Boost in rates blurs mortgage options (Contra Costa Times)

Boost in rates blurs mortgage options (Contra Costa Times)

Boost in rates blurs mortgage options (Contra Costa Times)
The Federal Reserve campaign to raise interest rates, coupled with a cooling housing market and an economy that shows signs of slowing, has left prospective home buyers at a crossroads as they ponder their mortgage options.

Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Soar Ahead of Fed Meeting (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Soar Ahead of Fed Meeting (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Soar Ahead of Fed Meeting (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Fixed mortgage rates increased for the third consecutive week as higher interest rate expectations take hold. The average 30-year fixed rate mortgage jumped from 6.83 percent to 6.93 percent, the highest since April 17, 2002, according to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey of large lenders.

Car Incentives: More Pain Than Gain? (BusinessWeek)
Full-throttle price wars and low financing rates will end up squeezing margins and profits for auto makers, says S&P

Web site enables comparison shopping for title insurance (Pioneer Press)

Web site enables comparison shopping for title insurance (Pioneer Press)

Web site enables comparison shopping for title insurance (Pioneer Press)
TitleInsurance.com claims that Twin Cities home buyers who visit its Web site can for the first time have title companies bid for their business directly — potentially saving consumers up to $500.

Java generates jingles in Sun's pockets (Java World)

Java generates jingles in Sun's pockets (Java World)

Java generates jingles in Sun's pockets (Java World)
June 26, 2006— Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystems' new CEO, has promised to soon reveal the mystery of how much money his company gets from Java—a number that Wall Street is keen to learn because Java offers Sun its most distinctive technology advantage over competitors.

BMW's Controversial Convertible (BusinessWeek)

BMW's Controversial Convertible (BusinessWeek)

BMW's Controversial Convertible (BusinessWeek)
BMW's 650i convertible is not only tremendous fun to drive, it is also a thing of beauty. So why isn't it selling better?

Danielle DiMartino: We're still in denial on housing (The Providence Journal)
Emotions on the housing bubble have never run so high. With so much at stake, there has to be a silver lining on the horizon.

Bankrate: Fixed Mortgage Rates Climb to Highest Level in More Than Four Years (Builder Online)

Bankrate: Fixed Mortgage Rates Climb to Highest Level in More Than Four Years (Builder Online)

Bankrate: Fixed Mortgage Rates Climb to Highest Level in More Than Four Years (Builder Online)
NEW YORK, June 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fixed mortgage rates continued to rise this week.

Rent-a-Racer Redux
Ford and Carroll Shelby offer up a high-performance Mustang you can rent.

Stretching too thin for mortgages (Orange County Register)

Stretching too thin for mortgages (Orange County Register)

Stretching too thin for mortgages (Orange County Register)
Experts say more houses will be at risk with rising interest rates for holders of interest-only loans, but overextended homeowners can prevail.