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  • Hunting for your first house - In-Forum (subscription)

    Hunting for your first houseIn-Forum (subscription), ND - 1 hour agoFinding a house in Fargo-Moorhead for less than $90000 isn’t impossible, but it doesn’t happen often, real estate agents and lenders say. ...
    2008-02-15 10:06:56
  • Economic changes push St. Petersburg homeowner to the brink of ... - St. Petersburg Times

    Economic changes push St. Petersburg homeowner to the brink of ...St. Petersburg Times, FL - 1 hour agoCooper-Dowda got some relief after she begged Wells Fargo, her mortgage lender, to knock her payment down to $813 a month by spreading part of what she owes ...
    2008-02-15 10:11:37
  • Real estate agent boycotts housing lender - The News-Press

    Real estate agent boycotts housing lenderThe News-Press, FL - 1 hour agoCountrywide, the nation's largest mortgage lender and home loan servicer, has taken on about 4000 mortgages in Lee County since Jan. ...
    2008-02-15 10:11:48
  • Subprime time: National news skews local views [1 hr ago] - NewsOK.com (subscription)

    Subprime time: National news skews local views [1 hr ago]NewsOK.com (subscription), OK - 1 hour agoIn the 1980s oil and real estate bust here, lenders learned fast that "it was hand-to-hand and door-to-door combat,” he said. "You've got to get in their ...
    2008-02-15 10:11:59
  • Look out below if long rates go higher - Los Angeles Times

    Look out below if long rates go higherLos Angeles Times, CA - 1 hour agoAs the housing and mortgage crisis saps the economy, it raises the risk that highly leveraged companies (ie, junk borrowers) will have trouble paying their ...
    2008-02-15 10:12:23
  • Free tips for landlords at buy-to-let workshop - ic Wales

    Free tips for landlords at buy-to-let workshopic Wales, United Kingdom - 1 hour agoThe workshop, on February 20 at the All Nations Centre, is hosted by The Money Centre, one of the UK’s largest independent buy-to-let mortgage brokers. ...
    2008-02-15 10:18:21
  • House Market Still Strong Here - Glasgow Daily Record

    House Market Still Strong HereGlasgow Daily Record, UK - 1 hour ago... haven't got the resources to help everyone. Government, mortgage lenders and Financial Services Authority must start repairing the broken State safety net."
    2008-02-15 10:25:24
  • Home Deals: Apply For A New Deal And Cash In - Glasgow Daily Record

    Home Deals: Apply For A New Deal And Cash InGlasgow Daily Record, UK - 1 hour agoIf you have had a mortgage for a while, your cheap deal has come to an end and you've been switched onto the lender's standard variable rate - then you may ...
    2008-02-15 10:25:34
  • Melton's house payment overdue - Jackson Clarion Ledger

    Melton's house payment overdueJackson Clarion Ledger, MS - 56 minutes agoJackson Mayor Frank Melton's home in northeast Jackson could be sold in foreclosure if he does not pay his past-due mortgage note by March 11. ...
    2008-02-15 11:03:39
  • Murrieta aims to cut blight caused by foreclosures - Press-Enterprise

    Murrieta aims to cut blight caused by foreclosuresPress-Enterprise, CA - 31 minutes agoLenders in violation can be fined $1000 per day up to $100000 per parcel or structure. The fine will be tacked on as a tax lien and paid to the city when ...
    2008-02-15 11:29:04
  • SilIcon island? - Montreal Gazette

    SilIcon island?Montreal Gazette, Canada - 15 minutes ago... Web entrepreneur whose site, SmartHippo.com, is gaining traction in the US The site lets people easily compare mortgage rates between different lenders. ...
    2008-02-15 11:44:28
  • Web initiatives help entrepreneurs make their dream a reality - Montreal Gazette

    Web initiatives help entrepreneurs make their dream a realityMontreal Gazette, Canada - 15 minutes agoSmartHippo: Lets people compare mortgage rates from different lenders. iLovetoPlay: A social network that matches amateur athletes with teams, ...
    2008-02-15 11:44:28
  • Construction market on target - Daytona Beach News-Journal

    Construction market on targetDaytona Beach News-Journal, FL - 10 minutes ago... a stockholder-owned corporation chartered by Congress to increase the supply of funds that mortgage lenders, such as commercial banks, mortgage bankers, ...
    2008-02-15 11:49:23
  • Who do you trust to save economy? - Daytona Beach News-Journal

    Who do you trust to save economy?Daytona Beach News-Journal, FL - 10 minutes agoAnd not surprisingly, mortgage lenders get the lion's share of the blame with 56 percent believing they deserve "a lot" of the blame and another 28 percent ...
    2008-02-15 11:49:24
  • Kenneth Harney: Major mortgage insurer goes way of lenders, tightening its guidelines (Arizona Daily Star)

    WASHINGTON — First it was the lenders. Now it's the mortgage insurance industry: Entire product lines are being yanked off the real estate financing shelf, potentially squeezing large numbers of buyers and refinancers out of the marketplace.
    2008-02-15 11:14:58