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Gov. Gavin Newsom Expedites Temporary Housing For Residents In Areas Struck By LA Wildfires
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Pasadena Native Lost Her House To LA Wildfires One Day After Paying Off Her Mortgage: 'It's Gone'
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How The Mircale Malibu Mansion And Pacific Palisades Home Survived The Devastating LA Fires
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Top officials at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York expressed growing but uneven concerns about the brewing mortgage-market crisis in 2007 and 2008, according to minutes of board meetings that underline how authorities failed to grasp the real dangers the economy faced at that time. After Sandy, Adjuster Comes, But Not the Cash (Commentary)
When your home is destroyed, your first urge is to fix it. You want to rebuild, remove the smell of saturated insulation and the sight of mud-stained floors with the new, the clean, the livable. Dundee Shares Surge After Restructing Real Estate Unit
Shares of Dundee Corp soared as much as 14 percent on Friday after the asset management company said it would distribute half of its stake in its real estate unit to shareholders, unlocking value in frustration over what it believed was a low share price. Squatters of Rome Scrape By at the Margins in Italy's Crisis
When Mariangela Schiena moved to Rome from southern Italy 11 years ago, all she hoped for was a simple life, with a roof over her head and a home where she could start a family. Hong Kong Leader Survives No Confidence Vote Over Building Work
Hong Kong's new leader Leung Chun-ying narrowly survived a motion of no-confidence on Wednesday over unauthorized building works in his home that have undermined his integrity and triggered calls for his resignation. U.S. Seizes Texas Condo Says It Was Owned By Former Mexican Governor
A U.S. federal judge said the government has seized a luxury Texas condominium purportedly owned by a fugitive former Mexican governor wanted on suspicion of aiding drug traffickers, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Tuesday. PIMCO Flagship Fund Cut Mortgages, Treasures Ahead of FED Call
The PIMCO Total Return Fund, the world's largest bond fund, reduced its exposure to mortgage bonds and Treasuries in November after profiting as a result of the Federal Reserve's stimulus measures, data from the firm's website shows. Pablo Lehmann’s 'Scribe House': Innovative Apartment Made from Paper
Pablo Lehmann, an Argentinian artist, has made a life size apartment from books.It took him two years to complete his outstanding handiwork. Massachusetts Slaps Utilities With Record Fines for 2011 Outages
Massachusetts has fined three electric utilities an unprecedented $24.8 million for their slow response to widespread power outages caused by 2011's devastating Tropical Storm Irene and a pre-Halloween blizzard. Genworth Names Thomas McInerney CEO
Genworth Financial Inc named Thomas McInerney chief executive as the insurer looks to move past the billions of dollars in losses from its mortgage insurance business.
