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  • Crash course that’s hard to drive home

    Times Online - Only 40 years ago credit cards were in their infancy, it was a privilege to have a mortgage or a bank account, pensions were ... Thoresen rightly suggests big publicity drives at critical points in people’s lives: renting or buying a home, job ...
    2008-03-08 01:04:00

  • Flamboyance, prosperity end suddenly

    Baltimore Sun - The two-hour daily commute from his home in South Jersey to his office at Fieldstone Mortgage Co. in Columbia was a drain. But he'd been named an executive vice president that year and was being paid more than anyone else except the CEO.
    2008-03-07 03:57:00

  • Lenders clamour to fund new houses

    Stuff - In most cases interest rates are no higher, there are usually no upfront fees and loans of up to 95 per cent of the value of the completed home are not hard to come by, say mortgage brokers.
    2008-03-08 01:25:00

  • Spain decides whether to give Zapatero second term

    Reuters South Africa - Highly indebted Spaniards, already struggling to meet higher mortgage repayments, are suffering from racing food and fuel prices that pushed inflation to a record 4.4 percent in February. Continued.
    2008-03-08 03:20:00

  • Mortgage woes hit Sydney suburbs

    BBC News - "I pay Australian $1,200 (US$1,109, UK £550) monthly on the mortgage, so I had to work very hard," he told the BBC. "I had to cut down so much on the food shopping. That's me but what about the others? They can't even afford to eat." Australian home ...
    2008-03-05 03:59:00

  • No mercy shown to struggling homeowners

    News.com.au - ... are threatening legal action when owners are as little as $600 in arrears, or just two to three months behind in mortgage ... the first place, as well as daily penalty interest rates and hundreds of dollars in costs – on top of losing their home.
    2008-03-08 04:24:00

  • How to beat the crunch and get a mortgage

    Daily Telegraph - As has always been the case, we recommend that homebuyers give serious thought to affordability when purchasing a home and not overstretch themselves." To be considered for the best mortgage deals during current difficult conditions, you ...
    2008-03-06 02:32:00

  • Mortgage woes, economic worry sink Wall Street

    MSN MoneyCentral - The Mortgage Bankers Association said U.S. home foreclosures and the rate of homes entering foreclosure hit record highs in the fourth quarter of 2007.
    2008-03-06 02:47:00

  • Pressures Grow for Good Appraisals and Bad

    Washington Post - Such quick, cheap alternatives might be adequate if there's lots of room for error, as would be the case with the refinance of a mortgage that covers 60 percent of a home's value.
    2008-03-08 01:47:00

  • Builders Look for the Bottom

    Forbes - The point is to reduce interest rates for jumbo loans, which often are a full percentage point higher than smaller ones, and spur home sales. But with the market's low appetite for mortgage-backed securities (into which Fannie and Freddie package the ...
    2008-03-08 02:59:00

  • U.S. Stocks Decline to Lowest Prices Since 2006 (Update1)

    Bloomberg - The home lender may go out of business because it can't meet $610 million of margin calls. Falling prices for mortgage assets and the company's shrinking liquidity ``have raised substantial doubt'' about Thornburg's ability to keep operating ...
    2008-03-08 02:59:00

  • Expert advice: Wait for housing crisis sales (The New Zealand Herald)

    Don't buy yet, don't sell right now, and polish the nugget you're sitting on. That's the key advice from three property gurus who claim to have the good oil on how to prosper in New Zealand's slumping housing market.
    2008-03-08 04:30:08

  • Wealth Check: A business started, a baby on the way – but no safety blanket (Independent)

    The patients
    2008-03-08 04:30:55

  • Julian Knight: Better pensions for the less well-off: is that flying a kite? (Independent)

    Budget week is all about government officials and lobby groups trying to get their policy kites to fly. This time round, we have had hints of mortgage market reforms and a windfall tax on energy companies. As the big day nears, plenty more kites will take to the skies, only to fall to earth when the Chancellor makes his speech.
    2008-03-08 04:31:05

  • If homes are shunned at auction, is that a hammer blow for all of us? (Independent)

    The residential property market took a turn for the worse last week but the evidence is likely to be missed by most homeowners.
    2008-03-08 04:32:12

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