FDIC: Safety net for your savings
Our special report explains how the FDIC protects deposits and what you need to know to keep your investments secure.
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Westpac ups home loan rates Westpac Banking Corporation Ltd today raised the interest rate on its standard variable home loan products following the Reserve Bank of Australia's recent interest rate rise.Commentread more...
Top 10 business stories of 2007 The 2007 U.S. housing bust hit everyone from would-be sellers of suburban split-levels to German bankers, as mounting home foreclosures led to billion-dollar bank write-downs, frozen credit markets and
Sales of New Homes Fall 4.3%; Inventories Hit an 11-year High The number of new homes sold dropped in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.07 million, the Commerce Department said Thursday. The volume of properties on the market
Fed finds discriminatory mortgage rates (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News) WASHINGTON -- Some mortgage lenders charged black and Hispanic customers more for home loans than they did whites last year, even after adjusting for factors including income and location,
Power to the People Why 2006 is the year for You - the consumer - to... CONSUMERS are set to pull the plug on companies that overcharge - and save themselves a fortune in 2006.read more...
2006 mortgage conforming limit rises to $417,000 (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance) Reflecting a national increase in housing values, mortgage financiers sharply raised the dividing line between conforming and more-expensive jumbo mortgages.read more...