Big jump in U.S. mortgage rates
U.S. fixed mortgage rates rose this week, with the average 30-year fixed rate climbing from 6.71 percent to 6.83 percent.
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Alternative Investments a Big Unknown Getting Big Attention When prospective clients-a retiring executive or an entrepreneur who's just sold a business-come to planner Cal Brown, CFP , and The Monitor Group in McClean, Virginia, they typically have just
Indymac to Make `Major Changes' to Mortgage Lending (Update2) (Bloomberg.com) Aug. 2 (Bloomberg) -- IndyMac Bancorp Inc. is joining rival lenders in making ``very major changes'' to loan standards and raising interest rates because of a slump in mortgage securities,
Gap Stock Rises on Upgrade, Takeover Talk Gap Inc. shares rose on Tuesday, lifted by an analyst's report suggesting its stock price could rally after trailing the broader market over the past year, and speculating that the
HBOS tops forecasts with profit of 5.7bn HBOS, the UK's fourth-biggest bank, today posted a 19 per cent rise in annual pre-tax profit to A 5.71 billion - equivalent to around A 181 every second.Commentread more...
Is This Man's House Hurricane-Strong? LOS ANGELES - Fresh off a $4.1 billion initial public offering, private-equity house Blackstone Group solidified its position as a power to reckon with on Wall Street with a multibillion
XL Capital First-Quarter Net Income Falls Associated Press XL Capital First-Quarter Net Income Falls 04.26.2005, 09:16 PM XL Capital Ltd.'s first-quarter net income fell 2 percent as costs outpaced an increase in revenue and underwriting profit