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  • Fed Cuts, BOE U-Turn Show Limits of Independence: Mark Gilbert

    Bloomberg - He has also had to underwrite deposits at ailing mortgage lender Northern Rock Plc, triggering front-page headlines questioning his job security. Involuntary Decisions Let's be clear about the involuntary nature of these decisions ...
    2007-09-19 05:55:00
  • Northern Rock shares hold steady

    Globe and Mail - Home   National British Columbia Prairies Ontario Quebec Atlantic Politics World Americas Europe Asia-Pacific Africa-Mideast Report ... LONDON — Shares in battered mortgage lender Northern Rock PLC steadied Friday, and the British government said it was considering ...
    2007-09-21 03:34:00
  • UK buy-to-let housing fears seen overdone

    Reuters UK - The UK housing market has lost its sheen following a crisis in the U.S. where holders of subprime mortgages - home ... But the fallout from the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis and a run on deposits at troubled UK mortgage lender Northern Rock (NRK.L: ...
    2007-09-22 04:44:00
  • Stressing on mortgages

    News.com.au - Only this month, British authorities moved to bail out beleaguered mortgage lender Northern Rock where worried customers queued to ... CommSec this week linked a slump in data on home sales -- an 8.6 per cent fall in August from the previous month -- on ...
    2007-09-22 05:06:00
  • UPDATE 1-Ross may buy American Home loan servicing unit

    Reuters - American Home has said it serviced $46.3 billion of loans at the end of 2008. American Home had been the 10th-largest U.S. mortgage lender before filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Aug. 6. It is now liquidating assets to pay creditors ...
    2007-09-21 02:40:00
  • Robert J. Bruss: Rebuilding after fire can help home's value

    St. Petersburg Times - If I were a buyer, I wouldn't be interested in this home. However, as the owner I know the house is actually like new ... A: A mortgage lender cannot foreclose if the borrower is on active military duty. The homeowner should consult her unit's legal ...
    2007-09-22 02:57:00
  • U.K. May Insure 100,000 Pounds of Depositor Funds, Darling Says

    Bloomberg - Customers withdrew an estimated 2 billion pounds in savings from Northern Rock in the three days after the Bank of England said it would provide the mortgage lender with emergency funding. The panic was halted when the government said it would ...
    2007-09-22 06:10:00
  • Standards For 'Jumbo' Home Loans Increase (KGO-TV Bay Area)

    The fallout of the subprime mortgage crisis is making it more difficult for Bay Area home buyers to receive financing for a jumbo loan.
    2007-09-21 07:02:14
  • Its glory days gone, Mountlake Terrace lender sold in pieces (Everett Herald)

    MOUNTLAKE TERRACE — Hundreds of computers, along with office cubicles and even the potted plants went on the auction block Friday at the headquarters of bankrupt lender Mortgage Investment Lending Associates Inc.
    2007-09-22 12:22:16
  • Layton touts NDP as 'effective opposition' in Ottawa

    Globe and Mail - It will likely alienate some of their past elitist and special-interest power-base ... They called Tommy Douglas a Communist because they (Like CD & douglas) couldn't ... But who the hell wants to pay for high literacy rates, lower crime, cleaner energy ...
    2007-09-22 05:06:00
  • HDFC may cut interest rates next week

    Economic Times - MUMBAI: HDFC Ltd, the biggest player in the home loan segment, on Friday said it may reduce its interest rates next week as the cost of funds has come down. "There is a case for an interest rate cut. A decision in this regard will be taken next week ...
    2007-09-21 02:33:00
  • HDFC may cut rates by 0.5% next week

    Economic Times - We are reviewing our interest rates and are looking at a half-percentage point cut. But we are not yet sure whether the reduction will be half or a quarter percentage point. Our new rates will be announced next week,” said Keki Mistry, managing ...
    2007-09-21 08:45:00
  • China's inflation policy stirs the world

    Asia Times - Instead, China has chosen to rely exclusively on monetary tightening, raising interest rates and reserve requirements on bank deposits. This strategy is ...
    2007-09-22 04:23:00
  • Bank of Taiwan to hike interest rates (Taipei Times)

    The state-owned Bank of Taiwan ( 臺灣銀行 ) said it would raise interest rates next week, after the central bank on Thursday announced that it was hiking its benchmark interest rates.
    2007-09-21 06:16:26
  • Mortgage bailouts anger some in U.S.

    Arizona Daily Star - ... Finance Agency launched a loan program that helps homeowners switch to a traditional 30-year fixed-rate mortgage at lower interest rates. ... lessons aside, some economists argue that targeted help from the government might be necessary in the current ...
    2007-09-21 11:29:00