Economy
Going Green at Home
When it comes to investing, there aren’t many sure things, especially in our current economic climate. Playing the stock market, while always a bit risky, seems like the place money goes to die, more than ever before. While Wall Street…
Read MoreBeware of a Mortgage Rate Spike This Spring
A looming shift in Federal Reserve policy could send the 30-year fixed mortgage to 6% or higher, up from Monday’s rock-bottom rate of 5.02%. For all the hullaballoo about the stimulative impact of last week’s decision to extend the $8,000…
Read MoreFirst Time Homebuyers Leading Market Back
Propelled by the first-time homebuyers tax credit, nearly half of home sales are now being made by first-time purchasers, according to an industry report released Friday. In fact, 47% of all Americans who purchased homes this year had not owned…
Read MoreDrinking For Dollars
Which muckraking journalist observed that nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public? I may as well just tell you the answer, since chances are you can find it the way I did, in 10 seconds or…
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