Lagging real estate sales hurt bottom line in Washin...
Aug 2, 2009 | via O-R Online
The recession and the housing slump are eating into revenue from recording fees and real estate transfer taxes Washington County collects on property transactions. Comment?
Apr 30, 2009 | via WKRG-TV Mobile
Real estate brokers say home sales in the north Mississippi university town of Oxford are slowly perking up after a rough drop last year. Comment?
State budget very similar to family's
Monday Dec 14 | via Hattiesburg American
THERE ARE MORE ZEROES on $6 billion than on $60,000, but otherwise there's not a lot of difference between how Mississippi operates and how a typical family operates. Comment?
Barbour: Severstal repays $10M loan 4 years early
Tuesday Dec 8 | via Myrtle Beach Online
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said Monday that the steel company Severstal North America Inc. Comment?
Peoples Financial Corporation Declares Semiannual Di...
Friday Dec 4 | via The South Mississippi Sun Herald
The board of directors of Peoples Financial Corporation , parent of The Peoples Bank, declared a regular semiannual cash dividend of $.10 per common share, payable January 15, 2010, to stockholders of record January 8, 2010. Comment?
Real Estate Conference addresses challenges
Friday Dec 4 | via The South Mississippi Sun Herald
The Mississippi Association of Realtors annual convention was back on the Coast this year for the first time since Hurricane Katrina. Comment?
US housing data tempers optimism in world markets
15 min ago | via WKRN-TV Nashville
European stock markets rose modestly Wednesday on optimism about the recovery even as Wall Street remained flat, as downbeat housing data restrained any gains. Comment?
The past and future decade in business at a glance
27 min ago | via Fort Worth Star-Telegram
A look at the decade that was and the decade to come, by industry: BANKING THE PAST DECADE: The nation's big banks swaggered into the decade as owners of the world. Comment?
Fannie, Freddie freed from caps on govt help
27 min ago | via Business Standard
The US Treasury Department will remove the caps on aid to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for the next three years, to allay investor concerns that the companies will exhaust the available government assistance. Comment?
An 'exit strategy' for the 'new normal'
31 min ago | via Business Standard
For journalists, pundits and comedians, the end of the year provides an opportunity to look back, fantasise forward and let the creative juices flow. Comment?
2009: Realty companies found friends in bankers
33 min ago | via Business Standard
Wiser from last year's free fall, realty companies discovered a new mantra in 'affordable housing' and found help from banks that offered low-interest home loans to build their businesses in 2009. Comment?