Mortgage rates rise for ninth week; 30-year at 6.36% (CBS Market Watch)
CHICAGO (MarketWatch)—Mortgage rates have risen without pause for more than two months and will likely trend higher over the next year, Freddie Mac said Thursday.
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Senate Banking Panel to Take Up Regulatory Overhaul for Fannie, Freddie The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee this week will mark up a measure to create a new independent regulator to oversee mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie
Mortgage finance giant posts $2.3 billion loss, slashing dividend (Tacoma News Tribune) WASHINGTON ? Fannie Mae is making bold cutbacks that are expected to send shock waves through the mortgage market, after posting a quarterly loss Friday that was three times larger
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China not branded as currency manipulator by U.S. China escaped with just a warning Wednesday. Despite "strong disappointment" in the slow progress being made on strengthening the yuan, the U.S. Treasury concluded Wednesday that China has not met
Rock mortgage book 'shrunk' (BBC News) A mortgage broker suggests that Northern Rock is already set to lose 50% of mortgage business in two years.read more...