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Mortgage applications rose 10.9% last week: MBA (Market Watch) Mortgage applications in the week ended June 6 rise 10.9% on a seasonally adjusted basis compared to the final week of May, even as interest rates charged on fixed- and
Ex-Fannie Mae accountant slams report A former Fannie Mae accountant who gave regulators key information in their probe of the mortgage giant says a report commissioned by the company's board paints a false picture of
Macquarie Bank To Wind Back Mortgage Business (Australasian Investment Review via Yahoo!7 Finance) Shares in Australian investment bank, Macquarie Group (MQG) finished on a three-year low of $48.55 today after the company said it will wind-back its residential mortgage business due to
HUD moves to simplify terms of mortgage loans "Consumers who do not understand this point will not shop to their best advantage" Addressing a fundamental cause of bad home loans that are now crippling the national housing
Chilean painter lavish on color Artist Jose Riveros stands by his abstract inspired by Pre-Columbian art. Riveros has been in Utah for two years and has expanded into still life paintings.read more...
American Home CEO eyeing retail M&A, comments on underwriting changes "We discontinued the loan product that created the delinquencies, but it will take some time before our [early payment default] exposure is eliminated" CEO Michael Strauss believes the recent