Salt lake city Mortgage News

Evans shifting gears, from prosecutor to judge (The Daily News)
Michael Evans used to drive slow in the fast lane.  Drivers, he said, would whiz by. Some flipped him off. But Evans, an idealistic and safety conscious 16-year-old from a suburb near Salt Lake City, Utah, remembers thinking, “Dude, I’m going the speed limit. I’m helping you.”

Shoplifting Dog Caught On Tape (Bayinsider)
MURRAY, Utah -- A thief remains at large after pulling off a daring heist in the pet food aisle. Surveillance video at a supermarket in a Salt Lake City suburb caught a dog shoplifting, KSL-TV reported Wednesday.

Mortgage Company Flagship Financial Group Receives 2008 Best of Salt Lake City Award (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
With low rates and at a time when trust with customers is a big concern with consumers, Flagship Financial has been recognized for their contribution as a small business in the mortgage industry. The U.S. Local Business Association gave the award.

A homeownership dream becomes reality (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Mortgage miracle?» Salt Lake City program offers some first-time buyers ?3 percent interest. Tim Ortega had all but given up on his homeownership hopes.

Shoplifting Dog Caught On Tape (WFTV 9 Orlando)
The manager of a grocery store says he confronted a dog that walked in a picked up a bone, but the brazen pooch fled the scene.

Some Utah home projects stalled (Provo Daily Herald)
SALT LAKE CITY -- Roland "Rollie" Walker, the owner of southern Utah's largest incomplete subdivision, is being forced to sell the trees to keep his project afloat. Creditors are posting foreclosure notices on his land, and banks are refusing to loan him money.

Plain Dealer readers reach out to help Roger Chorich, who lost both legs to staph infections (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
The Plain Dealer catches up with stories of 2008 in a year-end series of "Whatever happened to ... ?" pieces running through Jan. 5. The weekly edition of the feature, which appears on Mondays and updates stories from the previous...

Oahu landowners bracing for rail (Honolulu Advertiser)
To build Honolulu's planned $5.3 billion commuter rail line, the city must acquire all or part of more than 180 private properties. The city, which budgeted $70 million to buy the land, intends to offer owners fair market value based on an appraisal. But not all property owners are convinced they will be fairly compensated.