USA Today: Nashville Works to Liven the Gulch
NASHVILLE — For decades it was little more than an eyesore, a sunken warren of freight railroad tracks and run-down brick warehouses that was home mostly to vagrants and a bluegrass bar with boarded windows. The Gulch, as it is known, is now the focus of a $400...Home Gyms Offer Excellent Staging Opportunity
Equipping a home with an exercise area can increase its appeal to buyers. Despite the current economic slowdown, retail sales of home gym equipment continue to grow, topping $5 billion in 2007 and rising another 3 percent in 2008, according to the National Sporting...Mortgages Tailored for Islamic Home Buyers
A few years ago, an Islamic home buyer would have found it almost impossible to get a mortgage compliant with Islam’s sharia law, which prevents the faithful from paying interest. Today, sharia-compliant loans are a growing market.
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Man Robs Bank After Foreclosure A masked gunman held up an Athens, Ga., bank on Thursday, saying that he was only getting his money back after the lender had foreclosed on his home. The man entered Regions Bank wearing a black ski mask and pointed a handgun at a...