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  • Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Post Biggest Increase in 14 Years

    StreetInsider.com - Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Post Biggest Increase in 14 Years Alliance of Major Media Companies to Deliver Premium Online Positions for National Advertisers Savingforcollege.com: 529 Study Identifies Lowest-Cost, College-Savings Plans Bankrate: Mortgage ...
    2008-02-20 03:26:00
  • US mortgage applications plunge as interest rates soar-MBA

    Reuters - NEW YORK, Feb 20 (Reuters) - U.S. mortgage applications plunged last week, and demand hit the lowest level since the start of the year as interest rates surged, an industry group said on Wednesday. The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seasonally ...
    2008-02-20 03:59:00
  • Common sense fix for muni bonds (CNN Money)

    What the municipal bond market needs most is not an injection of capital into the bond insurance companies. What it needs is an injection of common sense into its credit rating system.
    2008-02-21 01:12:04
  • Mortgage costs to rise, A&L warns, as shares hit all-time low (Guardian Unlimited)

    Credit crunch forces Alliance & Leicester to turn its back on the mortgage market
    2008-02-21 01:25:37
  • US Stocks Look To Advance Thursday Morning Ahead Of Jobless Claims Data (Nasdaq)

    (RTTNews) - US stocks looked to extend their modest gains from the previous session Thursday morning amid confidence the Federal Reserve will continue to focus on giving the slumping economy a boost.
    2008-02-21 03:51:56
  • Larimer County skirts foreclosure crisis (The Fort Collins Coloradoan)

    Nationally, the news about foreclosures is grim.
    2008-02-21 04:19:59
  • Foreclosures up, but hope exists (Waconia Patriot)

    Visually, there's nothing worse in a neighborhood than seeing a a beautiful home sitting empty. Aahh...scratch that. There is something worse: a beautiful home sitting empty, but with a sticker on the front door that reads “In Foreclosure.”
    2008-02-21 04:28:10
  • This week: Feb. 21 - Feb. 27 (Bankrate.com)

    products from Bankrate.com's weekly national survey of large banks and thrifts.
    2008-02-21 05:06:35
  • 57 lenders pass on rate cut (Mortgage Introducer)

    Encouragingly, Stafford Railway Building Society has done one better than the Bank and reduced its rate by a huge 0.35 per cent to make it the lowest in the market at 5.99 per cent.
    2008-02-21 07:25:09
  • Enterprise Expands Loan Products to Finance Housing and Healthcare Facilities (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

    Enterprise Community Investment, Inc., a national leader in affordable housing finance and investment, today announced the expansion of debt products available in its Multifamily Mortgage Finance group.
    2008-02-21 08:21:00
  • Weighs and means

    Age - It's the perennial question: are you better paying down your mortgage or stuffing as much as you can into super? ... We don't know how to project life expectancy but we calculate you need at least $850,000 for a couple.
    2008-02-19 03:56:00
  • Obama gains momentum with 2 more victories

    International Herald Tribune - Clinton is too experienced.  She knows the game and will play it… the same game that has been played for years.  Obama will be bring a new game to the field and will be making new rules. [ 539 ] Posted by: rick columbus oh us — 20 February 2008 ...
    2008-02-20 08:31:00
  • A Moment To Reflect...and 10 Steps to Prepare for Homeownership

    citizenet.com - Start saving. Do you have enough money saved to qualify for a mortgage and cover your down payment? Ideally, you should have ... Calculate the costs of homeownership. This should include property taxes, insurance, maintenance and utilities, and ...
    2008-02-19 03:56:00
  • Inflation rate hits five-month low

    Globe and Mail - ... costs, which is directly responsible for the sub-prime crisis? ('Let's see, buy gas to get to work, eat, or pay the mortgage? ... The Government of Canada does not tell Statistics Canada how to calculate inflation rates and fudge the numbers so as to suit ...
    2008-02-18 03:57:00
  • Angst grows over double-dipping "W" recovery

    Guardian Unlimited - The crisis, which originated from a crash in the U.S. subprime mortgage market, has to date cost the global banking sector ... Basing its assumptions on the Taylor Rule, a formula developed by economist John Taylor to calculate the appropriate level of ...
    2008-02-20 03:16:00