Special districts struggle against tide of defaults
MANATEE — Waterlefe Golf and River Club developer WCI Communities Inc. went bankrupt in the thick of the real estate bust, leaving residents promises that no drastic changes would occur.
Home can be hazardous to your child's health
It's easy to put up a baby gate and plug the exposed electrical outlets and think your home is childproof. But consider this: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission identifies heavy furniture tipovers as one of the "top five hidden home hazards."
Dade City to take action on neglected properties, charge owners.
By Ebony Windom, Times Correspondent Wednesday, September 29, 2010 DADE CITY — Officials are ready to take action against the city's unsightly foreclosed properties. City commissioners adopted three ordinances Tuesday evening giving the city access to unkempt, foreclosed properties to clean them up, tear down unsafe structures and charge the costs to the property owners. The city has 31 ...
India Optimistic About Preparations for Commonwealth Games
Officials report rapid progress in cleaning up the athlete's village, where conditions were deemed unsafe and unclean
Raters Ignored Proof of Unsafe Loans
As the mortgage market grew frothy in 2006 — leading to a housing bubble that nearly brought down the banking system two years later — ratings agencies charged with assessing risk in mortgage pools dismissed conclusive evidence that many of the loans were dubious, according to testimony given last week to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission , Gretchen Morgenson writes in The New York Times.