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  • Homeowner group slams Countrywide

    CNN Money - NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Countrywide Financial, the nation's biggest home lender and one of those most affected by the subprime mortgage crisis, found itself the target of stinging criticism Thursday from an organization trying to help homeowners ...
    2007-08-23 08:05:00

  • BofA throws Countrywide $2-billion lifeline

    Los Angeles Times - If the stock is converted, BofA would own 16% of the mortgage company. BofA, the sixth-largest U.S. home lender in 2006, recognizes that "once the dust settles the survivors [in the mortgage industry] will have much less competition and will thrive ...
    2007-08-23 06:32:00

  • BofA Has New Mortgage Opportunity

    Houston Chronicle - ... largest retail bank, with 5,700 branches, rolled out a national "no-fee" mortgage program in May that does away with the collection of borrower, lender and third-party fees that typically add a few thousand dollars to the price of buying a home ...
    2007-08-23 08:20:00

  • Stocks end lower after credit worries

    Seattle Post Intelligencer - ... anxiety about widening credit problems offset investor optimism about a $2 billion capital infusion into troubled mortgage lender ... Home Delivery: (206) 464-2121 or (800) 542-0820 seattlepi.com serves about 1.7 million unique visitors and 30 million ...
    2007-08-23 08:20:00

  • As foreclosures mount, Britain acts to change mortgage system

    International Herald Tribune - While higher prices may push some prospective buyers out of the market, others will simply decide that they need a bigger mortgage, especially in Britain. Owning a home is so entrenched in the British psyche that most consumers would rather take on ...
    2007-08-23 07:51:00

  • Mortgage lender reassures customers (El Paso Times)

    LOS ANGELES -- Countrywide Financial Corp., the nation's largest mortgage lender, sought to reassure customers Monday that the liquidity problems dogging its mortgage operations were not affecting its banking unit.
    2007-08-23 03:15:23

  • Mortgage lender says it will lay off 1,600 (North County Times)

    CARMEL MOUNTAIN RANCH -- Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co. said Wednesday that it will close most of its mortgage-lending operations and lay off 1,600 employees.
    2007-08-23 05:40:03

  • Bank Invests In Foundering Mortgage Lender (CBS News)

    Countrywide Financial Corp. said that Bank of America Corp. has made an equity investment of $2 billion, a deal that comes as the nation's largest mortgage lender tries to weather a credit crunch that's rocked Wall Street and the mortgage industry.
    2007-08-23 12:30:03

  • Mortgage lender down to 1 employee at a branch office (Houston Chronicle)

    At the North Carolina offices of mortgage lender HomeBanc Corp., Archie Clark is the only employee left. But in a few days, he'll be gone, too. "It's pretty much a ghost town over there," Clark said. "Somebody went in and took the furniture from the lobby. I don't know who did that. I put some of the other stuff in the back and locked it up."
    2007-08-23 05:49:41

  • Home lender folds; local buyers hurt (Concord Monitor)

    The mortgage market crisis has hit home in New Hampshire as lender First Magnus filed for bankruptcy this week, leaving as many as 420 people scrambling for new loans.
    2007-08-23 05:28:28

  • The taxman takes it home

    Personal Finance - Step 1. Calculate the overall capital gain. Proceeds R1 300 000 Less base cost – R200 000 Overall gain = R1 100 000 Step 2. The ... A portion of the interest on your mortgage bond. A portion of your electricity, rates and water bills. Lease costs, or, if you ...
    2007-08-23 09:57:00

  • Finding Beauty Within The Inflationary Beast

    Safe Haven - ... assume that you have borrowed $100,000 at a 6.5% interest rate (approximately the cost of a 30-year fixed rate mortgage ... and early 2000s, then after-inflation returns become a minor footnote to your decisions, that you sometimes calculate ...
    2007-08-23 03:19:00

  • UK consumer debt higher than GDP

    Birmingham Post - Consultancy firm Grant Thornton worked out that as a nation we owe a collective £1,345 billion in mortgage and unsecured ... But if the 7% of adults who expressed grave concerns over their level of debt is used to calculate a national figure, as many ...
    2007-08-23 10:11:00

  • Perform a rebalancing act

    Reading Eagle - The subprime-mortgage mess, and the stock- and bond-market turmoil may have been a surprise. Yet the pattern is familiar ... Instead, you just calculate how your funds compare with your targets and then do a little trading to get back on track, thus ...
    2007-08-23 05:11:00

  • Massachusetts home sales perk up

    Boston Globe - The Warren Group, which uses a different method to calculate data than the realtors group, said that the July median price ... the Bay State's home market will continue to experience significant softness in the months ahead, with tightening mortgage ...
    2007-08-21 06:06:00

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