Declining commodity prices undermine Canadian dollar
Commodities including crude oil, gold and copper declined Thursday. Their instability was the reason for the fourth consecutive decrease of the Canadian dollar.
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Bush outlines plan to help solve mortgage crisis (Eagle-Tribune Online) President Bush yesterday outlined ways the federal government can help troubled borrowers keep their homes in an effort to address rising foreclosures fueled by the mortgage crisis.read more...
Scituate Federal Savings Bank Uses InterFirstlink to Expand Mortgage Program Coast to Coast (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) The Financial Institutions Group of InterFirst Wholesale Mortgage Lending, a division of ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, recently provided Scituate Federal Savings Bank with technology that enables the bank to
Tax relief aims at mortgage debt (Miami Herald) There is now tax relief for struggling homeowners, says the IRS, if your mortgage debt was or is partly or entirely forgiven during 2007, 2008 or 2009.read more...
U.S. mortgage companies face sharp job cuts (International Herald Tribune) A high percentage of U.S. real estate loan officers and mortgage brokers may be fired as the market slows amid a credit crunch.read more...
Selling an Investment Property In a Cooling Real-Estate Market Is it best for investors to wait out slowing housing sales and rent their homes, or unload them, possibly at a loss? Here's a look at whether you should sell,
Pieces of the Puzzle Assembling the pieces of the economic and advertising puzzle can be a frustrating exercise.read more...