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House Approves Mortgage Rescue Plan - WebCPA

House Approves Mortgage Rescue Plan
WebCPA, NY - 9 hours ago
In addition, the legislation offers mortgage-refinancing assistance to keep an estimated 400000 families from losing their homes. ...
House Vote on Key Housing Legislation Imminent Originator Times
Help from any new mortgage law could be slow in coming. Philadelphia Inquirer
Housing-aid bill not a cure-all Arizona Republic
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US races to ease mortgage meltdown, passing aid bill - Detroit Free Press

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US races to ease mortgage meltdown, passing aid bill
Detroit Free Press, United States - Jul 24, 2008
... help relieve the housing swoon but did not think the refinancing provision would solve broader problems stemming from lax mortgage financing regulation. ...
Video: House Bails Out Lenders CBS
House Approves Sweeping Effort to Help Housing New York Times
Housing Bill Will Extend Federal Role In Markets Wall Street Journal Blogs
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Mortgage Reform on the Way - WUSF

Mortgage Reform on the Way
WUSF, FL - 14 hours ago
She says the reform bill will provide mortgage refinancing, lower loan fees and offer tax breaks to kick start home buying. But most importantly for Castor, ...

Refinances Reaping Less Money - TheStreet.com

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Refinances Reaping Less Money
TheStreet.com - 17 hours ago
Declining home values cut the amount of cash that homeowners were able to eke out of refinancing deals by nearly half during the second quarter, mortgage ...
Cash-out refinancing drops at Freddie Mac United Press International
Home equity cash-outs fade as prices slide: Freddie Mac Reuters
Homeowners close equity spigot CNN
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HOUSING BILL WONKERY. - Tapped

HOUSING BILL WONKERY.
Tapped, DC - 22 hours ago
…[t]he bill also offers consumer-friendly fixed rate mortgage refinancing options, to replace the high cost mortgages often with springing interest rates, ...

All types of mortgages see rate increases - The Associated Press

All types of mortgages see rate increases
The Associated Press - 19 hours ago
... other mortgage rates also showed big increases this week. Rates on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, a popular option for refinancing, rose to 6.18 percent, ...

Lenders warn owners - Sky News Australia

Lenders warn owners
Sky News Australia, Australia - 4 hours ago
But for those homeowners thinking of refinancing, the reports suggests otherwise -- refinancing still has the likelihood of homeowners coming back to the ...

Bush times his housing joke badly - Press and Journal

Bush times his housing joke badly
Press and Journal, UK - 5 hours ago
By Wesley Johnson in New York President Bush joked about the housing crisis engulfing America just days before a woman killed herself as her mortgage ...

False Hope for Foreclosure Crisis According to Asante Real Estate ... - MarketWatch

False Hope for Foreclosure Crisis According to Asante Real Estate ...
MarketWatch - 14 hours ago
In reality, most mortgage lenders fail or refuse to help homeowners faced with foreclosure and politicians posture with empty political promises and ...

Encore Bancshares Reports Second Quarter 2008 Earnings of $481000 ... - MarketWatch

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Encore Bancshares Reports Second Quarter 2008 Earnings of $481000 ...
MarketWatch - 1 hour ago
The second quarter of 2007 also included a nonrecurring charge for early debt extinguishment which resulted from refinancing trust preferred securities. ...
Mercantile Bancorp Announces Second Quarter 2008 Results FOXBusiness
WaMu Reports Significant Build-Up of Reserves Contributing to ... WELT ONLINE
Independent Bank Corporation Reports Increase in Second Quarter ... CNNMoney.com (press release)
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Cash-out refinancing drops at Freddie Mac (UPI)

WASHINGTON, July 24 (UPI) -- Cash-out refinancing at the Federal Loan Mortgage Corp. has dropped to its lowest amount in three years, the mortgage broker said.

Refinancing may save state $235M (The Post and Courier)

COLUMBIA — South Carolina should save $235 million during the next decade by refinancing bonds tied to a national lawsuit settlement with cigarette companies. State Treasurer Converse Chellis compared it to a homeowner refinancing their home to a 15-year mortgage from one that lasts ...

Cash-out refinancing drops at Freddie Mac (Moldova.org)

Cash-out refinancing at the Federal Loan Mortgage Corp. has dropped to its lowest amount in three years, the mortgage broker said.In the second quarter of the year, 66 percent of Freddie Mac-owned loans were refinanced for new loans worth at least 5 percent more than the original loan, Freddie Mac said.The percentage was higher than the revised figure of 58 percent for the first quarter and ...

Refinancing to ARM may be risky (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance)

Know the risks before refinancing to an adjustable-rate mortgage, says Dr. Don Taylor.

Financial fears push mortgage rates up (The Record)

WASHINGTON - Mortgage rates shot up this week, with 30-year mortgages hitting the highest level in nearly a year, reflecting concerns in financial markets about the troubles at corporate giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Help from any new mortgage law could be slow in coming (Philly.com)

Marcellus Harris has a nasty mortgage. The 62-year-old resident of Philadelphia's Wissinoming neighborhood said yesterday that he had not missed a $316.91 monthly payment on his adjustable-rate loan, but he is still falling behind.

Mortgage rates up sharply (Honolulu Advertiser)

WASHINGTON — Mortgage rates shot up this week, with 30-year mortgages climbing to the highest level in nearly a year, reflecting concerns in financial markets about the troubles at mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Mortgage rates rise as Fannie, Freddie give lenders jitters (The News Journal)

WASHINGTON -- Mortgage rates shot up this week, with 30-year mortgages climbing to the highest level in nearly a year, reflecting trepidation in financial markets about the troubles at corporate giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Jitters cause rise in mortgage rates (Baltimore Sun)

Mortgage rates shot up this week, with 30-year mortgages climbing to the highest level in nearly a year, reflecting concerns in financial markets about the troubles at corporate giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

State should save money with bond refinancing (WBTV Charlotte)

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina should save $235 million during the next decade by refinancing bonds tied to a national lawsuit settlement with cigarette companies.