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Register for FREE - Wall Street Journal
Cash isn't exactly flowing like it used to. The stock market can't find a bottom. Big banks have become wards of the government while smaller banks are failing at a rate of about one a week. Savers worry about the institutions where their cash is ...
2009-03-14 11:39:00 -
Act Now To Get Mortgage Relief - Tampa Bay Online
L aura Roper of Lakeland says she and her husband feel trapped by their mortgage even though they aren't yet behind on payments. Her e-mail says: "My husband called two months in a row and the mortgage company told us each time there was nothing that ...
2009-03-14 10:10:00 -
Reason #1287 why you're a chump if you pay your mortgage responsibily - American Thinker
We were promised when the Democrats took over the White House and the Congress that a new era of transparency, honesty, openness was upon America. Not true. The Democrats are seemingly intent on destroying the financial system of America through a ...
2009-03-14 10:17:00 -
Housing rescue must be the foundation of UK recovery - Guardian Unlimited
Fretting about the price of bricks and mortar may seem rather old-fashioned, with policymakers now navigating through the strange realm of rock-bottom interest rates and quantitative easing; but some analysts believe fixing the downward spiral in ...
2009-03-14 07:57:00 -
Watchdog to curb risky mortgages - Guardian Unlimited
City watchdog the Financial Services Authority (FSA) is preparing a clampdown on risky mortgage lending by placing limits on the size of the loans offered to British homebuyers in a hard-hitting review of banking rules due this week. Lenders, which ...
2009-03-14 07:57:00 -
Wealth Check: Recession-resistant and set on buying a home (Independent)
THE PATIENT
2009-03-14 07:14:34 -
Bad News, and More Bad News (New York Times)
The economy is sick. Don?t blame The Times.
2009-03-14 09:04:30 -
A Higher Bar For Those Low Mortgage Rates (Washington Post)
So who's actually getting some?
2009-03-14 11:00:00 -
Check out refinance programs for breaks on payments (Stamford Advocate)
"Sue" wants to lower her mortgage payments. She's wondering whether she can take advantage of the refinancing provisions of the new Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan, which is aimed at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgages.
2009-03-14 11:19:07 -
Margareta Pagano: Memo to Sants - don't unleash a mad-dog regulator - The Independent
Ouch. Hector Sants, chief executive of the Financial Services Authority, is on the warpath. Suddenly, he wants the financial community to be frightened of the FSA. He thinks the best way for the City's watchdog to create such fear is to reverse ...
2009-03-14 06:52:00 -
Tempted By Mortgage Acceleration Programs? Not So Fast - CNBC
Despite the fact that homeowners are having a hard time paying their mortgages and, even worse, understanding the basic terms of their home loans, mortgage lenders and some other creative “cash flow management” companies are still pushing the ...
2009-03-08 07:57:00 -
Wealth Check: Recession-resistant and set on buying a home (Independent)
THE PATIENT
2009-03-14 07:14:34 -
Madoff's London staff wait for fraud-busters to come calling (Daily Mail: World News)
Madoff's London staff wait for fraud-busters to come calling
2009-03-14 07:41:38 -
AROUND THE CAPITOL (The News-Herald)
U.S. Rep. John Dingell (D – 15th District), a co-sponsor of the Employee Free Choice Act, made comments this week after the introduction of the bill.
2009-03-14 08:37:34 -
Organizers ready for Home and Garden Show (The Valdosta Daily Times)
VALDOSTA — The Home and Garden Show has proven to be an exciting event for the building industry in South Georgia for the last seven years. Coordinators are gearing up for another great year during the eighth annual show at the James H. Rainwater Conference Center March 21-22.
2009-03-14 08:42:00