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  • Minnesota lawmakers aim to avoid foreclosures for those on brink

    Minneapolis Star Tribune - PAUL - Worried by spiraling home foreclosures, Minnesota lawmakers are considering bills that would help those on ... had broad support, including from lenders even though they didn't like a provision that would freeze adjustable mortgage rates at ...
    2008-03-03 12:13:00
  • Are mortgage interest rates out of control?

    New Zealand Herald - Fixed mortgage rates for both ANZ and National banks will rise, with the most popular two-year rate up by 20 basis points to 9.7 ... Yet more money coming out of your take home pay each week. You don't see the govt reducing petrol tax do you, though ...
    2008-03-03 01:17:00
  • Paulson Sees New Capital Markets Proposals in `Weeks' (Update2)

    Bloomberg - Hope Now, the Treasury-backed group of mortgage lenders spearheading the private efforts to modify home loans, said today that it has helped more ... housing recession in 25 years, including a proposal to let bankruptcy judges modify home-loan rates ...
    2008-03-03 12:06:00
  • Survey: Loan modifications falling short

    MSN MoneyCentral - ... sale, a home is sold for less than the amount owed on the mortgage, which can leave the borrower facing an income tax hit. A majority of those who took the survey also said servicers that opted to modify loan terms typically fixed interest rates for ...
    2008-03-03 11:58:00
  • The PMI Group, Inc. Reports Preliminary Fourth Quarter 2007 Financial ...

    Forbes - ... for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 and include changes in economic conditions such as interest rates, home values, employment rates and refinance activity. We undertake no obligation to update forward-looking statements. (1) "U.S. Mortgage ...
    2008-03-03 01:31:00
  • Most U.S. Stocks Gain, Led by Commodity Producers; Banks Drop

    Bloomberg - Energy and metals shares have gained 15 percent since the Federal Reserve started cutting interest rates in August, more ... companies were the biggest drag on the market after analysts said the slowing U.S. economy and more subprime-mortgage ...
    2008-03-03 02:36:00
  • Hope Now: We've helped 1M home owners

    CNN Money - The remaining home owners were put on repayment plans, which merely allow borrowers to make up missed payments by ... Find mortgage rates in your area
    2008-03-03 12:41:00
  • Fed wants subprime mortgage data changes

    MSNBC - WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve urged banks that service subprime mortgage loans to ... is allowing certain subprime borrowers to temporarily freeze the rates on their ... help improve the collection of information on modifications of troubled home loans
    2008-03-03 03:04:00
  • Rates rise expected today

    News.com.au - ... is expected to increase its key rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 7.25 per cent, a move which will add another $50 to a monthly mortgage repayment on a $300,000 home loan. But it could be more if commercial banks move their mortgage rates by ...
    2008-03-03 08:31:00
  • Kevin Rudd warns greedy banks on interest rates

    News.com.au - But the cost for home buyers could be more if banks move their mortgage rates by a greater margin, as some did last month after the RBA's last move.
    2008-03-03 01:17:00
  • Financial Fantasies - Gold Seek

    Financial FantasiesGold Seek - 17 minutes agoIn fact, even though mortgage rates have trended lower, the lenders have been under great pressure to tighten their standards. The result is that, ...
    2008-03-03 03:05:34
  • Banks warned on rates (Adelaide Now)

    PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has fired another shot at Australia's banks ahead of today's expected interest rate rise.
    2008-03-03 02:46:57
  • TierOne Corporation Reports Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2007 (wallstreet:online AG)

    TierOne Corporation (15037;NASDAQ:TONE) ("Company"), the holding company for TierOne Bank ("Bank"),
    2008-03-03 03:00:06
  • Rudd warns banks on rate rises, again (Summit Sun)

    Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has fired another shot at Australia's banks ahead of Tuesday's expected interest rate rise. Mr Rudd is warning banks that any potentially anti-competitive activity will be scrutinised by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
    2008-03-03 03:00:58
  • Interest rates expected to rise (Summit Sun)

    The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is expected to increase the official interest rate to its highest level since the mid-1990s.
    2008-03-03 03:01:09