| Nov 19, 2012 10:41AM "Be good to your neighbor - they know where you live!" The Pilgrims did not have many neighbors, but in the in the fall of 1621 they held a three-day feast to celebrate a bountiful harvest, an event many regard as the nation's first Thanksgiving. Historians have also recorded ceremonies of thanks among other groups of European settlers in North America, including British colonists in Virginia in 1619. The legacy of thanks and the feast have survived the centuries, as the event became a national holiday... Nov 19, 2012 11:32AM Applications for mortgage refinancing encountered increased processing time again in October when it took an average of 54 days to close a loan, an increase of four days since September, according to the Ellie Mae's Origination Insight Report released Monday. This is ten days longer than the average time to process an application for a purchase mortgage and is an increase of 11 days over the last 12 months. Ellie Mae reports that the share of refinancing increased from a 65 percent of all closed...
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