Chancellor To Push Mortgage Lenders (Sky News via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)
The Chancellor will meet Britain’s biggest mortgage lenders today to try to find a way to help homeowners struggling in the wake of the credit crunch.
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Fannie Mortgage Portfolio $722B in Nov. (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Fannie Mae said Friday that its gross mortgage portfolio fell in November to $722 billion from $732.3 billion in October.read more...
Dip in mortgage rates may prove a boon for area (The Wichita Eagle) Mortgage rates have fallen to their lowest level in nearly three years as worried investors seek safer places for their money. But the misfortune for investors nationwide may
Fishing for Hot Investments in A Cool Market A s the frenzied local real estate market appears to be cooling down, we are being asked a lot whether real estate is still a good investment. One feature
Home Sales Seen Bottoming in '08 "Banks are running up against capital limits as they write down the value of assets at the same time they are putting loans on their balance sheets because the markets
Mortgage rates mixed as Fed cuts rate (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance) The benchmark 30-year fixed-rate mortgage declined a bit this week while ARM rates rose, according to the Bankrate.com national survey of large lenders.read more...
Stagflation could trip up Fed's anti-inflation dance With inflation heating up amid the prospect of another interest-rate increase from the Federal Reserve, some economists said Wednesday they are starting to worry about something worse than a hard