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Wis. agency will resume lending to home buyers (9:55 a.m. 2/12/10)

Published: February 12, 2010
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s affordable housing agency says it will resume lending to first-time home buyers after suspending loans for 17 months. The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority says it will begin offering a new loan product to buyers on March 1. Executive Director Antonio Riley will be joined by other officials at [...]

New fed housing program involves $29 billion in financing (4:25 p.m. 11/19/09)

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new federal program to support state and local housing finance agencies is expected to involve more than $29 billion in government support, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac disclosed Thursday. Under the program announced by the Treasury Department last month, the government-controlled mortgage companies will help fix the money crunch at housing [...]

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Published: September 3, 2009
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Milwaukee County to consider limiting options for Hoan Bridge Milwaukee County Supervisor Patricia Jursik released a resolution Thursday that would order the state to study renovating the Hoan Bridge before considering replacement. Jursik opposes tearing down the bridge in Milwaukee and replacing it with an at-grade, four-lane boulevard. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation in June [...]

UK home market shows signs of rebound

Published: June 11, 2009
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Robert Barr AP Writer London — Loans for home purchases in the U.K. jumped by 16 percent in April, suggesting the property market may have bottomed out, although the construction sector remains mired in a slump, according to reports published Thursday. The Council of Mortgage Lenders reported 35,600 home loans were taken out in April, [...]