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Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc. Hires Jim Crawford as Vice … - Reuters (Mortgage News)

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc. Hires Jim Crawford as Vice …Reuters - 8 hours agoThereafter, he will continue to seek out other alliances within the mortgage and real estate industries. "I am excited to have Jim, an extremely dedicated …landamerica Names John P. Barnes Group Vice President … CNNMoney.comall 11 news articles

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UPDATE 2-U.S. mortgage applications dropped last week-MBA (Mortgage News)

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Reuters - NEW YORK, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Applications for U.S. home mortgages fell last week as rates on some adjustable loans soared to their highest levels in more than two months, according to data from an industry group on Wednesday. The Mortgage Bankers Read More
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Mortgage applications drop 4.3% in latest week (Mortgage News)

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

USA Today - NEW YORK (Reuters) — Applications for home mortgages fell last week as rates on some adjustable loans soared to their highest levels in more than two months, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Wednesday. The MBA said its seasonally adjusted Read More
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Mortgage fees double in two years - BBC News (Mortgage News)

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

BBC News

Mortgage fees double in two yearsBBC News, UK - 3 hours agoUp-front fees charged by mortgage lenders have nearly doubled in the past two years, according to the financial information service Moneyfacts. …Equity release widens its market Easier (press release)all 5 news articles

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homebanc Mortgage Gets Ch 11 ExtensionCNNMoney.com - 16 hours agoNEW YORK (Associated […]

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Dollar edges down vs yen after Citi-inspired surge (Mortgage News)

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Guardian Unlimited - U.S. housing finance company Freddie Mac said it would halve its quarterly dividend and sell $6 billion in preferred stock to bolster capital in anticipation of mortgage-related losses. More signs of trouble for U.S. banks or for the U.S. economy Read More
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Watchdog acts on mortgage mis-selling - Times Online (Mortgage News)

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Earthtimes

Watchdog acts on mortgage mis-sellingTimes Online, UK - 18 hours agoThe Financial Services Authority has cracked down on a number of unscrupulous mortgage brokers after it uncovered “serious failings” in the advice they were …FSA threatens mortgage brokers BBC NewsMortgage market has serious failings, says FSA Guardian UnlimitedMortgage Brokers Could Do Better Says FSA Find a PropertyEarthtimes - […]

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TREASURIES-Citi news kicks bonds off recent peaks (Mortgage News)

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Reuters - Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, is purchasing a 4.9 percent stake of Citi, giving the largest U.S. bank fresh capital as it wrestles with the subprime mortgage crisis. For details see [ID:nSP71907]. The Read More
MSN MoneyCentral - Countrywide Financial, the mortgage lender, was up […]

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Sector Snap: Mortgage banks fall (Mortgage News)

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

CNBC - NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of banks that have large mortgage-origination operations continued to take a beating in midday trading Monday amid continued worries in the declining mortgage and housing markets. Many of the banks have taken and plan to take Read More
Bloomberg - The S&P 500 also erased […]

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Economics Wrap-Up: Black Friday Boom (Mortgage News)

Monday, November 26th, 2007

NPR News - News & Notes , November 26, 2007 · Farai Chideya talks with Cincinnati Enquirer economics reporter Keith Reed about Black Friday retail sales and the recent break in mortgage rates. Plus, he explains why the NAACP is telling blacks not to shop at Read More
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UK sub-prime specialist stops mortgages for risky buyers - Guardian Unlimited (Mortgage News)

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

Fair Investment Company

UK sub-prime specialist stops mortgages for risky buyersGuardian Unlimited, UK - Nov 23, 2007Kensington Mortgages, one of Britain's best known sub-prime mortgage lenders, yesterday withdrew its entire range of loans for homebuyers with poor credit …Kensington ditches sub-prime mortgages MyFinances.co.ukKensington pulls out of sub-prime market Times OnlineKensington withdraws from sub-prime mortgage market Finance MarketsFair […]

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