A bill that would reauthorize the federal backstop for terrorism risk insurance has been approved by the Senate and a U.S. House committee but may not progress further until the next session of Congress.
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A slowdown in price growth and in the housing market hasn’t prompted Capital Economics analysts to change their housing forecast. They still see growth ahead for the sector.
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About 20 percent of households who would benefit from refinancing are not doing it — and they could be losing out on lessening their mortgage payments by thousands of dollars over the life of the loan.
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Single Americans now make up more than half of the adult population, the first time the number of singles has passed the 50 percent mark since the government began tracking such data in 1976.
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Pregnant women living in “green” neighborhoods are more likely to deliver healthier babies, suggests a new study.
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“The August foreclosure numbers demonstrate that although the foreclosure crisis is well behind us, the messy business of cleaning up the distress lingering from the housing bust continues in many markets,” according to a new RealtyTrac report.
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