Better Mortgage Rate News
Yesterday: 2010-09-02
The latest mortgage articles are presented below, with older discoveries located in the mortgage news archive.
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Map: See Dallas-area foreclosures by ZIP code
FILE 2009/DMN During the first six months of 2010, lenders foreclosed on just over 8,800 homes in the five-county area, down about 5 percent from the first half of 2009.In the face of continued economic woes, the number of homes seized by lenders in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in the first six months of the year has fallen to the lowest number since 2007. And while any decline in the number of ...
2010-09-03 08:12:02 -
Politics of Wall Street: Race for 'Obama' Senate Seat
In the Illinois race for the U.S. Senate seat once occupied by President Barack Obama, Democrat Alexi Giannoulias is trying to make Wall Street an issue but his Republican opponent Mark Kirk is having none of it.
2010-09-03 08:43:27 -
Real Estate News: Mortgage Rates Fall to 4.32%
Here's a look at the real estate news in today's WSJ.
2010-09-03 08:48:16 -
Golden goodbye
The Chartered Institute of Housing has announced the end of the “golden age of homeownership” and urged the Government to help people forced into rented housing because they cannot afford to buy.
2010-09-03 09:16:52 -
H&R Block Surges as CEO Says Mortgage Claims ‘Better’
H&R Block Inc., the tax preparer whose stock slid 18 percent last month, told investors to ignore speculation that it faces a surge in costs tied to its defunct mortgage business. The shares rose as much as 9 percent, the most in more than a year.
2010-09-03 09:23:46 -
Taxes. Taxes. Taxes.
My long-standing complaint against a certain form of conservative economic thinking, that usually promoted by Wall Street Journal editorial page, is that it considers just about every economic decision people make is a reaction to tax law . I still think that's bogus.
2010-09-03 09:32:56 -
First-time buyers struggle with house deposit
First-time buyers are still facing an uphill struggle to get on the property ladder despite a further slide in house prices. The problem is not house prices but the amount required for a deposit, with mortgage lenders continuing to insist on an absolute minimum of 10 per cent.
2010-09-03 10:54:27 -
Shift in home loan availability
The cost of mortgages is continuing to fall and they are becoming more accessible to some borrowers, figures show.
2010-09-03 10:57:08 -
MGIC Leads Mortgage Insurers' Rally as U.S. Adds More Jobs Than Forecast
MGIC Investment Corp. led a rally by U.S. mortgage insurers in New York trading after a report showed that companies in the U.S. added more jobs than forecast in August.
2010-09-03 11:03:01 -
Home mortgage closing costs on the rise - Dallas Morning News
Consumers who plan to take advantage of record-low home loan interest rates may find themselves paying more at the closing table. Home mortgage closing costs are up dramatically this year. And Texas has the ...
2010-08-16 10:55:00 -
Should you stretch out a refinance?
It might make more sense to increase the length of your mortgage to free up some cash.
2010-09-03 05:00:00 -
On the move
People and business changes of note
2010-09-03 05:05:24 -
Long weekend means happy campers
1.2 million Michigan residents to travel for summer's last hurrah
2010-09-03 05:11:08 -
U.S. Jobless Claims Drop, Retail Sales Rise
Data shows jobless claims drop, retail sales rise
2010-09-03 05:19:31 -
Ex-IU hoopster Leary held in thefts from homes
Already awaiting sentencing for fraud in a Fort Wayne court, former Indiana University basketball player Todd Leary was arrested this week on allegations of stealing appliances from foreclosed homes in Hamilton County.
2010-09-03 05:30:34