Help for Homeowners Hangs in the Balance- July 5, 2008 Congress left town for the July 4 recess with a half-baked cake in its legislative oven -- one that has huge potential significance for the housing and mortgage markets. The relief package left unfinished is designed to help hundreds of thousands of homeowners heading for foreclosure, pull buyers...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/business/localbusiness/index_xml/~3/32688873... 30-Year Rates Dip to 6.35 Percent- July 5, 2008 Rates on 30-year mortgages, which had been rising for five straight weeks, posted a decline this week as signals from the Federal Reserve eased worries about imminent rate increases.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/business/localbusiness/index_xml/~3/32688873... In Parkwood, a Lemonade-Stand Feel- July 5, 2008 Parkwood, a neighborhood of 1940s and 1950s houses where Kensington meets Bethesda, has benefited greatly from what has been built around it over the decades.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/business/localbusiness/index_xml/~3/32688873... A Realization in Fairfax About Traffic and Housing- July 5, 2008 Affordable-housing problems are a perennial theme of conferences sponsored by state and local governments, professional organizations, and trade associations. Fairfax County, one of America's most affluent jurisdictions, recently came up with a smart variation on that theme for its latest housing...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/business/localbusiness/index_xml/~3/32688873... Westchester in Laurel a Model for Future Luxury Complexes- July 5, 2008 Pam Norwood says she's fortunate that she isn't part of the daily exodus of work-bound residents at Westchester at Cherry Lane, the luxury mid-rise complex in Laurel where she has lived for a year.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/business/localbusiness/index_xml/~3/32688873... Plans to Redevelop O Street Market Are Met With Cautious Optimism- July 4, 2008 Wooden struts are all that keep the walls of the O Street Market from toppling. Blue sky has shown through its buckling window panes ever since the roof collapsed in a 2003 snowstorm. Its cherry-painted brick is peeling, revealing a deeper shade of burnt red underneath.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/business/localbusiness/index_xml/~3/32688873... Currie Gets Right to See Search Affidavit- July 4, 2008 A federal judge yesterday ordered prosecutors to release to an attorney for state Sen. Ulysses Currie an affidavit justifying a search of Currie's District Heights home in May.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/business/localbusiness/index_xml/~3/32688873... Gandhi Works on Image Control- July 4, 2008 Natwar M. Gandhi calls himself an apolitical bean counter, but the D.C. government's chief financial officer begins his daily routine with a long-standing Washington rite: the power breakfast.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/business/localbusiness/index_xml/~3/32688873... Rates on 30-year mortgages drop to 6.35 percent- July 3, 2008 WASHINGTON -- Rates on 30-year mortgages, which had been rising for five straight weeks, posted a decline this week as signals from the Federal Reserve eased worries about imminent rate increases.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/business/localbusiness/index_xml/~3/32593124... Community Center and Housing Approved for Pike Site- July 3, 2008 The dowdy building on Columbia Pike that for decades housed a Safeway will be replaced with an apartment, retail and community center development after the Arlington County Board unanimously approved the project last week.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/business/localbusiness/index_xml/~3/32557558... |