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  • As Home Values Undercut Loans, More People Simply Walk Away (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News)

    The housing crisis has come to this: just walking away. As home values sink, people are abandoning homes, viewing their ownership as hopeless or worthless.
    2008-03-07 03:51:43

  • Foreclosures Good For Some (WLNS Lansing)

    Homes prove to be a great buy for some Michigan residents.
    2008-03-07 04:02:21

  • Mortgage limits raised in CA counties (KFSN-TV Fresno)

    Fed help is on the way for Bay Area homebuyers who qualify for high interest jumbo loans.
    2008-03-07 04:21:57

  • With the right cover, you can keep smiling even if that rainy day comes along (Independent)

    Everyone wants the best for their loved ones – but thousands of families risk being plunged into poverty because they haven't taken out insurance to cover them financially should the main breadwinner die or fall ill.
    2008-03-07 04:30:26

  • Fixed-rate mortgages hit a seven-year peak (Daily Telegraph)

    Britain's six million home owners on fixed-rate mortgages are being "ripped off" as lenders fail to pass on cuts in the interest rate, campaigners claim.
    2008-03-07 05:17:11

  • Party seems to be over for buy-out firms

    Financial Times - When Carlyle Group established its now struggling mortgage-backed fund and decided to list it, last year, it seemed like a ... It was equally attractive for investors since interest rates were low and the fund promised lucrative returns.
    2008-03-07 10:56:00

  • Irish property agents, brokers report increase in inquiries

    Turkish Daily News - Irish real estate agents and mortgage brokers reported an increase in inquiries from potential homebuyers last month as builders cut prices and speculation rose that the European Central Bank won't raise interest rates again. About 67 percent of ...
    2008-03-07 01:48:00

  • Gables house tells story of how boom fizzled

    Miami Herald - For all the turmoil that mortgage foreclosures are wreaking in global financial markets, some South Florida homeowners are ... Now, high foreclosure rates are forcing lenders to significantly tighten lending standards.
    2008-03-07 12:29:00

  • Canada gains 43,000 jobs in February while the U.S. loses 63,000

    Canada East - The Bank of Canada dropped the key overnight rate to 3.5 per cent this week and many are forecasting a further half point cut in April, which is likely to lead to even lower mortgage rates for prospective home buyers.
    2008-03-07 01:27:00

  • Step away, Mr. Bernanke

    The Washington Times - Falling home prices and the intensifying credit crunch have precluded many borrowers with ARMs — prime as well as subprime — from refinancing before their interest rates increased. The Mortgage Bankers Association reported Thursday that a record ...
    2008-03-07 12:51:00

  • How to beat the crunch and get a mortgage

    Daily Telegraph - Nearly two thirds of prospective first-time buyers have decided to delay their first step onto the property ladder as the credit crunch bites and lenders demand substantial deposits or impose high interest rates. That is the conclusion of new ...
    2008-03-07 10:49:00

  • Double the rates trouble

    News.com.au - THE cost of an average mortgage has more than doubled in the past five years after yesterday's 12th consecutive interest rate rise. The Reserve Bank lifted its official rate to 7.25 per cent, the highest level in 12 years, increasing average new home ...
    2008-03-04 03:53:00

  • Monday, March 3

    News.com.au - AS inflation worsens, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has warned banks not to lift mortgage rates by more than tomorrow's expected official interest rate rise.
    2008-03-07 10:42:00

  • High-cost mortgages just got cheaper

    CNN Money - Current Mortgage Rates ... NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Mortgage costs just got cheaper for buyers in high-cost areas.
    2008-03-07 12:51:00

  • Entering the repossession lane

    Boston Globe - Just as in the subprime mortgage industry, car dealers have been giving consumers with less-than-prime credit ratings car loans with rates and payments they can't afford," said Yvonne Rosmarin, a consumer-protection lawyer in Arlington.
    2008-03-07 03:07:00

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