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Yesterday: 2010-03-10

The latest mortgage articles are presented below, with older discoveries located in the mortgage news archive.

  • Foreclosure rates up by smallest amount in 4 years - The Associated Press

    Foreclosure rates up by smallest amount in 4 yearsThe Associated PressThe RealtyTrac report follows an encouraging report last month from the Mortgage Bankers Association. It said the percentage of borrowers who had missed ...and more »
    2010-03-11 09:50:35
  • Smarter to be in politics - BusinessWorld Online

    Smarter to be in politicsBusinessWorld Online... National Home Mortgage Finance Corp. among others, during [his tenure] as Representative from 1992 to 1998 to finance their business purposes." "No loan ...
    2010-03-11 09:51:50
  • Program for first-time homebuyers - Coon Rapids Herald

    Program for first-time homebuyersCoon Rapids HeraldThose seeking first-time homebuyer loans are strongly encouraged to attend a homebuyer education course prior to applying for a mortgage. ...
    2010-03-11 09:55:14
  • SNB sends warning on excessive mortgage borrowing - Reuters

    SNB sends warning on excessive mortgage borrowingReutersThe bank's stance is also of key importance to mortgage borrowers in eastern Europe, where thousands of Poles and Hungarians see payments for franc loans ...and more »
    2010-03-11 09:58:14
  • Latest issue - MoneyWeek

    Latest issueMoneyWeek... would-be borrowers looking for a mortgage at Lloyds won't have a 40% deposit) and, in part, these numbers tell us why. Lloyds has lots of bad loans. ...
    2010-03-11 10:02:25
  • Memo to Barney Frank from a Retired Chief Fannie Mae Lobbyist - Before It's News

    Memo to Barney Frank from a Retired Chief Fannie Mae LobbyistBefore It's NewsThe fact is, without Fannie and Freddie, the US would have no “conventional†secondary mortgage market where non-government guaranteed mortgage loans are ...and more »
    2010-03-11 10:14:00
  • GSEs' MI Risk Exposure Shows No Improvement As Outstanding Receivables Jump ... - Inside Mortgage Finance

    GSEs' MI Risk Exposure Shows No Improvement As Outstanding Receivables Jump ...Inside Mortgage Finance... an increasing number of loans back to seller servicers, they also are reporting a rising volume of outstanding receivables from mortgage insurers. ...and more »
    2010-03-11 10:19:11
  • 'Agency Jumbo' Originations Accounted for Modest Share of Booming Agency ... - Inside Mortgage Finance

    'Agency Jumbo' Originations Accounted for Modest Share of Booming Agency ...Inside Mortgage FinanceA total of $98.6 billion of jumbo mortgages – generally single-family loans of greater than $417000... [Includes three charts]
    2010-03-11 10:19:13
  • Mortgage rates remain below 5 percent - The Associated Press

    Mortgage rates remain below 5 percentThe Associated PressOne point is equal to 1 percent of the total loan amount. The nationwide fee for loans in Freddie Mac's survey averaged 0.7 of a point for 30-year and ...and more »
    2010-03-11 10:27:47
  • Falling Credit Card Debt: It Isn't All About Customers Paying Down Their Balances - Seeking Alpha (blog)

    Falling Credit Card Debt: It Isn't All About Customers Paying Down Their BalancesSeeking Alpha (blog)I expect the exact same thing is happening with mortgage debt as foreclosures, short sales and defaults come to dominate. With unemployment high and ...
    2010-03-11 10:31:50
  • Election set for 6 May as Gordon Brown pledges 'I won't ... - Evening Standard

    Bookmakers stopped taking bets on a 6 May general election today after Gordon Brown made the date a near-certainty. The Prime Minister confirmed that the crucial pre-election Budget will be held in a fortnight's time, on 24 March, which effectively ...
    2010-03-11 05:42:00
  • Thai troops mobilised ahead of anti-govt protest - Reuters AlertNet

    BANGKOK, March 11 (Reuters) - Thailand began mobilising 50,000 security personnel on Thursday ahead of a mass rally by anti-government protesters who have vowed to bring the capital to a standstill if a new election is not called. The threat of ...
    2010-03-11 06:18:00
  • Crisis exposes cracks in former communists - Financial Times

    Sheltering from the cold at a central Budapest railway station, Mihaly Bayer, 76, a softly-spoken retired pipe fitter cannot begrudge the wait for his train. Like all Hungarian pensioners, he travels free on public transport, allowing him to take the ...
    2010-03-11 05:00:00
  • FACTBOX-Economic storm pounding euro zone brings ... - Forex Pros

    The size of the protests, the first by the unions against Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, was being monitored by investors for signs the government might struggle to contain social anger against the rise in the pension age to ...
    2010-03-11 05:14:00
  • Protesters clash with police in Athens demonstration ... - Chicago Tribune

    ATHENS , Greece (AP) — Protesters have clashed with riot police in central Athens during a demonstration to mark a nationwide general strike against the Greek government's harsh new asusterity measures. Police have fired tear gas to disperse rock ...
    2010-03-11 04:52:00