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• UK lenders tighten credit

  Economic Times - In the UK, so-called subprime lending to homebuyers with a shaky credit history accounts for about 6% of the market, half the level of the US, according to the London-based Council of Mortgage Lenders. “Subprime lending has been of a higher ...
  2007-08-30 07:57:00

• Freddie Mac profits plunge on mortgage loss

  MSNBC - And a steady stream of mortgage lenders have filed for bankruptcy in recent weeks, darkening investor sentiment and fuelling nervousness. Total revenue rose 4.8 per cent to $2.26bn, ahead of Wall Street estimates. In June, Freddie Mac returned to ...
  2007-08-30 01:59:00

• Thornburg Mortgage raises nearly $500 million cash in sale of special ...

  CNBC - Many mortgage lenders are struggling to raise money because the Wall Street banks that finance the industry have pulled out due to decaying credit quality. The company said the cash it has raised will enable it to stay open and keep issuing loans. ...
  2007-08-30 03:25:00

• Ahead of the Bell: Mortgage Lenders

  Houston Chronicle - NEW YORK — A Credit Suisse analyst said Thursday he expects a drastic decline in mortgage lending next year as the housing market struggles and lenders face a hostile climate. Credit Suisse analyst Moshe Orenbuch said he expects $1.8 trillion in ...
  2007-08-30 12:48:00

• US mortgage giant's profit slumps 45 percent (AFP via Yahoo! News)

  Freddie Mac, one of the biggest players in America's mortgage sector, said Thursday its latest quarterly profit had slumped 45 percent because of housing and mortgage market "volatility."
  2007-08-30 06:20:49

• LendingPatterns(TM) Reports on Mortgage Lending Trends (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

  EAGAN, Minn.----AllRegs, the leading online publisher for the mortgage industry, today announced the availability of LendingPatterns, a revolutionary web-based HMDA data mining and exploration tool that analyzes millions of records for thousands of lenders.
  2007-08-30 04:33:00

• Irish sub-prime lenders to increase rates (RTÉ News)

  The Independent Mortgage Advisors Federation has confirmed a number of sub-prime lenders in Ireland have been forced to increase interest rates on home loans.
  2007-08-30 01:36:16

• Kentucky to manage mortgage licenses via national database (BizJournals)

  The Kentucky Office of Financial Institutions will join a new nationwide database of licensing information for mortgage lenders when it goes live Jan. 2.
  2007-08-30 01:35:30

• Ahead of the Bell: Mortgage Lenders (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

  A Credit Suisse analyst said Thursday he expects a drastic decline in mortgage lending next year as the housing market struggles and lenders face a hostile climate.
  2007-08-30 12:42:12

• Sector Glance: Mortgage Lenders (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

  Shares of mortgage lenders closed Thursday mixed, as Thornburg Mortgage Inc.'s successful effort to raise cash by selling stock offset news of bad credit in Freddie Mac's portfolio.
  2007-08-30 08:18:09

• Student Loan Borrowers Have One More Day to Apply to Take Advantage of ...

  Market Wire - PHOENIX, AZ--(Marketwire - August 30, 2007) - Students and parents considering federal student loans for their college and graduate school financing needs can get substantial interest rate discounts by applying for their student loans through ...
  2007-08-30 01:02:00

• US rate cut hopes inspire London

  Times Online - London shares rallied this morning following Wall Street's recovery after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke dropped a strong hint that he would cut US interest rates. A letter from Mr Bernanke, in which he said the Fed was “prepared to act ...
  2007-08-30 10:39:00

• Uncertainty prompts mixed markets

  BBC News - Uncertainty over whether a US interest rate cut was imminent saw mixed trading on Wall Street - after European markets had surged ahead. The Dow Jones slipped 0.4% in afternoon trading after Lehman Brothers downgraded major investment banks, though ...
  2007-08-30 06:53:00

• Higher interest rates curb rising house prices

  Guardian Unlimited - House price growth across England and Wales eased last month to its slowest pace in a year, government figures showed yesterday. Figures from the Land Registry, a government agency, showed house price inflation slowed in July to a monthly rate of 0.1 ...
  2007-08-30 09:49:00

• Say Anything

  Forbes - It was just weeks after the Fed halted a string of 17 straight interest rate increases over two years, holding the fed funds rate at 5.25%. Back then, the Fed said it saw signs of slower growth that may moderate inflation pressures. What a difference ...
  2007-08-30 05:41:00

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