but cow stem cells mixed with blood and artificially grown fat to produce muscle tissue to manufacture hamburger may not cut the mustard with all but the most daring palates. The idea is to [...]
Iced coffee
Skiers on the go no longer have to leave the snow or remove their gear to get a hot cup of Joe. Starbucks has opened the world's first ski-thru
Invest in Leap Year’s extra day
NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR CREDIT COUNSELING (NFCC) - Advice to invest that once-every-four-years-extra-day in getting your financial house in order is another classic "why-didn't-I-think-of-that" moment from a credit
Sellers embrace Year of the 2012 Dragon, price homes to sell
The Year 2012 is preordained to be a historic year -- for better or for worse -- and there's already something strange in the neighborhood. A recent survey says
Oscar Update: When celebrities move in, there goes the neighborhood
GILLIAN LUCE | HOMES.COM - Which celebrity is the biggest partier? Who has the most to-die-for closet? Who cares? Apparently, Homes.com. With awards season in full swing, nominees Brad Pitt
National Mortgage Settlement spawns fraud moving faster than official settlement relief
• On. Feb. 9, the day federal and state officials and banks signed off on the National Mortgage Settlement, Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange and the state's Banking
Buratovich: ‘Snowball Effect’
Proceed at your own risk. When Ned Buratovich’s political illustrations appear on DeadlineNews.Com you won’t get a content warning, thumbnail preview or other precursor of what’s to
Curb appeal for rental properties
When it comes to common-knowledge approaches to curb appeal, first impressions are lasting impressions, and property managers can build on that axiom to boost love-at-first-sight interest in rental
San Jose, CA housing market recovering as spring market heats up
SHASHANK SHEKHAR - The Spring 2012 housing market for Sans Jose and Santa Clara County appears to be off to a strong start according to real time market
Two more years of 4% interest rates?
The Federal Reserve recently announced that they intend to keep the Federal Funds Rate in a band between 0 percent and 0.25 percent into late 2014. This adds nearly
30-year mortgage rate up from record low
The average interest rate on 30-year fixed rate mortgages (FRMs) rose to 3.95 percent, with an average 0.8 point, for the week ending Feb. 23, up from the
Foreclosure reviews for 4.5 million consumers extended three months
Eligible consumers have an extra 90 days to seek a review of their foreclosure under a federal settlement that forces mortgage servicers to address institutionalized foreclosure abuses. The Office
SF Bay Area housing sales highest in five years
DQ NEWS - Bay Area home sales rose last month to the highest level for the month of January in five years, boosted by lower prices, ultra-low mortgage
Obama budget proposes Mortgage Debt Relief Act extension
The Mortgage Debt Relief Act (MDRA) of 2007 is getting a vote of confidence from the Obama Administration. And that could save you tens of thousands of dollars. The administration's
Two-year apartment industry recovery continues
NATIONAL MULTI HOUSING COUNCIL - Market conditions continued to improve for the multifamily industry across all areas, according to the latest National Multi Housing Council (NMHC) Quarterly Survey
Third charmed week of record low, 30-year fixed mortgage rates
The average interest rate on 30-year fixed rate mortgages (FRMs) has remained at the record low of 3.87 percent since the first week of February, below 4 percent
Silicon Valley’s ‘Facebook Factor’
STEFAN WALKER - More talk about Facebook than football at a recent Super Bowl party indicates the upcoming Facebook IPO has the potential for far-reaching impact on Silicon
Free Valentine’s Day real estate story
DEADLINE NEWSROOM - Celebrating Valentine's Day with a real estate spin, DeadlineNews.Com is offering a relevant story you can reprint, republish or otherwise use as you wish, with
What’s Amanda Seyfried got to do with real estate on Valentine’s Day?
Or: Valentine's Day Real Estate Report: Broker dumps Seyfried, towns with romantic names, delivering a house of candy hearts Take an assignment to marry one of the most commercialized
California nets $18 billion of landmark $25-billion national mortgage settlement
California's $18 billion cut of the $25 billion national mortgage settlement beats a zero, but it's too small to change the landscape of the Golden State's housing crisis. The
