Sector Snap: Mortgage Insurers Slide (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Shares of mortgage insurers plunged Tuesday amid mounting signs that their businesses are struggling as the housing crisis worsens.
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Curtail your personal inflation Everyone knows inflation is tame, recently running about 2.5 percent a year. But the Federal Reserve chairman told Congress last week that he intends to keep raising interest rates anyway.read
Interest Rate Roundup Here's a look at the state of interest rates on five common consumer banking products and the latest rates from Bankrate.com's weekly national survey of large banks and thrifts.read more...
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Planning commission continues work with housing boom Another month, another 150 homes. Cedar Falls is on pace to shatter recent records for home construction, and with all the activity at the Planning and Zoning Commission, it appears
U.S. Mortgage Crisis Rivals Savings and Loan Meltdown The mortgage mess looks manageable compared with the S&L meltdown of the 1980s, but its economic toll could linger for years. read more...