Mother’s Day Brunch at the Catamaran Resort & Spa     Through May 13
Join us at the Catamaran Resort Hotel and Spa for our Mother’s Day Brunch. Enjoy an expanded version of our Award Winning Sunday Brunch and then Cruise Mission Bay on the William D. Evans Stern Wheeler. Cruise is complimentary with Mother’s Day Brunch. To [...]

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5/1   - vs. Washington  7:05 PM  *
5/2   - vs. Washington  7:05 PM  *
5/4   - @  Florida   4:05 PM
5/5   - @  Florida   4:05 PM
5/6   - @  Florida  10:05 AM
5/7   - @  Atlanta   4:05 PM
5/8   - @  Atlanta   4:35 PM
5/9   - @  Atlanta   4:35 PM
5/10 - @  Atlanta  10:05 AM
5/11 - vs. St. Louis   7:05 PM  *
5/12 [...]

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Single women are becoming a more important segment in the home-buying market. Married couples still constitute 60 percent of homebuyers, but that proportion has been dropping in recent years. It was 70 percent 12 years ago, according to the National Association of Realtors.
It’s also interesting to note that unmarried women accounted for 22 percent [...]

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The Federal Housing Commissioner Brian Montgomery is joining others in clamping down on high-risk mortgages.
"Many first time and minority homebuyers face significant challenges when trying to purchase a home," he said. "In recent years, such difficulties have resulted in many of these individuals assuming risky, adjustable-rate, subprime loans. The impact on minorities is particularly [...]

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Subprime mortgage lending is turning out to be a drain on the rate of home ownership, according to a study by the Center for Responsible Lending.
The study shows that while the subprime market produced more than $2 trillion in home loans over the past nine years, these loans have led (or will lead) to [...]

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The building of new condominiums is on the rebound. Condo builders and developers are reporting improved market conditions, according to a report from the National Association of Home Builders.
"The condo market is coming back toward balance following a period when the pendulum swung from red-hot to seriously cold," said David Seiders, NAHB’s chief economist. [...]

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"Green homes" – those with special features to increase the home’s energy and resource efficiency – are becoming more popular with buyers and builders. Homeowners who now have a new "green" home are happier with their homes than with their previous non-green homes, and most of them enthusiastically recommend "buying green" to others. That was [...]

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38th Annual March of Dimes Walk America     April 28
You’re welcome to join a nationwide 5K/10K sponsorship walk where the proceeds will benefit the March of Dimes and be used for research to help prevent birth defects and infant mortality. More than 300 local companies are expected to attend. You can walk individually or in teams. [...]

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Beginning in September, Freddie Mac will change its policies regarding the purchase of subprime adjustable-rate mortgages. From that point, loans with little down and very small payments up-front will undergo much tougher guidelines. It will not buy subprime loans unless the borrower is qualified to pay for the loan at its fully-indexed and fully-amortized rate, [...]

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