New ‘Dutch disease’ has lessons for U.S. housing
U.S. and British policy makers concerned about house prices falling need only look at the Netherlands to see how even a soft landing can dampen growth.
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Commercial mortgage-bond delinquencies up (Myrtle Beach Online) NEW YORK - Commercial mortgage-backed securities delinquencies are rising in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, after declining for most of the past year.read more...
Mortgage Applications Fall Mortgage applications decreased for the second week in a row at a time when sales are usually increasing. via Realtor Magazine read more...
New Products and Services Now Available at mortgage.com by ABN AMRO Mortgage (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., one of the nation's leading mortgage lenders, recently completed updates to its online retail lending channel, http://mortgage.com .read more...
An overview of mortgage information for 10 homes in the Laurel Woods neighborhood that went through foreclosure since (Myrtle Beach Online) The home | Slaton financed a 1997 mobile home at 8076 Youngwood Turn (above) in June 2001 with an $86,100 mortgage from Northern Pacific Funding Group.read more...
IndyMac ties its profit warning to housing slowdown IndyMac Bancorp Inc. shares fell nearly 8% at one point Tuesday as the mortgage lender said the U.S. housing slowdown will cause a big fourth-quarter earnings shortfall.Commentread more...
Facing Weaker Home Sales, Builders Sweeten Deals Home builders around the region are luring would-be buyers with freebies worth thousands of dollars, in an attempt to prop up sales in a slowing real estate market."> By Sandra