Archive for April, 2000

The latest boomer obsession: a trophy home

Monday, April 24th, 2000

I arrived home from the airport a few days ago to hear the unmistakable sound of heavy equipment tearing into masonry. Sure enough, the sidesplit behind my house was a giant pile of rubble with a backhoe sitting triumphantly on top, [...]

Construction-to-Permanent Financing

Saturday, April 8th, 2000

Construction-to-Permanent Financing: Building your dream home? Now you can obtain a loan that will lock in one interest rate for both phases. Fannie Mae’s new Construction-to-Permanent mortgage finances the construction of your home and then seamlessly converts to a permanent loan–one loan approval, one closing, and one set of closing costs! [...]

How to love even the bad days

Monday, April 3rd, 2000

At one point on one afternoon last week the TSE 300 was lower by 400 points. The story fronted every major radio and TV newscast as business reported talked of a “technology meltdown.” The big guys took big hits - Nortel and BCE were both off substantially, as were other recent [...]