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  • FACT BOX: Subprime crisis affects banks worldwide

    Daily Times - On Sept 21, it announced the closure of its US subprime unit, Decision One Mortgage, and records an impairment charge of ... BNP Paribas bars investors from redeeming cash in $2.2 billion worth of funds, telling the markets it is unable to calculate ...
    2007-11-03 04:48:00

  • Got the urge to remodel? Ask yourself these five questions before you ...

    Asheville Citizen-Times - Visit HGTV.com or a similar Web site to calculate what you might expect to get back, or ask a Realtor who knows your market. ... This is the opinion of Beth Burdick of Ashford Mortgage Advisors and SmartShop Mortgage Planning. She can be reached locally ...
    2007-11-03 09:27:00

  • Some Realtors say homebuyers should think twice before making an offer ...

    Pioneer Press - Short sales take time because Wells Fargo has to negotiate the short-sale offers up the chain with investors who purchased the mortgages it services, negotiate with the second mortgage holder and calculate the exact present value of the property ...
    2007-11-01 05:55:00

  • They're in good shape, but watch for expenses

    Bridgeton News - The couple have raised three children, paid off their mortgage and they've almost finished paying for their kids' college ... Ledger asked Andrew Novick, a certified financial planner with Condor Capital in Martinsville, to help the couple calculate ...
    2007-11-03 10:46:00

  • ALL BUSINESS: Auditors get tough

    Miami Herald - ... accounting moves, that's nothing but good news for investors. This has to do with how companies value their risky mortgage ... Without a market to base prices on, company managers must make assumptions to calculate their valuations, such as the percent ...
    2007-11-02 10:51:00

  • Industry dragging feet on 'piggyback' antidote (Baltimore Sun)

    Kenneth Harney -- Nation's Housing So-called "piggyback" credit-score inflation schemes for mortgage applicants haven't been reined in, despite industry pledges to do so at the end of summer. As a result, lenders continue to be misled into treating loan applicants with poor credit as prime-credit candidates - worsening already critical fraud and delinquency problems in the mortgage market. ...
    2007-11-04 01:43:56

  • 'Piggyback' credit ratings still possible (The Morning Call)

    | So-called ''piggyback'' credit-score inflation schemes for mortgage applicants haven't been reined in, despite industry pledges to do so at the end of summer. As a result, lenders continue to be misled into treating loan applicants with poor credit as prime-credit candidates -- worsening already critical fraud and delinquency problems in the mortgage market.
    2007-11-04 01:32:52

  • They're in good shape, but watch for expenses (The Star-Ledger)

    Three years is the retirement timeline for Mark and Emma. The couple have raised three children, paid off their mortgage and they've almost finished paying for their kids' college educations.
    2007-11-03 11:09:23

  • Net worth isn't the big picture (Seattle Times)

    It's easy to calculate your net worth, but what does the answer mean? Determining your net worth is simple. Add all your assets such as...
    2007-11-04 12:08:59

  • Harper jumps on opportunity to cut taxes

    St. Petersburg Times - There's no change in the Bank of Canada's key interest rate of 4.5 percent or the prime lending rate at 6.25 percent. Stock markets advanced, with the Toronto index at 14,362 points and the TSX Venture Exchange 3,135 points. Lotto 6-49: (Wednesday) 2 ...
    2007-11-03 11:00:00

  • Non Farm Payrolls provides temporary relief on the dollar as markets ...

    FXStreet.com - ... provides temporary relief on the dollar as markets forecast further Fed rate cuts ... dollar on growing concerns that the Federal Reserve will be inclined to cut interest ... as a haven from credit-market turmoil related to the collapse of U.S. sub prime ...
    2007-11-04 02:21:00

  • Back to gold and bonds for the future

    Guardian Unlimited - ... that followed the slowdown in the US housing market and the resultant sub-prime ... the Bank of England and European Central Bank would be preparing to cut interest ... The Bank's monetary policy committee is holding its latest monthly rate meeting ...
    2007-11-04 04:08:00

  • Black Atlantans more vulnerable than whites in subprime market

    WALB 10 - The federal government does not require lenders to report information about credit history or down payments - key factors in determining whether a home buyer qualifies for the lower, or prime, interest rate. Lenders say credit scores are a better ...
    2007-11-04 03:04:00

  • 'PM not to blame for rates rise'

    News.com.au - VOTERS are not ready to blame John Howard should interest rates go up this week - despite Labor's best efforts - as the Prime Minister sets out on a new ... be "Did John Howard pull a swifty on the electorate last time around with his interest rate ...
    2007-11-04 03:04:00

  • Howard finds his wedge

    The Australian - What the Prime Minister is doing now, and must do, is using the interest rate rise that was meant to consign him to electoral history to turn the blowtorch back on Rudd. In truth, he has no choice. The Liberals are gambling the Prime Minister can do ...
    2007-11-04 02:21:00

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