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  • ANALYSIS-Stimulus may help U.S. retailers, but buyers beware

    Forbes - Federal Reserve rate cuts could help spur home sales if they translate into lower mortgage rates for buyers, he added. But the effect of rate cuts takes time to filter into the economy -- six months or longer, economists said. "The way (Fed) monetary ...
    2008-01-18 03:51:00
  • US consumers face falling bank deposit rates

    Reuters - Countrywide has long offered some of the country's highest deposit rates, at first to fund its mortgage operations and later to preserve liquidity. The acquisition may end that, though Bank of America hopes its wide array of products will entice ...
    2008-01-18 02:46:00
  • The week the economy turned nasty - Independent

    The week the economy turned nastyIndependent, UK - 1 hour agoAs many are already finding, mortgage repayments are rising steeply despite falling interest rates as two-year fixed deals taken out when rates were ...
    2008-01-18 04:32:07
  • Property clinic - Telegraph.co.uk

    Property clinicTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 1 hour agoWe own our home outright; could we take advantage of the lower interest rates for owner-occupiers than buy-to-letters by mortgaging our own property and ...
    2008-01-18 04:32:25
  • To go with the flow - Mortgage Introducer

    To go with the flowMortgage Introducer, UK - 1 hour ago"Most importantly, if a switch to a variable rate mortgage arrangement is decided to be the best course of action, then Clark must be clear that one can ...
    2008-01-18 04:40:58
  • A market of opportunity - Mortgage Introducer

    A market of opportunityMortgage Introducer, UK - 1 hour agoThe once loose criteria in combination with the rising interest rates meant criteria tightened up even faster than it had loosened just months before. ...
    2008-01-18 04:50:17
  • Time to stamp it out - Mortgage Introducer

    Time to stamp it outMortgage Introducer, UK - 1 hour agoThe current rates of between 1 per cent and 4 per cent, depending on the price of the property, mean that buyers can end up adding many thousands of pounds ...
    2008-01-18 04:50:23
  • Property funds log record low result - Financial Times (subscription)

    Property funds log record low resultFinancial Times (subscription), UK - 1 hour ago... the worldwide phenomena relating to concerns over the US subprime mortgage market fallout, rising interest rates and talk of recession,” said Aegon. ...
    2008-01-18 04:54:29
  • $150 billion for boost to confidence - Omaha World-Herald (subscription)

    $150 billion for boost to confidenceOmaha World-Herald (subscription), NE - 1 hour agoEgermier acknowledged that problems in the economy exist, such as the collapse of the subprime mortgage market. But the problems are across the board, ...
    2008-01-18 05:05:08
  • Fall in Christmas retail sales - The Press Association

    Fall in Christmas retail salesThe Press Association - 1 hour agoThe performance was worse than City predictions and reinforced expectations that the Bank of England will cut interest rates to 5.25% next month. ...
    2008-01-18 05:15:47
  • Commercial Ventures made easy with Low Rate Loans - Best Syndication

    Commercial Ventures made easy with Low Rate LoansBest Syndication, CA - 51 minutes agoThe only difference between a secured loan and mortgage is the type of charge that it creates. In the former case, a second charge is created while, ...
    2008-01-18 05:33:07
  • Shari'a Banking and the Financial Mainstream: An Outlook on ... - American Chronicle

    Shari'a Banking and the Financial Mainstream: An Outlook on ...American Chronicle, CA - 45 minutes agoThere would have been no system of interest, thus there would be nothing to raise the mortgage payment rates. At least in this aspect, Islamic banking would ...
    2008-01-18 05:38:48
  • General Electric Company Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript - Seeking Alpha

    General Electric Company Q4 2007 Earnings Call TranscriptSeeking Alpha, NY - 32 minutes agoWe’ve taken risk off the table for investors by exiting US Mortgage last year and Japan Consumer Finance. We sustained a Triple A which gives us a big ...
    2008-01-18 05:52:01
  • Home buyers on alert for rate increase - Sydney Morning Herald

    Home buyers on alert for rate increaseSydney Morning Herald, Australia - 29 minutes agoBut the RBA board would take into account recent independent increases to variable mortgage interest rates by Australia's top five banks - Commonwealth Bank ...
    2008-01-18 05:54:42
  • Legislature Looks at Bills Aimed at Curbing Foreclosures - Kitsap Sun (Subscription)

    Legislature Looks at Bills Aimed at Curbing ForeclosuresKitsap Sun (Subscription),  United States - 23 minutes agoThe YSP is a cash payment that a mortgage broker receives from a lender. The amount is determined by the difference between the interest rate at which the ...
    2008-01-18 06:01:04