Mortgage rate rises gathering pace (Liverpool Echo)
Mortgage rates have increased during the past week despite moves by the Bank of England to ease the problems in the money markets, figures show.
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Mortgage fraud outpacing investigations (EARTHtimes.org) The number of reported mortgage fraud cases has climbed so quickly that U.S. federal investigators and prosecutors say they can't keep pace. Since 2005, reports of suspected mortgage fraud doubled.
The Pitfalls of Selling Your Home Alone Many homeowners think that selling home alone without the help of a Realtor will help simplify the process and will save them money in the end.read more...
Brookfield Letter May Aid Maguire CEO The efforts of Robert Maguire III to buy a sizable portion of the company he founded may be bolstered by a letter from Brookfield, offering to purchase his company's Los
Grand jury indicts ten for dealing meth at local casino; two still at large Ten people who were recorded on video surveillance cameras at Feather Falls Casino, have been indicted by the Butte County grand jury for dealing methamphetamine inside of the casino.read more...
Knight Ridder drops fees for some online classified ads Most of newspaper publisher Knight Ridder's Web sites have stopped charging people to post classified ads for household items and other merchandise, a switch designed to attract more traffic and
Countrywide Has to Borrow Billions The credit mess forced Countrywide Financial Corp., the nation's largest mortgage lender, to borrow $11.5 billion Thursday, shocking financial markets already reeling from the growing credit crunch and threatening to