Be concerned, not embarrassed
My husband and I are recently out of college and have no money. The wedding was done on a shoestring, and it looked it.Comment

Home sales expected to be solid in 2007 (Florence Morning News)
For much of the last quarter of 2006, the Pee Dee region showed some of the state's healthiest numbers for home sales.

What's the real state of the Vegas housing market? (KVBC Las Vegas)
Depending on who you ask, the Las Vegas housing market can be either gloomy or bright. The current edition of Fortune Magazine predicts a bad year, but local experts say otherwise.

RAM Forest Products' Unique "End-Cap TV" Digital Signage Network Increases Deck Sales in Home Depot Canada Stores (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NRF Annual Convention & Expo -- The MediaTile Company, the first provider of cellular digital signage technology and turnkey narrowcast networks, today announced that RAM Forest Products increased sales of deck accessories by more than 50% in Home Depot Canada stores last season, and will achieve faster ROI using MediaTile's Digital Signage End-Cap TV solution. MediaTile's cellular-based ...

Rents still a good deal despite hot Vancouver housing market: CMHC
Despite record-low vacancy rates and rising rents, tenants in Greater Vancouver get better value for their money than almost anywhere else in the country, says the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.Comment

Mike Pero Takes On Sales Role (Scoop.co.nz)
Mike Pero and Pacific Blue Freight are both pleased to announce that Jet Express International Limited (JetEx) has been appointed General Sales Agent (GSA – Cargo) for Pacific Blue Freight. Mike Pero is the Managing Director and major shareholder of JetEx.

Home sales expected to be solid in 2007 (Florence Morning News)
For much of the last quarter of 2006, the Pee Dee region showed some of the state's healthiest numbers for home sales.

MAAR: Record year for home sales in 2006 (BizJournals)
Home sales for 2006 in the Memphis metropolitan area exceeded numbers from 2005 by 4.5 percent for a total of 19,738 sales last year.

Data point to uncertainty in US housing (FT.com via Yahoo! News)
Policymakers and bond market investors alike appear more confident about the resilience of the broad US economy in 2007, with its still-thriving service sector, strong jobs market and improving exports.

Home, condo sales dropped throughout Hawaii in '06 (BizJournals)
Sales of single-family homes and condominiums in Hawaii fell nearly across the board last year, with the exception of Kauai condos, according to year-end statistics.

Rise in retail sales show people are still optimistic and housing market is ready form a solid rebound this summer (India Daily)
There is a positive correlation between retail sales and housing. The same factors drive the two. Retail sales falls apart when real big down cycle is ready to manifest itself. The housing market is in a multi-decade bear market.

Mixed 2007 housing signals (Manteca Bulletin)
The median selling price of a previously owned home in Manteca was $412,000 in 2006 — some $28,000 less than in 2005. And almost three weeks into 2007 there are mixed signals in the Manteca housing market with new home demand starting to pick up and sales of previously owned homes still struggling.

LG Elec aims to raise 2007 air-con sales 18 pct (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
LG Electronics Inc. (066570.KS), the world's biggest maker of home-use air conditioners, said on Tuesday it aimed to increase sales of the equipment by 18.4 percent to $4.5 billion in 2007.

County home sales slow, prices steady (The Columbian)
Home sales in Clark County fell in 2006, as did the total volume of real estate transactions. But the news isn't all bad. Home prices around the county continued to appreciate through the year, though modestly.

Foreclosure Filings In NC Reach All-Time High
The Administrative Office of the Courts says more than 45-thousand-500 foreclosure filings were recorded in 2006.Comment

New Zealand Retail Sales Probably Fell in November, Survey Says (Bloomberg.com)
Jan. 16 (Bloomberg) -- New Zealand's retail sales probably fell for the first month in seven in November, suggesting the central bank can refrain from raising interest rates next week.

New housing permits sharply decline in southeast Michigan
A weak housing market led to a sharp drop in home-building activity in metro Detroit in 2006, year-end statistics show.Comment

Housing slowdown, warm weather weigh on Watsco (Market Watch)
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Watsco Inc. issued an updated financial forecast for 2006 Monday that showed the impact of both the slowdown in the U.S. housing market and the unusually warm weather seen recently.

Retirees increasingly spend their golden years in the red
When Miss Daisy, 65, totals her monthly bills they amount to usually $200 more than her income.Comment

Police To Identify 2 Bodies Found In Garage Fire
Coroner's investigators said after an autopsy Monday that they will need to use dental records to identify two teens whose bodies were found in a charred minivan in a Tustin garage and will await toxicological ...Comment

Animation Technologies expects Vista Basic to boost retail sales of PC-use TV cards (Digi Times)
Taiwan-based Animation Technologies expects the Vista Home Basic Edition to drive up retail sales of PC-use TV cards, as the company gears up the development of Taiwan's market channel for TV cards, set-top boxes (STBs) and other multimedia products.

Housing Bubble and Real Estate Market Tracker (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance)
A roundup of articles and data about the housing market.

Housing market starts to cool as higher rates bite (Times Online)
Britain's red-hot housing market slowed at its fastest pace in more than two years last month, in the first clear-cut signal that higher interest rates are at last cooling the market....

Home sales strong despite decrease in permits (El Paso Times)
El Paso real estate sales continued to be strong in 2006. For new-home builders, demand continued to outstrip the supply of new-home lots, those in the industry said. And used homes continued to sell quickly as the inventory of used homes remained tight.

LG Elec targets $4.5 bln '07 air conditioner sales (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
SEOUL, Jan 16 (Reuters) - LG Electronics Inc. , the world's biggest maker of home-use air conditioners, said on Tuesday it aimed at $4.5 billion in 2007 air conditioner sales.

RAM Forest Products' Unique "End-Cap TV" Digital Signage Network Increases Deck Sales in Home Depot Canada Stores (SYS-CON Media)
The MediaTileCompany, the first provider of cellular digital signage technology andturnkey narrowcast networks, today announced that RAM Forest Productsincreased sales of deck accessories by more than 50% in Home Depot Canadastores last season, and will achieve faster ROI using MediaTile's DigitalSignage End-Cap TV solution. MediaTile's cellular-based solution is uniqueas it enables product ...

Two dozen attend 'Community Dialogue on Iraq' in Cold Spring
Matthew Shipman was once tear-gassed as he marched through the streets of Washington, protesting the Vietnam War and calling for an end to the conflict.Comment

Couple To Get New Home From Nonprofit Group
A Christian-based Tennessee homebuilder has crossed the border to provide a new home for a southwestern Kentucky couple experiencing declining health while their trailer is crumbling around them.Comment

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Brace for rate rise
HOMEOWNERS are likely to be stung with the fourth interest rate rise in 10 months after the latest data showed inflation was still too high for the central bank's liking.Comment