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• When credit cards put you in jeopardy

  CNN - Your credit report is being even more closely scrutinized today by credit card issuers, mortgage lenders, auto dealers, insurance carriers and even potential employers.
  2008-02-21 03:53:00

• Housing Crisis Possible For Rural Iowa

  KWWL - That's according to analysis in a copyright story by The Des Moines Register, which says the number of adjustable-rate mortgages that will reset to higher interest rates will peak during this summer and the fall.
  2008-02-24 01:48:00

• Qatar fund eyes Europe banks

  Gulf Times - ... Prime Minister, HE Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor al-Thani, who heads the country’s $60bn sovereign wealth fund, said he favours investing in European over US lenders because US bank stocks are likely to fall further on subprime-mortgage ...
  2008-02-24 02:45:00

• Bernanke to address Congress this week

  Stockhouse Canada - Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher, a voter on the Fed's interest-rate setting committee, said on Friday that while growth could be slower than the central bank expects, officials needed to be vigilant on inflation risks.
  2008-02-24 01:55:00

• Institutions expect hike in education loan limit

  Indian Express - At present, the interest rate on education loans runs into double digits, upwards of 12 per cent for amounts of up to Rs 4 lakh, and will increase as the loan amount goes up.
  2008-02-24 12:15:00

• Come the crunch let's make it work

  Guardian Unlimited - Indeed, there's a common thread linking all the major mortgage lenders that have been worst hit by the credit crunch. Northern Rock, Alliance & Leicester and Bradford & Bingley were all mutual building societies that, in the dying days of the ...
  2008-02-22 03:31:00

• MTSU economist believes things will get worse locally before they turn ...

  Nashville Tennessean - The low interest rate environment of the early 2000s caused lenders to try to go out and find a better rate of return. And to do that they took a little risk, came up with new lending instruments to help new borrowers buy homes that the rate at which ...
  2008-02-24 02:31:00

• Mortgage Newsletter

  Colleyville Courier - We compare rates among some of the country's top Mortgage lenders. Fast and simple online application process. http://www.mortgageshavers.com/ Best Mortgage Refinancing Strategies
  2008-02-22 05:32:00

• How to put a squeeze on the bankers

  News.com.au - Some are offering almost twice the rate of interest they were a decade ago - as high as 7.5 per cent. According to Rabobank's online calculator, if you start with $5000 and contribute $100 a fortnight in a 7.5 per cent account that calculates ...
  2008-02-24 02:52:00

• Two-day bank employees’ strike from today

  Hindu - Many opted for the provident fund as the interest rate at the time was high. They also want restoration of the system of appointments on compassionate grounds and a halt to the proposal to merge public sector banks.
  2008-02-24 01:41:00

• Loan defaults surge in Minnesota

  KSTP - In just more than a year, the interest rate jumped from 6.875 percent to 10.875 percent. Now pays almost $2,000 a month for the 1,000-square-foot rambler that his children have known for seven years, he said, "not some penthouse overlooking the ...
  2008-02-24 01:41:00

• GMAC Barrels Downhill

  Forbes - Its industry is tough: more than 100 mortgage lenders quit the business in the last year. Standard & Poor's John Bartko wrote that further losses could cause ResCap to breach a $5.4 billion tangible-net-worth covenant in its borrowings, requiring more ...
  2008-02-21 03:53:00

• F. William Engdahl: Financial Predators Had A Ball

  Scoop - It became common practice for mortgage lenders to offer brokers bonus incentives to bring in more signed mortgage loan volume, another opportunity for massive fraud.
  2008-02-24 02:24:00

• Australian Businesses Urge Government Spending Freeze (Update1)

  Bloomberg - The Reserve Bank of Australia on Feb. 5 raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 7 percent, an 11-year high. ``It's very important everyone in the community demonstrates some restraint,'' Swan told Australian ...
  2008-02-24 02:02:00

• Congress to consider bankruptcy relief, foreclosure assistance ...

  Detroit News - Currently, mortgage lenders can foreclose against a homeowner in default on a primary residence 90 days after a bankruptcy filing, and judges have no authority to order changes in mortgage terms.
  2008-02-24 11:46:00

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