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  • Curbing mortgage abuse - Los Angeles Times

    Two years after the problems in subprime lending sent the economy spiraling into recession, California lawmakers are still trying to clamp down on mortgage lenders in the hope of averting the next crisis. They've had little success -- opposition from ...
    2009-09-21 06:12:00
  • 2008 American Community Survey Data Embargo Broken - Earthtimes

    WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Census Bureau has discovered that the embargo on the 2008 American Community Survey data, which was to be in effect until 12:01 a.m. Sept. 22, was broken this afternoon. Therefore, the embargo is ...
    2009-09-21 06:48:00
  • The Blue Screen - New York Daily News

    Braylon Edwards had six catches for 92 yards yesterday. Anquan Boldin had eight catches for 69 yards. And Brandon Marshall had three catches for 34 yards. That’s 195 yards combined from the three veteran receivers every Giants fan seemed to want ...
    2009-09-21 06:48:00
  • Feldman: The crisis was no surprise - Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Long before "credit default swaps" and "subprime mortgages" became household terms, Ron Feldman foresaw a crisis looming in the U.S. financial system. In a 2004 book, "Too Big To Fail: The Hazards of Bank Bailouts," Feldman, a senior vice president ...
    2009-09-21 08:50:00
  • Moscow plans to privatise public assets - Financial Times

    Russia is planning a wave of privatisation that could see stakes sold in ports, airports, shipping companies and Rosneft, the oil company, to raise revenue in the second half of 2010, according to Igor Shuvalov, first deputy prime minister. Mr ...
    2009-09-21 09:11:00
  • Short sales not a long shot, experts say - AZCentral.com

    Home builders, real-estate investors and other home sellers say they have seen a boost in interest as a Nov. 30 deadline approaches for first-time buyers to receive a federal income-tax rebate of up to $8,000. But one growing segment of the Phoenix ...
    2009-09-21 11:20:00
  • Census Bureau Releases 2008 American Community Survey Data - BeSpacific

    "Five states — Arizona, California, Florida, Indiana and Michigan — saw real median household income fall between 2007 and 2008. Just one state had a decline between 2006 and 2007. The total foreign-born population represented 12.5 percent of the ...
    2009-09-21 10:15:00
  • Moderate Democrats may buck Barack Obama's plan - Politico.com

    Blue Dogs and other conservative Democrats — uneasy with a key element of President Barack Obama’s plan to regulate Wall Street — are rallying around an alternative proposal that scraps the consumer financial protection agency the president has ...
    2009-09-21 09:18:00
  • South Florida incomes are flat -- or declining -- for the past ... - Sun-Sentinel.com

    South Florida incomes are flat -- or declining -- for the past ...Sun-Sentinel.comAnd the banks have tightened consumer lending and second mortgages." What's more, Snaith said, people are saving more, as they try to recover from losses in ...and more »
    2009-09-21 05:21:20
  • Suburban resilience - On Line opinion

    Suburban resilienceOn Line opinionFor those suffering job losses, the cost of sustaining mortgages might be more manageable in suburban areas where housing costs are lower compared to debt ...
    2009-09-21 05:32:10
  • All that glitters / Are we all brothers in a giant pyramid scheme? - Ha'aretz

    All that glitters / Are we all brothers in a giant pyramid scheme?Ha'aretzIn the United States, homeowners took mortgages without thinking how they would return them. The idea was that the value of the house would keep rising, ...
    2009-09-21 05:37:59
  • From boys to men - The Dominion Post

    The Dominion PostFrom boys to menThe Dominion PostAnd it's surreal to think of how we all are now, settled down with mortgages and children and jobs we're ambivalent about. Deep down we're all still the ...
    2009-09-21 05:47:04
  • Moroccan efforts to replace slums - BBC News

    BBC NewsMoroccan efforts to replace slumsBBC NewsIt's a growing business for the bank, which has about 9700 mortgages for people moving into low cost housing. It may seem surprising that lending to ...
    2009-09-21 05:51:48
  • Hernando adult literacy program seeks volunteers - Tampabay.com

    Hernando adult literacy program seeks volunteersTampabay.comHabitat is a nonprofit organization that helps build and renovate decent, affordable housing for those in need at no profit and with no-interest mortgages. ...
    2009-09-21 05:53:14
  • TH*NK*NG RECOVERIES - revisited - AXcess News

    TH*NK*NG RECOVERIES - revisitedAXcess NewsWhile the sub-prime mortgages teaser rates are long gone, those of any Alternative A loans and the interest-only adjustable rate (ARMs) have yet to hit. ...
    2009-09-21 06:01:33