US mortgage lender slashes jobs (BBC News)
Countrywide, the biggest US mortgage lender, will cut up to 20% of its staff, as business slumps.
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Mortgage rates up; demand, prices slip Mortgage rates rose to their highest point in a month in Bankrate's weekly survey of large lenders, but with markets cooling off, the affordability crisis shows signs of easing.read more...
Schools combine efforts to build for Habitat In a first-ever project, students from high schools all over Leon County will build a house this spring for Tallahassee Habitat for Humanity.read more...
Why Mortgage Life Insurance is Not a Good Idea (Evening Times) (ARA) - If you've recently taken out a mortgage, brace yourself for the onslaught. Before you even finish unpacking, your mailbox will likely be filled with offers for all kinds
Leases & Purchases Purchases: Hyung Kim bought a two-unit apartment duplex at 123 La Ronda in San Clemente for $999,000 from Scott & Sandra MacKinnon of Escondido.read more...
Cool spell for mortgage lending as rate rise begins to bite (Guardian Unlimited) Mortgage lending growth remained at its most subdued level in almost a year last month, a sign that rising interest rates may be eating away at people's ability to afford
Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation Plans Initial Public Offering of Its Belvedere Trust Mortgage Corporation Subsidiary (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Belvedere Trust Mortgage Corporation, filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the purpose of registering