Freddie, Fannie sink on mortgage worries (CNN Money)
Analysts downgrade both companies which are expected to take bigger hits from mortgage defaults.
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Nebraska sues mortgage broker, alleging predatory practices The state of Nebraska has sued an Omaha-based mortgage broker and intends to revoke its license for what the state says were predatory lending practices. via KTIC read more...
Credit Bureaus Share Your Loan Application When you get a mortgage rate quote or preapproval, you probably assume that your dealings with the lender are confidential, right? read more...
Foreclosures Spike in Q1 Foreclosure was not even a remote prospect on Debi Steedley's mind when she moved into her three-bedroom, three-bath Woodstock home with her two children in the spring of 2001.read more...
More Insurance Surcharges Coming Many Floridians already facing soaring insurance rates will be hit by additional surcharges that could tack another 9 percent to their premiums next year, according to the association that pays
Who doesn't want to be a real estate agent? So hot that people are chucking their perfectly good jobs and lining up to get licensed as real estate agents.read more...