Bank eyes mortgage market intervention (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) Authorities, under pressure to ease strains in the mortgage market, are considering a scheme that would allow lenders to swap mortgage collateral for government bonds, a Treasury source said on
Mortgage debt worries Fed chief (Kansas City Star) WASHINGTON ? Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan issued a fresh call on Thursday for Congress to limit the multibillion-dollar holdings of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.via
Mortgage losses knock down Block Shares of H&R Block Inc. lost 8.7 percent of their value Friday on news the company suffered unexpected losses from its Option One Mortgage operations.read more...
ING mopping up in mortgage market Good year on the tiles ... ING's mortgage growth was well ahead of the industry average. via The Sydney Morning Herald read more...
Inside Look: The State of Housing Interview with FHA Commissioner Brian Montgomery: Subprime Mortgages Were "Suicide Loans" for Lenders and Borrowersread more...
Bond sale could shake up mortgage Market (NorthJersey.com) NEW YORK -- The Treasury Department's resumption of 30-year bond sales could have an interesting impact on the home mortgage market, with lenders offering more 40-year loans and maybe even
LONDON (Reuters) – Gross mortgage lending totalled an estimated 24.8 billion pounds in July, a 27 percent decline on the same month last year but up 5.0 percent on June’s levels, the Council of Mortgage Lenders said on Wednesday.
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