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  • More relief for mortgage holders seen

    MSNBC - Paulson said that the deal the administration brokered with the industry to freeze certain subprime mortgage rates for five years did not involve the use of any taxpayer money. Conservative critics have complained that the administration’s plan ...
    2008-01-08 07:49:00
  • A Little Diligence Can Lower Interest Rate by One Percent

    Donga.com - Different Mortgage Rates on the Same Collateral A reporter for the Dong-A Ilbo visited the nation’s four biggest commercial banks to find out mortgage rates for an apartment with a market price of 755 million won. (Lending terms: variable interest ...
    2008-01-08 03:20:00
  • ANZ confident about market share

    News.com.au - ANZ will not lose market share to its rivals following an increase in its mortgage rates, its chief Michael Smith said on Tuesday. ANZ said on Tuesday it would increase its variable mortgage rate by 0.20 percentage points to recoup higher funding ...
    2008-01-08 03:27:00
  • Mortgage giant denies bankruptcy

    BBC News - The US housing market has contracted sharply over the past year in the face of higher mortgage rates, which have led to record mortgage default levels, particularly in the sub-prime sector. The result has been falling house prices, and increasing ...
    2008-01-08 02:37:00
  • Alistair Darling tells banks to pass on lower interest rates as the ...

    Times Online - Mortgage lenders should pass on the benefits of interest-rate cuts to their customers, Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling said yesterday, amid growing pressure for rates to be reduced again tomorrow. In his second intervention over prices in two days ...
    2008-01-08 02:44:00
  • MARKET SNAPSHOT: US Stocks Plunge In Late Trading; Nasdaq Falls ... - CNNMoney.com

    MARKET SNAPSHOT: US Stocks Plunge In Late Trading; Nasdaq Falls ...CNNMoney.com - 47 minutes ago"This is the largest mortgage originator in the country, trading like it wants to go out of business," said Peter Boockvar, equity strategist at Miller ...
    2008-01-08 03:42:23
  • Wealthy investors turn to money-market funds as they eye market ... - MarketWatch

    Wealthy investors turn to money-market funds as they eye market ...MarketWatch - 45 minutes agoAlso, for financial advisers looking to move money around in the face of credit woes or mortgage and tax considerations, money-market funds are a good ...
    2008-01-08 03:44:18
  • Forex - US dollar mixed after Wall Street falls on weak housing data - CNNMoney.com

    Forex - US dollar mixed after Wall Street falls on weak housing dataCNNMoney.com - 37 minutes agoShares in US homebuilder KB Home (NYSE:KBH) dived more than 9 percent after its fourth-quarter loss ballooned due to fewer home sales, mortgage lender ...
    2008-01-08 03:52:09
  • Credit Turmoil Hits CRH and Drags Shares Down ; Iseq Briefing ... - Black Enterprise

    Credit Turmoil Hits CRH and Drags Shares Down ; Iseq Briefing ...Black Enterprise, NY - 34 minutes agoMortgage approvals in Britain fell 37pc in November bringing the rolling three month total to minus 29pc, the lowest total since January 2005. ...
    2008-01-08 03:55:13
  • Miller defiant despite housing sector struggle - Scotsman

    Miller defiant despite housing sector struggleScotsman, United Kingdom - 25 minutes agoIt said prospects for its UK and US commercial property markets, residential business and mortgage broking arm would "inevitably depend on how quickly ...
    2008-01-08 04:04:00
  • Turnbull says Swan lacks experience - The Age

    Turnbull says Swan lacks experienceThe Age, Australia - 25 minutes agoThe federal opposition has accused Treasurer Wayne Swan of lacking experience and understanding over his response to mortgage interest rate hikes by two of ...
    2008-01-08 04:04:10
  • City naysayers caught cold by 1.3% increase in house prices - The Herald

    City naysayers caught cold by 1.3% increase in house pricesThe Herald, UK - 25 minutes agoHe said: "Higher mortgage repayments in response to the series of five (quarter-point) interest-rate increases between August 2006 and July 2007 and falling ...
    2008-01-08 04:04:15
  • HOUSE PRICES UP 5.2% - UK Express

    HOUSE PRICES UP 5.2%UK Express, UK - 24 minutes agoA home owner with a £200000 interest only mortgage would see their monthly payments drop by £41.67 if the predicted rate cut is announced. ...
    2008-01-08 04:05:01
  • pay deals planned for public sector - Guardian Unlimited

    pay deals planned for public sectorGuardian Unlimited, UK - 23 minutes agoHe implied he would like to see a further cut in interest rates, and urged building societies to pass on past rate cuts by lowering mortgage interest rates. ...
    2008-01-08 04:05:49
  • UP AND DOWN WALL STREET DAILY | - Barron's

    UP AND DOWN WALL STREET DAILY |Barron's - 23 minutes agoBut the bad news is by now old news for the biggest mortgage originator, Countrywide Financial, and ground-zero of the housing-finance disaster. ...
    2008-01-08 04:06:15