Rates Fall and Mortgage Applications Rise (Real Estate News)
MBA releases Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey
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Congress meddles with state lending laws Laws against abusive mortgage lending in more than half the states would be overridden by a congressional proposal that is the latest federal attempt to preempt state authority over financial
'Data points to rate cut next year' The consumer inflation data for October were significantly better than expected, and the probability of an interest rate cut next year is high, if oil and food prices behave and
Mortgage and a muffin (News Interactive) WESTPAC fired the latest shot in the battle for mortgage market share yesterday, transforming branches into Home Hunt Centres.read more...
Home Depot goes East Home Depot Inc. is expected to announce today it will open retail stores in China under the stewardship of its Canadian division's president, Annette Verschuren.Commentread more...
Two plead guilty to money laundering Two men pleaded guilty in federal court in Pittsburgh last week to money laundering and tax charges in a two-year mortgage and loan fraud scheme, the U.S. Attorney's office said.read
Jumbo mortgage limits remain unchanged In another sign of the housing market's stall and fall, the limit between "jumbo" and "conforming" mortgages will be unchanged in 2007.read more...