Local banks view their mortgage investments as safe (The Buffalo News)
Western New York has largely escaped the impact of the national mortgage crisis ? but a potential risk lurks in the investments of some local banks.
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Mortgage stress is real: Gillard (The Australian) ACTING Prime Minister Julia Gillard says mortgage stress is very real and everybody is worried about inflation.read more...
Neither a Buyer Nor a Renter Be The massive gap between rental rates and mortgage rates in the Bay Area is often cited as one of the reasons the entire real estate market's headed for certain doom.read
(AFX UK Focus) 2005-09-29 10:29 GMT: Pound recovers slightly after rise in August mortgage lending, approvals (Interactive Investor) LONDON (AFX) - The pound came back in modest fashion after news that mortgage lending and approvals picked up unexpectedly in August.read more...
Barclays buys HomeEq's mortgage servicing business (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) Barclays Bank on Thursday agreed to pay $469 million to buy the mortgage servicing business of HomEq Servicing Corp. from Wachovia Corp.read more...
Dow's Steady Rise Tempered by Mortgage Concerns Wall Street extended its recovery from last week's plunge, rising Thursday after several stable sessions helped buttress investor sentiment and allay some fears about the economy.Commentread more...
NSW 'taking lead' in mortgage industry regulation (ABC via Yahoo!7 Finance) The New South Wales Government says the state has taken the lead in developing a model for better regulation of the mortgage broking industry.read more...