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Barclays takes 2.8bn writedown as profits slide  Barclays Bank has taken a 2.8bn writedown hit as its profits fell 34% for the first half of the year.read more...


Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Trust - December distribution amounting to $0.142 per unit (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)   Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Trust announced its year end distribution in the amount of $0.142 per unit, payable on December 29, 2006 to Unitholders of record on December 29,


The best fest ever  The mortgage consultant at the Medway Co-operative Bank let people, for $1 per throw, take aim at a target for a chance to drop him into a pool of water.read


Blago signs credit counseling bill  In attempt to reduce foreclosures in some Cook County neighborhoods with high rates, Gov.read more...


March mortgage hits 2-1/2 year high (Reuters.co.uk)  LONDON (Reuters) - Mortgage lending jumped by the biggest amount in 2-1/2 years in March, providing further evidence the housing market has stepped up a gear and raising speculation the


Obama Adviser Resigns as Loans Surface  Jim Johnson, the head of Obama's vice-presidential search team, resigned as details emerged about favorable loans he received from Countrywide.read more...

May 30th, 2008

Resting on a Peninsula, With Little Pretense

Cabell P. Bragg seems oblivious to what many would consider his million-dollar view of the Patuxent River.



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May 30th, 2008

An Alarm System For Inaccurate Credit Scores

When you’re quoted a higher interest rate than you deserve because of information in your credit file, wouldn’t you appreciate it if someone red-flagged it for you?



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May 30th, 2008

30-Year Rate Rises to 2-Month High

Rates on 30-year mortgages jumped this week to the highest level since mid-March as investors began to worry about what the Federal Reserve will do to combat growing inflation pressures.



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May 30th, 2008

It’s a Bonus, Not Blackmail

Q Our house has been listed for sale for more than four months. Early on, our real estate agent hosted an open house for real estate agents and brokers. At this meeting, someone suggested to our agent that we offer a bonus to the selling agent. Afterward, our agent pushed this idea, saying that t…



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May 30th, 2008

A New Way to Tackle Foreclosures

Over the past several weeks, I have discussed a proposal for a new type of mortgage insurance called mortgage payment insurance.



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May 30th, 2008

Attention Home Buyers: Lock in Your Rate

Interest rates on mortgages have spiked in the past 10 days, and there’s a serious risk that they’re going get a lot higher. If you act quick, you can still find some good deals.

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May 30th, 2008

Alamo CEO builds home in East Oakland to celebrate retirement

The stretch of Edes Avenue just east of 105th Avenue in Oakland’s Sobrante Park neighborhood is bleak at best.



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May 30th, 2008

Another way to buy or sell that house

If Rob Buntz had known that he would be launching a real estate venture in the midst of the worst housing market in a generation, he probably would have closed up shop before he’d even opened it.



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May 30th, 2008

There are no Dumb Mortgage Questions (The Bradford Era)

(ARA) – The old saying, “The only dumb question is the one you don’t ask” couldn’t be more true when it relates to your mortgage. The more you ask, the more you know. And the more you know, the better decisions you’ll make when getting a mortgage.

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May 30th, 2008

Matos testifies she’s in deep debt

Dina Matos has not paid her attorney, John Post, since December 2006 and owes him about $250,000 in legal fees, the former first lady testified this morning during her divorce trial.



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