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U.S. MBA's Mortgage Applications Index Decreased 2.8% Last Week (Bloomberg.com) Sept. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Mortgage applications in the U.S. fell 2.8 percent last week, led by the biggest drop in purchases since January. The Mortgage Bankers Association's index of applications
State banking officials investigate mortgage lender State banking regulators are investigating the viability of a mortgage lender that has brokered billions of dollars in mortgages to people with poor credit histories, after it stopped funding loans
Wachovia's new guidelines could make it harder to get a mortgage (North County Times) CHARLOTTE, N.C. ---- Wachovia Corp. is revising the underwriting policies in its mortgage loan business, a step that could make it harder to take out a home loan at the
H&R Block earnings drop 21 percent in 2006 Legal settlement costs, an early-filing-season tax operations bobble, and the restructuring of its mortgage lending dropped H&R Block Inc.'s 2006 earnings 21 percent, to $490.4 million, or $1.47 a diluted
Top Mortgage Executive Is Leaving Goldman Sachs (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance) Daniel L. Sparks, head of Goldman Sachs?s mortgage division, is leaving after a successful bet on the declining value of subprime home loans helped the company produce record earnings
McCain Urges Cuts over Bailouts in Mortgage Crisis (NPR) Morning Edition , March 26, 2008 · Not to be outdone by the Democratic presidential candidates, Sen. John McCain on Tuesday offered his own plan for managing the mortgage crisis.read