Top mortgage insurer buys industry's No. 3 (Boston Globe) MGIC Investment Corp. , the largest U S mortgage insurer, will buy number three Radian Group Inc. for $4.9 billion in stock to reduce computer and salary expenses in a
Metlife Buys Mortgage Business From First Horizon (Update3) (Bloomberg.com) June 4 (Bloomberg) -- MetLife Inc. , the largest U.S. life insurer, agreed to buy a residential mortgage business from First Horizon National Corp. , expanding its bet on the
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BoE mortgage swap plan is no silver bullet (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) The Bank of England's mortgage rescue plan will help banks to start lending to each other again by ensuring funds are there as needed, but it is unlikely to spare
How Tight Are Mortgage Underwriting Standards, Really? (Seeking Alpha via Yahoo! Finance) Felix Salmon submits: The WSJ's Jonathan Karp wants to tell us "How the Mortgage Bar Keeps Moving Higher", in the words of his headline. After all, he says, "mortgage
New Zealand's May Retail Sales Unexpectedly Fall, Easing Pressure on Rates New Zealand retail sales unexpectedly fell in May, pushing the nation's currency lower amid speculation the central bank won't add to its seven interest-rate increases in the past 19 months.via
INDIANAPOLIS #8212; Nearly 40 percent of Indiana #8217;s mortgage brokerages lost their licenses Wednesday because they haven #8217;t complied with a new law aimed at raising the standards of the industry in a state with one of the nation #8217;s highest foreclosure rates.
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