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Crude oil prices rose above $65 a barrel today after the U.S. Department of Energy said energy costs this winter in the United States would be the highest in 10 years.
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Some Canadians would bet mortgage in poker hand (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Large numbers of Canadians would make a double-or-nothing bet on a big-ticket item like credit card debt, while 18 percent would gamble on their mortgage, according to a survey
Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation Announces Pricing of Public Offering of Common Stock (FinanzNachrichten) Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation ( Nachrichten ) (NYSE:ANH) announced today that it has set the price for the underwritten public offering of 9,000,000 shares of its common stock at $6.70
Illinois Tries New Tack Against Predatory Loans The state will require counseling for some people mulling mortgages with nontraditional terms. The state's experience shows how difficult it is to create even modest safeguards in the home-buying process.
FSA to order suspension of SFCG operations The Financial Services Agency will order Tokyo-based moneylender SFCG Co. to suspend operations for 10 days starting in early December for malicious debt-collection practices, sources said.read more...
Proposed mortgage tax hike divides Dutchess lawmakers (Kingston Daily Freeman) POUGHKEEPSIE - Dutchess County Legislature Chairman Gary Cooper is counting on the full support of the Republican caucus Thursday for a resolution to impose a countywide mortgage tax, a move
In a Rush to Cut and Run? Learn to Love the House You're In. The housing market has some homeowners up in arms. Sure, if you're trying to sell your house to get out of financial difficulties, or because you have already bought another