Economists tip rate rise
FUTHER growth in lending to the private sector has reinforced expectations that interest rates will rise again this year.
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Fitch Upgrades 7 Classes of JP Morgan Commercial Mortgage Finance Corp. 2000-C10 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) NEW YORK----March 8, 2006--Fitch Ratings upgrades JP Morgan Commercial Mortgage Finance Corp., commercial mortgage pass-through certificates, series 2000-C10 as follows: $31.4 million class B certificates to 'AAA' from 'AA+';
S&P May Cut Australian, N.Z. Mortgage Bond Ratings (Update2) (Bloomberg.com) Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Standard & Poor's may cut the credit ratings of 207 Australian and New Zealand residential mortgage- backed securities as turmoil in the U.S. subprime market spreads
Housing starts down 5.6% New construction of U.S. homes fell 5.6% in October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 2.014 million, the Commerce Department said Thursday.read more...
Florida Forever Misses Land Opportunities TALLAHASSEE | A state program to buy beaches, forests and sensitive wildlife habitats and preserve them from development is running low on cash just as landowners are more willing to
Orlando-area home resales hit lowest level since 1999 "You don't know if you are buying at the bottom. If you need to buy [a home], stop trying to time the market. That's what I tell people." Resales
Harris 2006 President of Chattanooga Mortgage Bankers State Leader Jane Moore Installs Officers at Luncheon (The Chattanoogan) Chad Harris, in the mortgage industry here for about nine years and an officer of the Chattanooga Mortgage Bankers Association for three years, has been elected president of the association