McCain: ‘Complacent’ lenders led to mortgage crisis (CNN.com)
Sen. John McCain Tuesday blamed “rampant” speculation and “complacent” lenders for the current mortgage crisis, in a speech Tuesday.
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A case of Whitehall mis-selling Welcome to Whitehall, Sir Rick. What? Just plain Mr Haythornthwaite? We'll have to see about that.read more...
What to Do With Your T-Bills? Q: DEAR BOB: I am 72. My wife is 65. We have $160,000 in three-month T-bills. Should we use that money to pay off our about $100,000 mortgage, at
Canadian housing starts in 2006 surpass 2005 levels: CHMC British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec recorded smaller declines of 7.1 per cent, 3.6 per cent, and 1.5 per cent, respectively.Dugan said housing starts are expected to remain strong in 2007,
Irwin Financial Corporation Announces Definitive Agreement for Sale of Certain First Mortgage Production Assets and (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Irwin Financial Corporation , today announced it has signed an Asset Purchase Agreement with Freedom Mortgage under which Freedom Mortgage would acquire substantially all of Irwin's conforming conventional first
London shares close lower as US trades lower on mixed economic data Leading shares closed the session lower, but managed to stay above the key 5,000 level, as Wall Street came under pressure on the back of conflicting data on the world's
Finance Ireland falls on mortgage product withdrawal (ShareCast via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance) Shares in Finance Ireland have slid after the niche lending firm said it is temporarily withdrawing its lifetime mortgage products from the Irish market with immediate effect.read more...