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  • Citi Not to Shrink Mortgage Biz - Zacks.com

    It is a revelation considering that last year the mortgage unit was placed under Citi Holdings, a division that consists of ... Though the company’s losses from bad loans declined, losses on consumer and corporate loans increased compared to the ...
    2010-03-21 06:55:00
  • See today's average credit card rates across the ... - msnbc.com

    ... according to a trade group report Tuesday, as bad ... keep mortgage rates low and give buyers tax breaks, but both programs are set to end this spring. Home sales have been sluggish this winter even though the deadline for a tax credit for first ...
    2010-03-23 09:06:00
  • More Bad Housing News: Half of Loan Modifications Fail - Seekingalpha.com

    More bad news on America’s housing front ... About 24 percent of properties with a mortgage were underwater in the fourth quarter, First American CoreLogic said last month. The median price of a U.S. home was $165,100 in February, down 28 percent ...
    2010-03-26 07:51:00
  • RESPA & Changes to Fees Based on Updated Loan Amount ... - MortgageNewsDaily.com

    The YSP credit ... been bad enough to go to hell. So, just for you, we are going to try something different. We have decided to let you pick. Where would you like to spend eternity, Heaven or Hell?" Now the broker, being the typical mortgage broker ...
    2010-03-26 10:21:00
  • Business Financing Has Unexpected Alternatives - Huffingtonpost.com

    To qualify for a reverse mortgage, unlike traditional (business) financing, credit scores and past credit history, good or bad, are not a factor," says Georgene Rivers , reverse mortgage specialist with Wells Fargo Home Mortgage in Florida and New ...
    2010-03-22 06:54:00
  • More views on `Tenant from Hell' - Toronto Star

    More views on `Tenant from Hell'Toronto StarIt's fine for tenants to pay the mortgage on investment properties while having to live in abysmally depressing environments. They say if they fix it it, ...and more »
    2010-03-27 05:47:45
  • Be inspired with Raquel: Times are hard, but focus on the positives - Mansfield News Journal

    Be inspired with Raquel: Times are hard, but focus on the positivesMansfield News JournalAfter paying your energy bills and mortgage, you pray for left over cash to buy groceries and gas up the car for the upcoming work week. ...and more »
    2010-03-27 06:04:54
  • Is the market efficient enough to have discounted all risks? - Business Times (subscription)

    Is the market efficient enough to have discounted all risks?Business Times (subscription)US growth, we have repeatedly been told, will be better than expected, unemployment though bad has levelled off, durable goods orders are picking up, ...and more »
    2010-03-27 03:02:58
  • Credit Repair 101 - Beware of scams - Tampa Tribune

    Credit Repair 101 - Beware of scamsTampa TribuneWhen an account has not been closed, credit limits have been reduced to the current balance due. Mortgage lenders, auto finance companies, credit card ...
    2010-03-27 11:09:10
  • Purcell files for bankruptcy - Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman

    Purcell files for bankruptcyMat-Su Valley FrontiersmanPurcell ran Capitol Mortgage, which he said he tried, but failed, to keep afloat when the national housing market collapsed. “The business went under two ...
    2010-03-27 11:23:49
  • High-fliers aren’t lucky. We only see their pay, not ... - Daily Mail

    I am also tied to a mortgage with a fixed rate ELEVEN TIMES the current Bank of England interest rate, while my property, something I clawed my way up ... It seems the only way to keep your head above water in this country is to be very poor and ...
    2010-03-27 05:29:00
  • BoI warns against lure of low-interest mortgage loans - Haaretz.com

    Don't let the enchantingly low rate of interest move you into jumping blindly into a mortgage, the Bank of Israel warned yesterday ... Inflation-linked mortgages became less popular: They made up only 35% of all new mortgages in 2009, compared to 61 ...
    2010-03-24 07:32:00
  • Government Revamps Program To Help Unemployed And ... - WUSA

    The special education teacher has tried for nearly three years to get the mortgage on her College Park home modified.  She wanted to convert her interest only loan to one she thought was better. "I found out it was a negative loan and nothing was ...
    2010-03-27 05:01:00
  • How to Make Smarter Choices - Yahoo Finance

    See nearly everyone who chose an interest-only mortgage in the last few years.) Iyengar, 40, a business professor at Columbia University, tackles the age-old dilemma of how to make smarter choices, and avoid the plethora of issues that trip us up.
    2010-03-27 03:28:00
  • More Investopedia Headlines - San Francisco Chronicle

    ... loans: fixed-rate interest-only loans, adjustable-rate interest-only loans, fixed-rate graduated payment loans and payment option ARMs. Figure 1 charts the outcomes for each of these payment options on a $400,000 mortgage over 30 years.
    2010-03-26 12:23:00