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  • House prices holding up but consumer confidence falling amid uncertain ...

    Guardian Unlimited - ... house prices were continuing to defy the effects of higher interest rates and the global credit crunch which has restricted the number of products on offer from mortgage ... is continuing to deteriorate gradually ... it still suggests that the current ...
    2007-10-31 05:13:00

  • The Long Boom: An Amazing Economic Expansion Turns 25

    US News and World Report - If the toxic cocktail of a mortgage meltdown, a credit crunch, and surging oil ... The current six-year economic expansion dates from November of 2001, while the long ... Reserve, whose tough monetary policies helped bring down the high inflation rates ...
    2007-10-31 02:28:00

  • No subprime debacle seen in commercial MBS -Moody's

    Reuters - NEW YORK, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Credit erosion in commercial mortgage-backed ... levels" from exceptionally low levels today, instead of the soaring rates in ... to anywhere near that of the early 1990s for commercial real estate or current ...
    2007-10-31 02:42:00

  • Fed cuts rate to help ease housing slump

    Houston Chronicle - The funds rate affects many other interest rates charged to individuals and ... growth is expected to slow to a pace of around 2 percent or less in the current ... The meltdown in the mortgage market has made it harder for people to obtain ...
    2007-10-31 03:18:00

  • Westpac may beat official rate rises on home loans

    News.com.au - ... interest rate rises are likely as markets prepare for a hike in official rates ... official interest rate rises would cause significant stress in Westpac's mortgage ... business credit growth is likely to continue, although moderating from current ...
    2007-10-31 06:39:00

  • Fed Cuts Rates But Hints Against Further Easing

    CNBC - ... economists are worried that GDP growth will be less than half that amount in the current ... were roiled in August as concerns mounted over rising delinquencies in the U.S. mortgage market, have regained some stability since the Fed lowered rates by a
    2007-10-31 01:02:00

  • Fed cuts US interest rates amid fears of slowing growth

    New Straits Times - The Federal Reserve cut US short-term interest rates Wednesday in a widely anticipated move, saying it had acted amid ... relief to ailing credit markets which have tightened as major commercial banks have sustained hefty losses tied to mortgage ...
    2007-10-31 05:20:00

  • Treasuries Decline After Fed Cuts Rates, Says Risks Balanced (Bloomberg.com)

    Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Treasuries declined after the Federal Reserve said inflation and growth risks are ``roughly'' balanced while lowering borrowing costs, suggesting it won't reduce interest rates further.
    2007-10-31 12:40:00

  • Southside Place voters will decide two bond proposals

    Houston Chronicle - The city's current tax rate is 23 cents per $100 of property value; the owner of a 2006 average Southside home valued at ... At that point the park association would be forced to refinance at an interest rate higher than the 6 percent it is paying now.
    2007-10-31 12:05:00

  • Paulson to mortgage industry: help curb defaults

    CNN Money - ... evaluate a borrower's ability to make higher monthly payments and also determine what other options were available to refinance ... JEC economists cautioned that their forecast is heavily dependent on how much home prices decline during the slump. If the ...
    2007-10-31 04:08:00

  • Fitch Rates Romeoville, Illinois' $17.9MM GOs 'A+'; Outlook Stable

    Forbes - Series 2007A bond proceeds will be used to refinance the village's GO (alternate revenue source) water and sewer refunding ... The village's growing population and property tax base, as well as its new taxing authority as a home rule community ...
    2007-10-31 02:21:00

  • Mortgage woes aid state lender

    Providence Journal - The agency is counting on the new appetite to help finance a new loan product designed to help owners who can’t afford their mortgages to refinance. The “home saver loans,” to be rolled out later this year, will enable eligible owners to ...
    2007-10-31 03:54:00

  • Fort Bend ISD BOND: The Facts

    Fort Bend Star - Bonds are much like home mortgages. Just as a wise homeowner will refinance their mortgage when interest rates drop, school districts refinance bonds when dropping interest rates provide an opportunity to save taxpayer dollars. In other words, the ...
    2007-10-31 02:21:00

  • Letters to the editor for Thursday, November 1

    Minneapolis Star Tribune - I got more nervous when I discovered that the Mortgage Bankers Association had quickly endorsed the plan. The HOME Act would let homeowners take up to $100,000 out of their retirement accounts in order to refinance or avoid foreclosure. The withdrawal ...
    2007-10-31 04:16:00

  • Fed cuts key rate a quarter-point

    Los Angeles Times - ... point drop in the central bank's key short-term interest rate, the so-called federal funds rate, to 4.5% is intended to prevent a further tightening of consumer credit and make it marginally easier for homeowners to refinance mortgages and home ...
    2007-10-31 01:45:00

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