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• Mortgage-foreclosure-bailout plan may help few

  ScrippsNews - But Paulson didn't quantify how many of those 1.2 million homeowners would be expected to refinance their existing mortgage or how many ... Treasury, did not respond to requests for more information about the discrepancies among these estimates. But UBS ...
  2007-12-13 11:26:00

• Canyon Capital Realty Advisors Provides $35.0 Million Loan ...

  Forbes - Canyon Capital Realty Advisors funded a $35.0 million loan to refinance and to ... Canyon's real estate funds include the Canyon Value Mortgage Fund, the Canyon ... properties in densely populated, ethnically diverse communities. For more information ...
  2007-12-13 10:07:00

• Too Late to Refinance an ARM? (TheStreet.com)

  Mortgage rates rise from two-year lows.
  2007-12-13 11:52:43

• Foreclosure-bailout plan may help few (The Nashua Telegraph)

  If you're a homeowner who has an adjustable-rate mortgage, you may already have been disappointed to discover that your situation doesn't qualify for the ARM interest-rate freeze that was announced with much fanfare last week. You're not alone. ...
  2007-12-13 09:20:26

• 2008 Sector Outlook: Technology (BusinessWeek)

  The fifth in a series examining the outlook for five sectors. S&P analysts have just one overweight recommendation: information technology
  2007-12-13 08:38:10

• No to Over-The-Counter Cholesterol Drug

  Chicago Tribune - WASHINGTON - Government advisers on Thursday rejected Merck & Co.'s bid for over-the-counter sales of Mevacor, the granddaddy of the famed cholesterol-lowering drugs. Too many of the wrong people would use the drug if it no longer required a ...
  2007-12-13 03:50:00

• MFA Mortgage Investments, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter 2007 Dividend ...

  Forbes - These forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those relating to: changes in interest rates and the market value of MFA's MBS; changes in the prepayment rates on the mortgage loans ...
  2007-12-13 11:04:00

• Comment: Monetary policy is out of sync

  Financial Times - The US proposal to freeze mortgage rates for subprime borrowers misses the point that most repossessions happen because of unemployment or income constraint, not interest payment adjustment. The moral hazard argument – to avoid rescuing risk-takers ...
  2007-12-13 03:15:00

• Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation Announces Quarterly Dividend

  Forbes - Our actual results may differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements as a result of various factors and uncertainties, including increases in the prepayment rates on the mortgage loans securing our mortgage ...
  2007-12-13 12:23:00

• Jobs Strong, Rates?

  ABN Newswire - ... over the past month, without any action or encouragement from the RBA.  (The next step in the market-based tightening of financial conditions in Australia probably will involve our major banks announcing a 15-25bp top-up in headline mortgage rates ...
  2007-12-13 02:46:00

• U.S. Mortgage Rates Show Increase

  Post Chronicle - Long and short term U.S. mortgage rates were up this week, reversing a recent trend, the Freddie Mac market report said Thursday. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.11 percent with an average 0.5 point, up from last week's 5.96 percent . The ...
  2007-12-13 12:30:00

• Fitch: 2008 Housing to Mirror This Year

  Forbes - The housing slump will likely continue through 2008 and could deepen if credit conditions don't improve and mortgage rates increase, a Fitch Ratings report said Thursday. The agency said it expects single-family housing starts to decrease 15.1 ...
  2007-12-13 12:16:00

• Pressure on margins sends HBOS tumbling

  The Independent - Investors took fright after the owner of Halifax said £60m of increased retail funding costs had more than wiped out gains from higher mortgage rates in the second half of the year. Shareholders were also worried that earnings, which are set to meet ...
  2007-12-13 03:50:00

• Mortgage Bill Is Set For Vote In Senate

  Washington Post - Last week, the Bush administration announced a plan that would freeze subprime mortgage rates for homeowners for five years to give them time to refinance before their rates reset. The FHA insurance program offers an easy option for these homeowners ...
  2007-12-13 07:54:00

• Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Rise After Tepid Jobs Report (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

  Fixed mortgage rates reversed course, with the average conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rate rebounding to 6.17 percent. According to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey of large lenders, the average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.36 discount and origination points.
  2007-12-13 09:27:00

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