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  • Real estate refuge

    Charleston Gazette - West Virginia’s mortgage market should weather the nation’s credit crisis without too much trouble, says Hurricane mortgage broker Lori Harless. “This will be a great cleansing process we’re going through; you’re going to see more borrower ...
    2007-08-19 03:49:00
  • Homestead Mortgage

    Amador Ledger-Dispatcher - We're celebrating 20 years in business! We appreciate your business and friendship. Thank you for keeping it local! Real estate broker - California Dept. of Real Estate License #872453. Everyone's Welcome at Homestead Mortgage. We're locally owned ...
    2007-08-19 09:12:00
  • Mortgage Newsletter You Can Customize

    Colleyville Courier - Already own your own UK property and want to re- mortgage ? Complete just one form to compare a range of remortgages from a wide choice of well-known UK lenders. A broker will call you. http://www.1st-Remortgage.co.uk/UK-homeowners 100% Home Financing ...
    2007-08-19 04:35:00
  • MORTGAGE QUESTIONS ON YOUR MIND?

    Orlando Sentinel - Don't fret -- and plan to keep making payments, said David Podgursky, a Florida-based mortgage broker and author of TheMortgageGoToGuy.com. "In fact, get ready to make your September payment as scheduled. Just keep your eyes open for your letter ...
    2007-08-19 08:07:00
  • Short sales increase as housing slump deepens

    Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel - Lenders are more open to short sales in which the buyers pay all cash or have large down payments and agree to close quickly, but the deals still have to make financial sense, said Jim Sahnger, a former banker who now is a mortgage broker in Palm ...
    2007-08-19 05:18:00
  • US legal battles over mortgage crisis could cost London insurers

    Times Online - At least ten claims have been lodged against mortgage providers in the US, claiming that the banks hid from shareholders the ... Marsh, the world’s biggest insurance broker, said that already it had received notifications of claims from its clients ...
    2007-08-19 08:32:00
  • State to review loan practices of mortgage companies (KOB-TV Albuquerque)

    ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - The state wants to know how prevalent predatory home lending practices are in New Mexico. Starting Monday, state officials will conduct unscheduled inspections of a random sample of the 1,600 mortgage companies and brokers.
    2007-08-19 08:11:32
  • Countrywide Airs Plan To Weather Credit Squeeze

    Wall Street Journal - Outlining a strategy to help it weather a worsening credit crunch, mortgage lender ... dramatically poor overall performance" of such loans and their high default rates. ... took the biggest action by cutting its rating three notches to Baa3, its lowest ...
    2007-08-17 10:57:00
  • When greed gave way to fear: how debt deals left the financial world ...

    The Independent - ... Atlantic, as well as hedge funds, have been buying debt in the US sub-prime mortgage ... and heavy rain pushed retail sales growth in the UK for July down to its lowest ... The relief represented by a freeze on UK rates would count for little if there ...
    2007-08-19 01:01:00
  • Asian and European Markets Decline

    FOX News - ... and Asian stocks slid again Friday amid persistent fears about subprime mortgage ... sent the Nikkei 225 index crashing 5.4 percent to end at 15,273.68, its lowest ... amount it injected the day before — in a bid to curb rises in key interest rates ...
    2007-08-17 11:33:00
  • Fed Gets No Bang for Buck; Intervention Fails to Calm Markets

    Bloomberg - Bernanke to lower interest rates. The Fed pumped $33 billion more than ... Stocks slumped to the lowest since March. The result: a crisis of ... Countrywide Financial Corp., the biggest U.S. mortgage lender, had to tap an entire ...
    2007-08-17 12:53:00
  • Countrywide: mortgage falls victim to lending crisis

    Daily Herald - ... to customers with poor credit history -- started going delinquent and defaulting at faster rates. The problems have spread to the broader mortgage ... The new rating is Moody's lowest investment-grade mark. Any downgrade would take Countrywide into ...
    2007-08-17 12:53:00
  • Dow Plunges 300 on Mortgage Concerns

    San Francisco Examiner - ... Fed didn't soften its stance on inflation after leaving short-term interest rates ... At its lowest close since the market's high, Friday's finish of 13,181.91, the Dow ... are seeking the steady flow of income from homeowners making their mortgage payments.
    2007-08-17 08:20:00
  • Economy's steady growth keeps pressure on bank to raise interest rates

    Worldnews.com - Economy's steady growth keeps pressure on bank to raise interest rates myTELUS ... Pingue 10 minutes ago TORONTO (Reuters) - Fallout from the U.S. subprime mortgage ... Survey indicates U.S. manufacturing expansion slowed in July to lowest pace since ...
    2007-08-17 04:02:00
  • Fed move to cut rates encourages investors, stocks close sharply ...

    Stockhouse Canada - Fed move to cut rates encourages investors, stocks close sharply higher 8/19/2007 1 ... this month amid a widening credit crunch, which started in the U.S. subprime mortgage ... The Nikkei 225 lost 874.81 points to 15,273.68, its lowest close in a year. Hong ...
    2007-08-19 05:30:00