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  • SIV Shock, Inflation Make U.S. Treasury Notes Unbeatable Bonds

    Bloomberg - Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) -- The combination of record U.S. home foreclosures, rising ... The so-called agency bonds of mortgage finance providers Fannie Mae in Washington and ... We will see a pick-up in volatility in 10-year rates as the Fed eases,'' said Eric ...
    2007-10-21 09:11:00
  • Plummeting home sales ready to taker rates and the market lower (India Daily)

    Home sales in the U.S. dropped to a seven-year low in September.. Consumer part of the economy counts for 70% of the overall economic activities.
    2007-10-21 10:26:57
  • Housing slump persists

    San Diego Union-Tribune - Home sales throughout Southern California plunged last month to their lowest levels ... Dave McDonald, president of the San Diego chapter of the California Mortgage Brokers ... buyers who took out subprime loans may have trouble covering higher interest rates ...
    2007-10-16 05:59:00
  • Bank sues Matthews home-building company

    Memphis Commercial Appeal - Do the AP stories match the reality of the Memphis housing/mortgage/forclosure ... taking out mortages that were not wise, with very little down and adjustable rates ... Today it was reported that housing "starts" were at the lowest point in 14 years ...
    2007-10-21 07:02:00
  • Home Sales May Fall, Durable Orders Rise: U.S. Economy Preview

    Bloomberg - The real-estate recession will worsen as stricter lending rules and higher mortgage rates make it ... Mortgage lending will tumble this year to $2.3 trillion, the lowest since 2000, as the ``credit shock'' restricts lending, the Mortgage Bankers ...
    2007-10-21 07:52:00
  • Unlocking home equity

    News.com.au - FIVE years ago most people in Australia had not heard of a reverse mortgage, despite them being around in some form for more than 20 years. Today there are more than 31,500 reverse mortgages in Australia, with total outstanding loans of more than $1 ...
    2007-10-21 07:59:00
  • Act fast if behind on mortgage, or it will cost you

    Buffalo News - That’s the case with loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration, and to some degree for loans sold to mortgage giants Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. Or the borrower can’t afford or qualify for a modification unless the fees are paid ...
    2007-10-21 05:14:00
  • Kathleen Pender

    San Francisco Gate - The jumbo-mortgage market, which went into a deep freeze in late August, is starting to thaw. Some large lenders have begun pricing their jumbo loans more aggressively in the past few days and weeks, bring rates closer to where they were before the ...
    2007-10-21 08:06:00
  • Dodge tells financial group credit crunch issues best resolved by ...

    680 News - Many of these financial products included so-called sub-prime mortgage loans made to U.S. homeowners with risky credit histories, so when the U.S. housing market began to fall the value of those mortgages could not be properly valued, creating a ...
    2007-10-21 08:35:00
  • Many Valley homeowners pressured or tricked into bad loans, experts say (The Arizona Republic)

    Thousands of Valley homeowners face foreclosure because of bad loans with high and often hidden fees, prepayment penalties and rapidly rising interest rates.{b} Shocked, swallowed up by surprise loans {b} Loan officer's trick: Overstate income
    2007-10-21 12:53:28
  • 2 months behind on the mortgage (Staten Island Advance)

    STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- For the first time in his life, Tony Morreale must ask for help to pay his mortgage. Despite recent promises of aid for struggling homeowners from everyone from President Bush to Morreale's own lender, Countrywide Home Loans, Morreale isn't getting a lot of sympathy.
    2007-10-21 03:09:11
  • GMAC Mortgage www.gmacmortgage.com

    Forbes - A well designed and easy to use site. You'll find current rates, sections on how to calculate payments and a home buyer tutorial. There is also market news, a glossary and a moving ticker with today's rates. Plus GMAC still has a reliable branch ...
    2007-10-20 03:28:00
  • Planning your children’s future

    Sri Lanka Sunday Times - ... approach is at least 10 times of your yearly income, assuming you have covered your one time liability from mortgage ... is an equation that needs to be taken into account in your planning process and one has to be competent enough to calculate ...
    2007-10-20 02:27:00
  • More may get hit with tax for 'rich'

    Omaha World-Herald - IRS instructions then flag certain higher-income taxpayers to calculate the tax again, this time using the AMT method. The taxpayer starts with adjusted gross income and claims deductions only for mortgage interest and charitable contributions. From ...
    2007-10-20 08:46:00
  • Talk Back (The News & Observer)

    Readers respond to Work & Money and Business section coverage..
    2007-10-21 12:34:03