Livonia wants level field in Quicken Loans battle 

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Livonia wants level field in Quicken Loans battle 
As Quicken Loans and Rock Financial brass contemplate where to be headquartered after 2009, an increasingly tense political battle is brewing over state tax incentives being offered to lure the mortgage giant to move to downtown Detroit.

Who Should Decide Land Use? U.S. Government Already Does 
Two new books argue that the federal government has long played a powerful role in local land use decisions, but its influence has been disguised.

CIBC changes mortgage rates 
CIBC today announced the following changes in residential mortgage rates:

First quarter commercial mortgage loan originations up 34.2% 
During the first quarter of 2006 commercial and multifamily mortgage bankers' loan originations increased 34.2 percent compared to the same quarter last year, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) announced Thursday.

Mortgage defaults on rise 
Increasing debt, interest rates and job losses blamed for spike in foreclosures Foreclosures on home mortgages are on the way up.