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Mortgage lending hits 16-year low (BBC News) Mortgage lending to home buyers falls to its lowest level since early 1992, with loans down a third in the past year.read more...
U.S. MBA's Mortgage Applications Index Fell 3.2% Last Week (Bloomberg.com) April 4 (Bloomberg) -- Mortgage applications in the U.S. fell for the third consecutive week as purchases cooled and fewer homeowners refinanced, an industry report showed today.read more...
Mortgage rates rise 3rd straight week The benchmark 30-year fixed rate nosed up tyo 6.25 percent in Bankrate's weekly survey of large lenders.read more...
UK March Mortgage Lending Up 5% On Year, Approvals Jump (Nasdaq) (RTTNews) - In the United Kingdom, gross mortgage lending grew 5% on year in March, the British Bankers' Association - BBA said Monday. Gross mortgage lending totaled GBP18.6 billion compared
Home Builders to Merge The James Previti family is combining its California home-building operations under the banner of Frontier Homes.read more...
Personal Finance The earnings of mortgage giant Freddie Mac dropped nearly 60 percent in the first half of the year amid continued volatile interest rates as it emerged from its accounting crisis.read