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“The word alone causes people’s blood pressure to rise. It’s a hard-sounding word, phonetically in sync with its impact on people’s lives”
It’s a hard-sounding word, phonetically in sync with its impact on people’s lives,” writes Tamara Draut in the foreword to the compelling “Up to Our Eyeballs: How Shady Lenders and Failed Economic Policies Are … via Tampa Bay Online
THE expense of a new mortgage is deterring people from taking the plunge into home ownership with the number of loans taken out in March the lowest since August 2005. via News.com.au
Bottoms up! It’s time to swallow a heavy dose of risk realism when considering the U.S. home market. While it’s a given that home prices will continue to fall in most major markets in the immediate future, you have to defy the conventional wisdom on what will happen next. Start with the role of the adjustable-rate mortgage. In the past, they were leverage lollipops that tasted the lowest rates …
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On Dec. 20 President Bush signed into law the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007. For three years, from Jan. 1, 2007, th
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Mortgage rates finally have calmed down, after swinging wildly in the first few months of the year. That good news is amplified by the direction that rates took last week: down. The 30-year fixed rate had risen modestly three weeks in a row. The benchmark 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell 3 basis points to 6.13 percent, according to the Bankrate.com national survey of large lenders, issued …
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“On top of that, you’ve got Citi selling assets, which in the long run is a good thing, but it implies several more years of turmoil and restructuring.”
Equity markets overseas were pushed lower as the price of oil topped $125 a barrel. via Daily Times
WASHINGTON —The House last week responded to the nation’s mortgage crisis by passing a package of bills that aim to rescue homeowners facing foreclosure while stimulating real estate markets.
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“If anything, they may come under pressure to ease further, though at present this is not our base case.”
Goldman Sachs economists expect a total of $500 billion in residential mortgage credit losses, a renewed slowdown in economic activity after the near-term boost from fiscal stimulus, and no monetary policy … via BNET
A friend of House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi has registered as a lobbyist after causing a flap by helping ticket brokers push a bill through the House that lifts restrictions on their business. via Boston.com
Q: My wife and I want to pay our mortgage biweekly ? instead of monthly ? with a personal check. The lender insists, however…
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