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| South Korea to Ease Mortgage Lending Rule to Spur Consumption Businessweek When housing prices fall, banks tend to seek faster repayment of loans or increase interest rates, Kim said. "We don't want to further raise the burden for mortgage holders as a result of falling real-estate prices," he said. Among measures being considered are ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| The Mortgage Alliance of Southwest Florida Answers Questions on Private ... PR.com (press release) Sarasota, FL, July 22, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Historically low interest rates are tempting more and more homeowners to refinance their mortgages. People who took out home loans just a few years ago could save 2% or more in interest if they refinanced to today's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Subprime Student Lending Truthdig ... students defaulted—lending practices that mirror the run-up to the subprime mortgage crisis. A government study noted that private loans are often riskier than federal loans. Private loans often carry variable interest rates that can cause monthly payments to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| US housing market ready to rebound MENAFN.COM Record-breaking low mortgage rates, supported by the Federal Reserve's "Operation Twist", had fuelled housing demand and led to a pick-up in housing starts, home sales, and even house prices in many markets, reported Xinhua citing the report ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| United Kingdom : SANTANDER announces low fixed rate mortgage of 2.99% for ... Equities.com It's really exciting to be able to offer exclusively our existing current account and loyal mover customers such a low mortgage rate giving them peace of mind for the next five years, said Phil Cliff, Director of Santander Mortgages, As one of the major lenders in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Nevada combatting mortgage deception Reno Gazette-Journal Nationwide, mortgage fraud rates were down for 2011 based on a low volume of new loans and new legislation to prevent fraud. "Loan origination fraud, the kind of fraud and misrepresentations that happen when you sign a loan, are down," Butts said. "That's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Battle on over plan to seize mortgages San Francisco Chronicle A powerful financial industry group last week stepped up its attack against one company's plan to help local governments use eminent domain to seize certain underwater mortgages from investor-owned pools and reduce their balances so homeowners can refinance. The Securities .... But using certain assumptions, such as a 40 percent chance of default and 7 percent discount rate, she estimates that fair value for the loan described above is roughly 100 percent of the home's value, not 80 percent. "If someone or ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 'Big Joe' Clark: The impact of Libor on consumers The Herald Bulletin According to a recent New York Times piece, of all adjustable-rate mortgages in the U.S., "45% of prime mortgages and 80% of subprime mortgages have interest rates based on Libor." Student loans are also impacted by Libor, with the same Times article ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Housing crisis sees 1.5 million older americans lose their homes Chicago Daily Herald More than 1.5 million Americans aged 50 or more have lost their homes since the collapse of the housing market in 2007 as delinquency rates and foreclosures soar, according to advocacy group AARP. About 3.5 million loans, or one in six to people in the age ... "More older Americans are carrying mortgage debt than in the past, and the amount of that debt is also increasing," Debra Whitman, AARP's executive vice president for policy, said in a statement. "Their economic situation is worsening." The percentage of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Ind. Chamber of Commerce rates area legislators nwitimes.com 2012-07-21T12:00:00Z 2012-07-20T14:16:20Z Ind. Chamber of Commerce rates area legislatorsBy Dan Carden dan.carden@nwi.com, (317) 637-9078 nwitimes.com. 13 minutes ago • By Dan Carden dan.carden@nwi.com, (317) 637-9078 · (0) Comments ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Calif. cities eye plan to seize mortgages Foster's Daily Democrat (AP) — In the foreclosure-battered inland stretches of California, local government officials desperate for change are weighing a controversial but inventive way to fix troubled mortgages: Condemn them. Officials from San Bernardino County and two of its cities have formed a local agency to consider ... Now the principal is lower, and interest rates are at historic lows, so the homeowner winds up with easier monthly payments. — Mortgage Resolution Partners collects a flat fee, $4500 per loan, for helping the city find ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Of Mutual Interest: REIT rebound phillyBurbs.com The housing market may finally be coming back, with home prices rising again and mortgage rates at record lows. But there's far greater strength in commercial real estate. Check out the recent investment returns of stock mutual funds that specialize in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| IN principle, the Reserve Bank should be battling runaway inflation at the ... The Australian In a recent speech he bemoaned that people were taking a "glass half-empty" approach to the economy and indicated the bank would be happy if households made use of lower mortgage rates to accelerate deleveraging. "The return of a certain degree of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Risky lending fuels student loan debt Toledo Blade WASHINGTON -- Risky lending caused private student loan debt to balloon in the past decade, leaving many Americans struggling to pay off loans that they can't afford, a government study says. ... Federal loans offer fixed interest rates. In many cases, if a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Eminent domain and mortgages The Economist Nearly half the mortgages in the county are "underwater", meaning that the value of the outstanding loan exceeds the market value of the property, according to Greg Devereux, the county's chief executive. The local foreclosure rate was among the highest in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Interest rates likely to hold till mid-2013 The Province Most Canadian primary dealers expect the Bank of Canada to hold interest rates steady until at least mid-2013, even after governor Mark Carney revealed last week the central bank is still considering interest-rate hikes. In a poll of primary dealers, the institutions that deal directly with the central bank as it carries out monetary policy, the median ... Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, P.E.I, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon. All; Mortgages; Credit Cards; Savings. Best Mortgage Rates ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Foreclosure crisis hitting older Americans hard, says AARP Morning Sentinel ... who are younger than 50 have a lower rate of serious delinquency than their older counterparts, and the rate is increasing at a faster pace for older Americans than for younger ones, according to AARP's analysis of more than 17 million mortgages. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Deutsche Bank and HSBC Traders Probed for Rate Collusion San Francisco Chronicle July 19 (Bloomberg) -- Traders at Deutsche Bank AG, HSBC Holdings Plc, Societe Generale SA and Credit Agricole SA are under investigation for interest-rate manipulation in a global probe that led to a record fine for Barclays Plc last month, a person with knowledge of the matter said. Regulators are examining the possible roles of ... The Financial Stability Board will consider alternatives to Libor, the benchmark for at least $500 trillion of securities from derivatives to mortgages. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Need a student loan? Mull options carefully STLtoday.com For example, 30-year home mortgages have interest rates below 4 percent, so the 6.8 percent on some federal Stafford loans is hard to stomach. Federal PLUS loans for parents at 7.9 percent are worse. It might be tempting to turn away from federal loans and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Get with the Plan: Couple should focus on erasing debt The Star-Ledger - NJ.com This would also help their credit ratings, she says, perhaps making it easier to refinance their mortgages at a more desirable rate once the pre-foreclosure issue has been cleared from their credit reports. The couple need to sit down and examine how they ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| A midyear look: Picture has brighted for local housing market Colorado Springs Gazette Rising household incomes, improved consumer confidence — although it's faltered of late — and record-low mortgage rates all have led to increased buying and building, he said. "Thirty years and 3 1/2 percent," said Crowley, whose wife works for a local ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Happy days are here again for car buyers Winston-Salem Journal Experian Automotive, which tracks automotive credit data, won't release second-quarter data until next month, but analysts say the trend will hold as long as interest rates stay low. "Consumer spending is still very conservative. People aren't going hog wild like ... When banks sustained losses and tightened lending requirements, the average credit score for new-car buyers rose nearly 20 points to a high of 776 in the first quarter of 2010. Standards have been loosening ever since, but only now are they approaching ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Financial Planners: Complex Questions, No Easy Retirement Answers Insurance News Net (press release) You had a defined benefit pension plan, you had Social Security , you worked and you paid off the mortgage, and you didn't have any debt. You turned 65 and you walked out the door," said Phil Selden , a veteran financial ... Don Roork , a financial planner and president of AssetDynamics, also in Sylvania Township , said the list of risks that impede retirement now includes longevity, inflation, interest rates, health care, and investments. But many clients, he added, don't want to hear about it. "It's like Americans feel it's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| JOHN BROWNE: The central bankers' century Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Coming on the heels of citizen bank bailouts, the securitized mortgage scandal and JPMorgan Chase's supposed $9 billion trading loss, the manipulation of Libor is considered a major banking crime. But why are the central banks — which openly manipulate interest rates, bond markets and both finance and control the regulators — seemingly beyond reproach? An examination of the history and current role of Anglo-American central banking reveals some troubling questions. Some of the mainstream media have ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| China vows to keep tight grip on property Ninemsn Since 2010, China has introduced a spate of measures to control housing prices, including bans on buying second homes, hiking minimum down payments and mortgage rates and imposing property taxes in certain areas. Expectations for a loosening of ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Mortgage Rates: The Record That Keeps on Breaking | Realtor ... The streak continues with average 30-year and 15-year fixed-rate mortgages taking yet another dip into record territory this week, according to Freddie Mac's ... realtormag.realtor.org/.../mortgage-rates-record-keeps-breakin... |
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