Minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee’s March 18 meeting
revealed several members saw a risk of a “prolonged and
severe” downturn and that there had been “little indication” of
stabilization in the U.S. housing market.
Here are the top 10 things a homeowner should know in order to maintain and improve their home, especially if they hope to sell it in a buyer’s market.
OTTAWA, Ontario, April 08, 2008 — The seasonally adjusted annual rate1 of housing starts was 254,700 units in March, slightly down from 255,600 units in February, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).
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There is a really great piece from NPR about David Swensen, and how he managed to grow Yale’s endowment at an average of 16.8 percent a year over the past two decades. Swensen’s basic formula for creating an investment portfolio for good returns while managing risk:
U.S. pending home sales surprised to the downside on
Tuesday morning, declining 1.9% month-over-month despite calls for a 1.0%
pullback in February.
On Monday it was rumored that a struggling Washington Mutual
(WaMu) would be getting a cash infusion of $5 billion from a
private equity firm to help it weather the subprime mortgage storm. On
Tuesday that amount had morphed to $7 billion in additional capital from
the sale of company stock.
According to a report released by the International Monetary Fund
(IMF) on Tuesday morning, total losses from the subprime
meltdown could reach up to $945 billion on the back of fears of
a deeper, more protracted crisis.