Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Mortgage rates drop to another low, 4.58 percent

  July 1, 2010 in Business Mortgage rates have sunk to the lowest level in more than five decades, but consumers aren’t rushing to refinance their loans or buy homes.

• December home sales down nearly 17 percent

  January 25, 2010 in Business Sales of previously occupied homes took the largest monthly drop in more than 40 years last month, sinking more dramatically than expected after lawmakers gave buyers additional time to use … 4

• October sales gains lift hopes for housing market

  November 23, 2009 in Business, Nation/World First-time buyers seized on an expiring tax credit, low mortgage rates and falling prices to boost home sales in October to their highest level in 2 1/2 years. 1