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  • How McCain Can "Get Right"

    Slate - We've tried to cure the lag, for monetary policy, by granting the Federal Reserve authority to raise or lower interest rates ... 5) Bonus CD-only Theory--The Orthodox Shul Effect: Alert emailer B.L. writes: The independents broke the way worshipers ...
    2008-01-20 09:46:00
  • Slump hits real estate agents

    Edmonton Journal - ... an estimate that does not take into account the reduction in staff levels at the large real estate agencies that are still open. During Spain's decade-long building boom, property prices soared but they stagnated last year due to rising interest rates ...
    2008-01-21 01:21:00
  • Punch Drunk Hangover 1.21.08: A Lightweight King is Crowned in England - 411mania.com

    Punch Drunk Hangover 1.21.08: A Lightweight King is Crowned in England411mania.com, TX - 6 hours agoI knew I shouldn't have sent Georges St. Pierre a "Pepe Le Pew" doll and a "Jerry Lewis' Greatest Hits" CD! And here I was thinking the hulking bald figure ...
    2008-01-20 08:28:21
  • Bank said no? Try a personal lender online (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

    Social lending networks hook up borrowers who need money with lenders who want to give them a loan.
    2008-01-20 06:11:51
  • MONEY MATTERS (The Plain Dealer)

    Why invite worry at Countrywide? I have quite a bit of money in CDs at Countrywide. One CD is mature. My accountant tells me to remove it from Countrywide because of the company's present precarious financial situation. Do you agree with that?
    2008-01-20 09:05:11
  • For Clinton, Government as Economic Prod

    Herald Tribune - ... for short-term economic stimulus, centered more on home-heating and mortgage ... Marginal tax rates on the affluent were “confiscatory” by today’s standards ... said she would also use the White House bully pulpit to inveigh against the current ...
    2008-01-21 02:18:00
  • CML: Record gross lending in 2007

    Politics.co.uk - 2007 as a whole proved to be the strongest ever year for gross mortgage lending ... its lowest monthly figure since May 2005, but this was not a surprise in current ... to borrowers. “Looking forward, the recent decline in interbank lending rates ...
    2008-01-21 01:35:00
  • UK lenders urge government to help raise funds

    Financial Times - UK mortgage lenders are raising pressure on the Bank of England and the Treasury to ... On current trends, industry experts estimate that the outstanding values of ... People think that because rates in the interbank market have come down, the ...
    2008-01-20 07:02:00
  • House about this for a lucky adverting break?

    Belfast Telegraph - The Mortgage Shop advertisement, airing tonight for the first time on UTV and ... the all-Ireland campaign will also help clear up confusion about the current ... among buyers thanks to a combination of falling prices and interest rates. Ms ...
    2008-01-20 11:48:00
  • Budget deficit increases to £43bn

    Guardian Unlimited - ... are in a terrible state, the Office for National Statistics reported a current ... Separately, the Council of Mortgage Lenders reported that gross lending to ... Looking forward, the recent decline in interbank lending rates and the prospect ...
    2008-01-21 01:50:00
  • Euro at risk from Europe’s economic storm

    Daily Telegraph - The Federal Home Loan Bank system has quietly slipped mortgage banks $750bn since ... The Fed will cut rates a half point to 3.75pc by month's end, if not more. Ben ... The victims are beached with current account deficits of 10pc of GDP in Spain, 13pc ...
    2008-01-21 12:02:00
  • Big lenders tack on mortgage fees

    Herald Tribune - ... important housing mission in the current market environment," German said. The fact is that "most lenders have already 'built' these changes into their rates and fees effective Jan. 1," said Frank Fontanetta, president of Sarasota's Sentinel Mortgage ...
    2008-01-21 01:21:00
  • POR AGENCIAS: Agencia IBNW - InfoBolsa

    POR AGENCIAS: Agencia IBNWInfoBolsa, Spain - 3 hours agoThere are increasing signs that the UK housing market is slowing in response to the lower availability and increased cost of mortgage financing. ...
    2008-01-20 11:38:32
  • Cases of mortgage fraud on the rise - GoErie.com

    Cases of mortgage fraud on the riseGoErie.com, PA - 2 hours agoAbout 57 percent of the victims in the FBI's current mortgage- fraud cases are federally insured financial institutions. About 35 percent are investors, ...
    2008-01-21 12:03:59
  • What's to come after insurer downgrades? - Globe and Mail

    What's to come after insurer downgrades?Globe and Mail, Canada - 2 hours agoRating downgrades on the insurers could affect issuers of $2.4-trillion (US) of debt sold by US municipalities as well as subprime mortgage securities, ...
    2008-01-21 12:28:16