Jan 3rd 2013 5:30PM
It's TV's "most famous bachelorette pad," according to Entertainment Weekly, and we'd have to agree. Attracting nearly as many visitors as Elvis' Graceland, this Minneapolis home is featured in the television classic, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." Though on the outside it looks like your typical, quaint,... Continue Reading »
Jul 17th 2012 2:30PM
By Jonathan Stempel The city of Los Angeles has sued U.S. Bank, accusing a unit of the fifth-largest U.S. commercial bank of becoming one of its biggest slumlords and blighting the city by allowing hundreds of foreclosed homes to fall into disrepair. Monday's civil lawsuit by the office of Los Angeles City Attorney... Continue Reading »
Jan 7th 2011 11:29AM
A 50-year-old woman in Lakeville, Minn., was sentenced Wednesday to three years and three months in prison for embezzling more than $220,000 from a title and real estate company where she worked, not including the $10,000 of stolen funds she repaid. Kuntee Shamo Singramdoo (pictured left) pleaded guilty to three counts of... Continue Reading »
Sep 15th 2010 4:14PM
Mortgage specialist Jay Dacey couldn't keep coaxing clients to take advantage of the low mortgage interest rates without hopping onto the bandwagon himself. But the 30-year-old from the Twin Cities-area took a route that might make one do a double-take. He refinanced out of a 30-year-fixed rate of 4.75 percent and into a... Continue Reading »
Jun 10th 2010 8:30AM
Always a popular comparison in real estate: Is it better to rent or buy? Now, real estate website Trulia.com has launched a Rent vs. Buy Index, featuring the top 10 cities in each category. Some of the results were quite surprising. Namely, that Omaha, home to famously frugal financier Warren Buffett, pictured left,... Continue Reading »
