Mortgage applications in the U.S. rose by the most since June of last year as borrowing costs close to an eight-month low spurred home sales and refinancing.
Savvy investors know that there's money to be made in good times and bad. Slowing home sales have wags predicting opportunities in one of the saddest segments of a falling real estate market: foreclosures.
INDIANAPOLIS -- The chairman of the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee is questioning the NCAA's tax-exempt status. Republican Rep. Bill Thomas of California sent a letter to NCAA President Myles Brand Wednesday asking the organization to justify its tax-exempt status.
Local and StateNews The billionaire founders of feuding Southern California chip makers Qualcomm and Broadcom failed to reach a settlement Wednesday on a number of lawsuits during a daylong face-off in federal court.
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Housing prices, slumping after a five-year boom, are projected to decline in more than 100 of the nation's metropolitan areas, with the Northeast, Florida and California among the areas hardest hit.