Sector Snap: Mortgage Insurers (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Shares of mortgage insurers on Friday continued a plunge that has gone on almost uninterrupted since the mortgage crisis began unfolding earlier this year.
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Business & Finance Consumer and home loans keep driving credit expansion Total Greek credit expansion accelerated to 10.1 percent year on year in September from a revised 9.5 percent pace in August, provisional
Home goes up without permits The owner, who once ran for County Commission and urged faster permitting, says he got "carried away" with a cabana.via
Mortgage scheme nets disbarred lawyer 3½ years in jail (CBC) A disbarred lawyer has been sentenced to 3½ years behind bars for his part in a multimillion-dollar mortgage scheme, according to newspaper reports.read more...
Mayors, mortgage industry to help publicize foreclosure issues (phillyburbs.com) EDITOR'S NOTE _ The toll-free number being publicized by the mayors group for those seeking mortgage help is: 888-995-HOPEread more...
Hot housing market fuels Bend growth, prices The home-construction boom in Central Oregon shows no sign of slowing. U.S. Census Bureau data released Thursday show Deschutes County to be one of the nation's fastest-building counties -- the
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