Mixed messages on housing
Workers build homes at Summerlin Centre off Sahara Avenue east of the Las Vegas Beltway, with Red Rock Resort in the background.
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Stocks to track mortgage woes and CPI (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Troubles in the subprime mortgage sector could put Wall Street on edge next week just as investors look for key economic data, including the Consumer Price Index, to shore
U.S. MBA's Mortgage Applications Index Fell 6% Last Week (Bloomberg.com) May 24 (Bloomberg) -- Mortgage applications in the U.S. fell last week by the most since February as higher borrowing costs damped home purchases and refinancing.read more...
Web sites conjure mortgage quotes, play up privacy (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Mortgage lenders have raised the bar on what it takes to qualify for a home loan the last couple of years, but shopping for a loan online has actually
If you're buying a house, thank the French Stocks end modestly lower, but bond yields drop thanks to the French rejection of the European Union constitution.via
Greenspan: Put limits on mortgage giants Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan again pushed for limits on the multibillion-dollar mortgage holdings of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, saying such restrictions would not hurt the thriving housing market.via