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Alarm not included
Don't assume that a door opener will make your garage immune from unwanted entry in your absence. Just about every garage-door opener is equipped with a safety release handle where the door connects to the track. When your door is in the closed position, this handle dangles from the track just be...


Business - Fire and Security - Business Services - Alarm Systems - Security

Mortgage rates again at new low; average for 30-year fixed loan at 4.54 percent
Mortgage rates dropped to the lowest level on record for the fifth time in six weeks, making home-buying and refinancing -- for those who can get loans -- the most attractive it has been in decades.



Mortgage - Business - United States - Financial Services - Loan

FHA tells Congress: Mortgage insurance claims are down; home prices a concern
Mortgages backed by the Federal Housing Administration have performed better than expected so far this fiscal year, though the improvements could be overturned if home prices sink, according to a report the agency submitted to Congress this week.


Federal Housing Administration - Insurance - Mortgage - Business - Financial Services

Lansdowne on the Potomac
BOUNDARIES: Lansdowne is bordered approximately by Lansdowne Boulevard to the east, the Potomac River to the north and Route 7 to the south and extends a mile past Goose Creek to the west.



United States - Potomac - Science and Environment - Water Resources - Rivers

Effects of financial reform law might not be felt for a while
The financial reform bill signed into law by President Obama might look like a cornucopia of helpful changes for homebuyers and loan applicants -- not the least of which will be the creation of a powerful Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to ride herd on the mortgage lending industry. But how ...


Law - United States - Politics - Business - Health Care Reform