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Local mortgage workers facing more job cuts (Contra Costa Times) The early months of 2008 are expected to unleash more pain for a mortgage industry that has disclosed plans to shed more than 1,600 jobs in California.read more...
Execs in scandal at Met Mortgage settle with SEC (Seattle Times) Several key figures in the Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities accounting scandal have agreed to settle lawsuits filed by the Securities...read more...
Defendant pleads guilty to mortgage-fraud role (Miami Herald) Antony Dehaney, the third defendant in a $10 million Broward County mortgage fraud scheme, pleaded guilty to mail, wire and bankruptcy fraud, federal prosecutors in South Florida announced.read more...
E-Trade exits wholesale-mortgage business (Market Watch) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- On the eve of much-anticipated earnings reports from some of the biggest bankers in the country, discount broker E-Trade Financial Corp. said that it planned to
Remodeling Market Remains Strong in 2Q Remodeling activity continued to grow in the second quarter of 2005, according to the National Association of Home Builders' Remodeling Market Index .read more...
U.K. March Mortgage Approvals Rise as Housing Market Revives (Bloomberg.com) May 4 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. mortgage approvals rose in March, the Bank of England said, a sign that Britain's $6 trillion property market will continue to strengthen this year.read more...