Nationwide and Halifax increase mortgage rates (Guardian Unlimited)
The UK’s biggest mortgage lender today announced plans to increase interest rates following yesterday’s rise in the Bank of England base rate.
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Fed plans hearing on curbing U.S. mortgage abuses (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The Federal Reserve Board, taking a step towards curbing abusive home mortgage lending practices, said it would hold a hearing next month on how it might use its rule-making
EDA to list city lots with local agency Byron Kroeger The Lakefield Economic Development Authority passed a motion during their regular meeting last Friday whereby they decided to list the six available city residential lots with the Stan
Fresh Hopes For Housing Upturn The housing market has shown further signs of picking up as the number of mortgages approved for people buying a new home reached a 15-month high.read more...
First Advantage buys mortgage credit reporting firm (BizJournals) First Advantage Corp. purchased the assets of CredStar, the mortgage credit reporting business unit of Fiserv Inc. (FADV) (FISV)read more...
Countrywide Financial reports Q3 loss of $1.2B on mortgage woes (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) LOS ANGELES - Countrywide Financial Corp. lost US$1.2 billion in the third quarter, but its shares soared Friday after the largest U.S. mortgage lender said it expects to be profitable
Pirated films sold, cops say Chicago police charged nearly a dozen people at a West Side flea market Saturday with selling pirated movies, some of the films yet to be released on DVD, and at