02/Jul 2008 | FHA Aims To | Nonprofits are putting more money down for mortgages under the FHA program, while borrowers are putting down less. July 3, 2008 Most home loans that don't require a down payment disappeared when th... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Obama Received a Sweetheart Deal on His Mortgage | Stupid: Fox Altering NYT Author Photos to Ugly Them Up. 4:58 pm Originally caught this on Newsmax, so I m glad to see it being reported elsewhere. He got it well-below market rates and without paying ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Mortgage Rates Lower on Jumbo Loans for People in 3,000 U.S. Counties | Welcome to the first in a new series of audio news stories from Quicken Loans Relationship Marketing Manager Mark Smith. Below, you can listen to the audio file (mp3) or if you prefer, you can read th... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | UBS warns of future property market losses | UBS warns of future property market losses UBS, the Swiss investment bank that has been hard hit by the US sub-prime mortgage crisis, has warned that it could be facing further losses in property mark... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Hostages Rescued In Colombia | Colombian troops have rescued three American Defense Department contractors and former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt after years of captivity by leftist guerrillas in the jungle, ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Finding Foreclosures, Screening Deadbeats | June Fletcher offers her take on two recently launched sites: RentBureau.com, which helps landlords screen tenants and ForeclosurePoint. These days, my mailbox is full of press releases announcing ne... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Danes Still the Happiest | ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Presidential Candidates Differ on Free Trade | Colombia Rescues Betancourt, U. Hostages Colombian troops have rescued three American Defense Department contractors and former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt after years of captiv... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Wall Street lobbies to delay accounting rules that could bring $5 trillion back onto bank balance sheets | Wall Street lobbies to delay accounting rules that could add $5 trillion to bank balance sheets New rules could be enacted as early as 2009 . ( Reuters ) In the middle of a credit crisis that only se... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | NAACP Calls for National 'Day of Action' Against Mortgage Discrimination | Studies show African Americans are given more costly, riskier loans regardless of credit history or income . NAACP units across the country participated in a national 'Day of Action' against discrimin... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Deluge of jobs data begins today and so far, it isn t good | Economics Contributed by: Mike Larson (. Thanks to the Fourth of July holiday, a lot of news is going to hit in the next two days. The job market data will be front and center, with a trio of reports... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Raj Mehra | Accounting Issues. Financial Services Council Raj Mehra is the President of Chelsea Advisory Services, a financial risk and forensic accounting advisory firm in Washington DC. He has over 21 years of ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Wednesday's News Recap: ADP Employment Falls 79k; TSX Index Sheds 3 | Repeat) 02/07 07:28 - Wednesday's Events: U. Employment Data Ahead of Nonfarm Payrolls Thursday 02/07 07:14 - Fed's Lockhart Says Fed Should Act if Inflation Affects Wages 02/07 07:05 - Treasury's P... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Treasurys rise ahead of employment report | Treasury prices rose Wednesday as investors prepared for another downbeat reading on the U. On Thursday, ahead of the July 4th holiday, the Labor Department is scheduled to report on job creation and ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | US mortgage approvals bounce, ADP data worse | US mortgage approvals rallied a little from a six year low seen last week as lower interest rates encouraged some activity. The Mortgage Bankers Association's seasonally adjusted application index ros... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Click to continue reading "Massachusetts Activates $20M To Buy Foreclosed Homes" | Filed Under Depreciation , Foreclosure Market , Housing Market , Housing Videos , Mortgage Defaults , Mortgage Delinquencies . Massachusetts has some new tools to fight the foreclosure crisis. The st... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | MortgageNewsClips: Play This Game, Wachovia 1&2, Cuomo Appraisal Rule, 2009, Jack Guttentag, All About Oil, Richard DeKaser, Park Ave. Unemployed, Vs. | July 2nd: Chevy Chase disclosure lawsuit could have big ramifications, and the sharks seem to be circling Indymac . MortgageNewsClips: Play This Game, Wachovia 1&2, Cuomo Appraisal Rule, 2009, Jac... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Judge Says Countrywide Officers Must Face Suit by Shareholders | Countrywide Financial , the beleaguered mortgage lender, must answer shareholder accusations of insider trading and an overall failure to monitor lending practices that led to the company s collapse, ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Survey day & reader feedback | JOBS REPORT:The economy shed 62,000 jobs in June, according to the Labor Department, and the unemployment rate remained 5. Those numbers are slightly worse than the consensus estimate, but the result ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Sellers Crying Wolf As Mortgage Rates Threaten to Rise | Mortgage Lenders Blog My second blog International Homeowners. Know Your Mortgage Rates Four Strategies for Lowest. Sellers Crying Wolf As Mortgage Rates Threaten to Rise . Sellers are fin... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Questions about Obama's mortgage and McCain's down-ticket fundraising | ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Fortes Financial Secures National City Mortgage Wholesale Division | Fortes Financial Secures National City Mortgage Wholesale Division Dallas Texas - July 1, 2008 - Fortes Financial, Inc. has completed the assumption of five regional wholesale offices formerly belongi... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Lone Star Funds of Dallas buys more subprime | Lone Star Funds, a Dallas-based investment firm, has agreed to buy the home-lending business of New York-based CIT Group Inc., raising its bet on the subprime mortgage industry, which is at the center... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Fresh GIC threat to bond insurers | Concerns have surfaced about fresh risks to bond insurers that could further darken the outlook for the most troubled groups and affect the last remaining insurers with triple A credit ratings. On top... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Bush: Housing deal possible with `less politics' | Breaking News. Bush calls out to a crowd of supporters as he prepares to board Air Force One at Thompson Field, a Mississippi Air National Guard facility in Flowood, Miss. The president was in Mississ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Mass. AG settles with mortgage lenders to tune of $1.8M | The Massachusetts Attorney General's office said Wednesday it has settled with 10 mortgage lenders and servicers associated with fraudulent foreclosure rescue scams run by a Brockton attorney. The set... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Fitch Affirms National Commercial Bank Jamaica Ratings; Outlook Stable | 06:36:07 - - Fitch Ratings has affirmed the following Jamaica-based National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited (NCBJ) ratings: --Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at 'B+... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Ex-MOF exec urges major economies to ponder credit tightening | Oil trades near record levels in Asia G-8 leaders should agree on framework for addressing food problem+ G-8 leaders urged to agree on 50% emission cut by 2050+ Ex-MOF exec urges major economies to po... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Security Benefit remains secure | Topeka One of Topeka's major companies has seen its financial ratings downgraded by analysts. Security Benefit Life Insurance Company was cited for too many of its investments in risky, sub-prime, m... Read » |