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  • A New Mortgage 'Cop'

    Wall Street Journal - The 45-year-old Democrat has pursued several mortgage cases closer to home, delaying foreclosures involving New Century Financial Corp., a home lender now operating under bankruptcy-court protection. He has sued more than a dozen lenders and brokers ...
    2007-10-07 06:17:00
  • Property rates in south of Delhi, Mumbai move up

    Economic Times - Perhaps that is also the reason why prices have gone north in most of these south lying areas even though in other locations, prices have stabilised after interest rates peaked. So what Upper East Side is to Manhattan or the western Kensington ...
    2007-10-07 09:34:00
  • John NorrisInterest rates on CDs determined by the lender (Montgomery Advertiser)

    Could you explain how interest rates paid on certificates of deposit are computed and who determines the rates?
    2007-10-07 02:09:24
  • Retiring baby boomers not all 'Great Gatsbys'

    Herald Tribune - ... said job creation and population growth are the engines that will pull the real estate industry out of the current ... Leslie Lauritano of JP Morgan Chase Home Mortgage and David Hunihan of Fidelity Homes reminded the audience that mortgage rates ...
    2007-10-06 12:32:00
  • One way out of a mortgage -- 'short sales'

    Newsday - Many bought property after being lured by low "teaser" mortgage rates that have started to rise sharply. Others want to move but ... noting that companies with no history have proliferated during the boom housing years and contributed to the current sea ...
    2007-10-06 01:03:00
  • Members of the Financial Planning Association offer personal finance ...

    Dallas Morning News - If you are in a high tax bracket (say 25 or above), the certainty of tax rates now is worth the tradeoff for the current deduction. ... We would like to pay off the mortgage upon retirement. Thank you. Natalie Michalek: Do you ...
    2007-10-07 04:37:00
  • Congress works on remedies for loans

    Whittier Daily News - Calling the proposal "a measured response to the mortgage crisis," Sanchez said current law — which allows ... maintain that letting judges rewrite loan terms would destabilize mortgage-backed securities, dry up capital and push up interest rates.
    2007-10-07 03:40:00
  • Ohio legislators push for mortgage relief

    Pomeroy Daily Sentinel - George Voinovich, R-Ohio, saw his Mortgage Relief Act pass in the House on Thursday ... The legislation will change current law that forces individuals to pay income tax ... Declining home prices and rising foreclosure rates have forced more and more ...
    2007-10-07 01:59:00
  • One mortgage at a time, please (The Record)

    Darrell Major, a New York City schools administrator, was elated when he signed a contract in February 2006 to purchase a brand-new $650,000 condo at the Siena, a Tuscan-inspired complex in downtown Montclair on the site of the old Hahne's department store.
    2007-10-07 06:59:41
  • BUILDER Blocks: The Week in Review (Builder Online)

    The Fed may have to cut interest rates again; Democrats want a mortgage czar; Pending-home sales plummet; and two nonprofits are suing HUD over the soon-to-be banned DPA program.
    2007-10-07 10:24:29
  • GAVAR chief: 'It's a good time to buy a home'

    Antelope Valley Press - The downside of the current market for home sellers - high inventory, receding prices - is the upside of the market for ... I saw them refinance two and three times over a four-year period. Their house may be worth $350,000 now and they owe $450,000 ...
    2007-10-07 08:30:00
  • Tips for avoiding foreclosure scams

    Antelope Valley Press - When that happens, the lender is often ready to foreclose on your home. Flipping: These lenders rake in hefty fees by convincing homeowners to refinance over and over again, even when refinancing is not in the homeowner's best interest. Foreclosure ...
    2007-10-07 08:30:00
  • Real estate bust and foreclosure boom comes home to neighborhood (phillyburbs.com)

    QUEEN CREEK, Ariz. - Out on Phoenix's suburban fringes, where cement mixers are fast colonizing what's left of the hay and cotton fields, the day is winding to a close. The home hour has arrived.
    2007-10-07 07:07:43
  • Merrill admits losses of $6bn on bad loans

    Age - ... Lynch has emerged as one of the worst-hit victims from the recent US credit meltdown as it revealed that losses of $US5.5 billion ($A6.1 billion) on mortgages and bad ... two other senior executives in a shake-up of the division that deals in mortgage ...
    2007-10-07 02:14:00
  • Interest rates worth a punt on Cup day

    News.com.au - ... to put the cash rate up to 6.75 per cent in November, despite the global credit ... showed that the US economy was still relatively unscathed from the sub-prime mortgage ... numbers will increase the likelihood that if the September quarter CPI is 'bad ...
    2007-10-07 02:06:00