18 hrs ago | via Killeen Daily Herald
By Hailey Persinger Killeen Daily Herald Homebuyers hoping to take advantage of the first-time homebuyers tax credit program will have to forgo the Internet and file their claims the old-fashioned way. Comment?
Home sales see 75 percent jump in November
Thursday Dec 17 | via Killeen Daily Herald
By Matt Goodman Killeen Daily Herald November home sales in the Greater Fort Hood Area surged to a 75 percent increase compared to the same period in 2008, as residents hurried to meet the original deadline of the First Time Home Buyers Tax Credit. Comment?
Nov 8, 2009 | via Killeen Daily Herald
By Don Bolding Killeen Daily Herald BELTON - Half a block south of the Bell County Courthouse on East Street is a 7,000-square-foot building that once belonged to a cooperative cotton gin. Comment?
Nov 1, 2009 | via Killeen Daily Herald
By Matt Goodman Killeen Daily Herald For the first time this year, more Fort Hood-area homes were sold in back-to-back months in 2009 than in 2008. Comment?
Bell County Foreclosures, Good Deal for Buyers
Sep 1, 2009 | via KCEN
Even with a stronger economy than other parts of the country, local foreclosure rates are not changing. 1 comment
Jul 4, 2009 | via The Brownsville Herald
In the midst of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, Brownsville saw its own fair share of memorable stories and events in 2009. Comment?
Yesterday | via Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Mesa Air Group Inc., parent of interisland carrier go!, said it anticipates that its fiscal-year loss for 2009 will be less than its loss in the previous year. Comment?
Yesterday | via Mortgage News Daily
Latest post Wed, Dec 30 2009 5:55 PM by Bryan Bledsoe. 28 replies. Viewed 2,378 times. Comment?
Texas' Now-Strong Banks Hold Lessons for Rest of U.S.
Wednesday | via KPRC-AM Houston
Part of the reason Texas banks have fared better is the superior Texas economy. "We did not have the high run-up of home prices and we did not have the subprime debacle." Texas banking Commissioner Charles Cooper says Texas bankers also learned how to better cope with banking disasters -- when hundreds collapsed in the 1980s. Comment?
Dallas-Fort Worth home prices dip slightly
Tuesday Dec 29 | via Denton Record-Chronicle
Dallas-Fort Worth home prices were down by just a whisker in the latest gauge of the U.S. housing market. Comment?
Auto industry is top local story
5 min ago | via Buffalo News
The clamity that swept the global financial system in 2009 is reflected in the top 10 local business stories of the year as selected by reporters and editors of the Business Today section. Comment?
Doubts on Regulation and Renewal Hang Over Wall St.
6 min ago | via StarNewsOnline.com
Published: Friday, January 1, 2010 at 5:10 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, January 1, 2010 at 5:10 a.m. After staging one of the most remarkable comebacks in business history - because of taxpayer lifelines and other support from Washington - the giants of the banking industry are entering a new phase of the postbailout period. Comment?
Consumer confidence up in Dec., but still weak
7 min ago | via 301 Moved Permanently
Americans ended 2009 feeling better about the economy than when the year began, buoyed by optimism that job prospects will improve in the first half of 2010. Comment?
GMAC Chief Says Lender Won't Do 'Anything Crazy' Wit...
3 hrs ago | via BusinessWeek
GMAC Inc. has more time to decide what will happen to its loss-plagued Residential Capital mortgage unit after receiving a third U.S. bailout, according to new Chief Executive Officer Michael Carpenter. Comment?
Editorial: We're poised for a big rebound
4 hrs ago | via WisInfo
While it's worthwhile to look back to see where we have been, it's better to look ahead to determine where we are going. Comment?