30-year mortgage rates rise (Poughkeepsie Journal)
WASHINGTON Rates on 30-year mortgages jumped last week to the highest level in five months, reflecting financial market anxieties about inflation.
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Cash in on the housing crunch Anytime an industry is crushed, as homebuilding has been in the past year, it stirs contrarian fever in some of us.Commentread more...
BofA eliminates mortgage fees (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) Bank of America Corp. has expanded its no-fee mortgage program nationwide.read more...
Gov't tries to contain mortgage crisis (The San Luis Obispo Tribune) After a slow and stumbling start, official Washington is scrambling to try to prevent the unfolding mortgage crisis from pushing the country into recession during an election year. There is
Fed Adjusts Fee Trigger For Home Mortgage Loan Rules (Nasdaq) WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Creditors will face stricter home mortgage loan rules when consumers' fees exceed $583, the Federal Reserve Board announced Tuesday in a notice.read more...
Officials: Opportunistic criminals wreak havoc in mortgage market (Desert Sun) As the U.S. housing market hits record highs, mortgage fraud appears to be rising from California to Florida, according to mortgage industry researchers and federal law enforcement agencies.read more...
LEAKS in the underground car park at the Scottish Parliament today forced the closure of some... LEAKS in the underground car park at the Scottish Parliament today forced the closure of some MSPs' parking bays.read more...