Mortgage rate war fizzles out (NZCity)
Talk of a resumption in the mortgage rate war appears to have fallen on deaf ears at the National Bank, which has increased its one-year fixed rate from 7.7 percent to 7.8 percent.
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Financial firms failing promise to guard customer data First, the good news. On Tuesday, ABN Amro Mortgage Group announced that a missing computer tape with personal information about 2 million customers had been found.read more...
Mortgage, home all tangled up after refinancing (San Jose Mercury News) Q In 1998 we refinanced our home for extra cash to help a failing business. About two months after closing, we discovered all kinds of charges and a higher interest
Housing activity builds Construction of new homes and apartments, defying forecasts of a housing slowdown, shot up in January at the fastest pace in more than three decades.read more...
Santa Ana's Hot Housing (Reg Req'd) Go figure this: Santa Ana is Orange County's real-estate hot spot. That's a stunner in a county better known for its well-manicured, master-planned cities and its gated foothill communities and
Area helps out Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare President and CEO Mark O'Bryant presented a $127,960 check Monday to Chris Floyd, director of the Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Cross.read more...
Freddie's Syron says to return more capital to shareholders Freddie Mac Chief Executive Dick Syron said Tuesday the housing agency expects to have more flexibility to return surplus capital to shareholders once it resumes reporting financial results on a