Jonathan Ernst / REUTERS A U.S. flag decorates a for-sale sign at a home in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C. By NBC News and wire services More Americans purchased previously-owned homes in July, suggesting improvement in the beleaguered housing market over the summer. Existing home sales rose 2.3 percent last month, with sales rising to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of to 4.47 million units, up...

Are you in a tight financial need? Check the following financial institutions in Oregon and see where your monetary needs fit. Oregon is a state located in the Pacific Northwest portion of the United States. Oregon shares border with Washington to the northern portion, California to the south and Nevada to the southeastern...

WASHINGTON (AP) – Congressional leaders have reached tentative deals that would prevent a doubling of student loan interest rates and revamp the nation’s transportation programs, congressional officials said Wednesday. If completed, the compromises would resolve two vexing issues on which lawmakers face weekend deadlines for action. House and Senate leaders have tentatively agreed to...

Home Improvement Loan Options In today’s real estate market, a good number of homeowners are electing to stay in their homes rather than try to sell their properties when their area is already heavily saturated with homes for sale. To accomodate growing families and changing needs, many owners are seek to build additions or make modifications to...

A home improvement loan? you bet. a home improvement loan, which is just another name for a mortgage loan, will finance the improvements that will add value to your home and can provide you with cash too, not only take care of your home improvements, but payoff credit card debt as well. Mortgage loans provide you the opportunity to...

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As social media continues to evolve, so do the tools. Stepping up to the plate with a fierce vengeance is the new social media darling Pinterest. Haven’t heard of it? Let me give you a quick description before we dive into the “why” behind using Pinterest within your business. What is Pinterest Pinterest is a simple way to capture and save any picture you find on the web. now before you think it’s...

CONWAY, Ark., Apr 19, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) –Home BancShares, Inc. /quotes/zigman/100138/quotes/nls/homb HOMB -1.75% , parent company of Centennial Bank, today announced first quarter earnings of $14.5 million, or $0.51 diluted earnings per common share, compared to $12.0 million of net income available to common shareholders, or $0.42 diluted earnings per common share for the same quarter in 2011. The Company increased its first quarter net income by $2.5 million or 20.4% for the...

NEW YORK — Earnings reports from two major banks Friday painted a picture of a healing housing market, with more Americans taking out mortgages, paying them on time and taking advantage of low interest rates to refinance. At JPMorgan Chase, the biggest bank in the United States, income from new home loans set a record from January through March....

You don’t have to use your credit card to finance your home improvement project. in today’s economy even if you can’t quite move uptown to your dream home, you can renovate, add on to your house, or purchase a rundown home that needs a makeover. Home finance has been getting a bad rep lately: There is no shortage of news about tight lending and foreclosures, but...