Mortgage companies accept fines over false-ad charges (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Two mortgage companies have agreed to pay fines to the state Department of Financial Institutions over charges they falsely advertised home loans.
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Today's Business Birmingham, Ala. . Jurors began deliberations in the fraud trial of Richard Scrushy on Thursday and quickly asked to review some of prosecutors' most important evidence: secretly made FBI recordings
Panicking won't help pay the mortgage (The New Zealand Herald) Times are getting tougher for mortgage holders, but the experts are advising homeowners staring at interest rate rises to sit tight, go back to the family budget and not rush
Carnival Sending Three Ships for Refugees (Reg Req'd) Three Carnival Cruise Lines ships have been pressed into service by the government to provide shelter for as many as 7,000 hurricane victims.read more...
Technology supports $130 billion Mortgage Book (Scoop.co.nz) Jade Software Corporation, the New Zealand information services provider, today announced that JADE technology now supports a mortgage book of nearly £44 billion (over NZD$130 billion at present exchange rate)
New York attorney general attacks schools' effect on loan rate Some student loan providers have been setting rates based on the schools borrowers attend, a practice New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo likens to "redlining" in the home mortgage
Polk Home Permit Boom Continues read more...