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Survey Shows Rise In First-Time Homebuyers

AP | ALEX VEIGA | Posted 11.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Mortgage, Housing, Homebuyers, Realtors, Socioeconomics, Mortgage Rates, Home Prices, Race, Class, Real Estate, Housing Crisis, Business News

SAN DIEGO — The housing market welcomed a bigger share of first-time buyers and single women this past year, while a majority of sellers resorte...

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Credit Scores: Take a Lesson From Michael Jackson

Jeanne Kelly | Posted 10.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Credit Scores, Mortgage Rates, FICO Score, Money, Credit, Financial Crisis, Money Management, Business News
Jeanne Kelly

When I explain that most of my clients have good incomes, people become even more perplexed. Why, if they make so much money, are their FICO scores so low?

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Three Things Still Wrong With the Housing Market

Charlie Farrell | Posted 11.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Mortgage Rates, Housing, Tax Incentives, Home Values, Tax Credits, Business News
Charlie Farrell

We've gotten a bit of good news lately on the housing front with more new home sales and a slight bump in home prices, but the market is still completely dysfunctional.

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12 Rules for the Housing Market Turnaround

Jill Schlesinger | Posted 07.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Federal Reserve, Economic Stimulus Package, Mortgage Rates, Housing Sales, The Early Show, Housing Crisis, Business News
Jill Schlesinger

2009-06-24-Housing.jpg You may not realize it, but the Fed has helped the housing market. On The Early Show this morning, I discussed what buyers, sellers should be doing to take advantage.

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Adjustable Rate Mortgage Impact Could Be Worse Than Subprime Crisis

miamiherald.com | Kevin G. Hall | Posted 07.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Adjustable Rate Mortgages, Teaser Rates, Mortgage Rates, Mortagage Crisis, Mortgage Industry, Real Estate, Submprime Crisis, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Call it son of subprime. Experts warn that a new wave of mortgage foreclosures may be coming soon and could rival the default rates for ...

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Mortgage Rates, Defaults Rise: Bernake's Plan Stumbles

bloomberg.com | Brian Louis and Oshrat Carmiel | Posted 06.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Real Estate Crisis, Housing Prices, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Mortgage Rates, Refinancing, Ben Bernanke, Mortgage Crisis, Business News

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's efforts to bring down borrowing costs to revive the housing market and help the economy are stalling. Mortg...

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How To Lock In The Lowest Mortgage Rate In Today's Tough Market: LA Times

LA Times | Kathy M. Kristof | Posted 05.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Lowest Mortgate Rates, Mortgage Rates, Housing Crisis, Getting the Best Mortgage Rate, Business News

The days of scoring a great loan despite having a modest amount of equity and so-so credit are over as lenders tighten their standards. That's why it'...

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Mortgage Rates Easing for Consumer-Driven Rebound

bloomberg.com | Kathleen M. Howley | Posted 05.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Ben Bernanke Federal Reserve, Mortgage Rates, Mortgage Rates Ben Bernanke, Ben Bernanke, Ben Bernanke Mortgage Rates, Mortgage Rates Easing, Business News

April 3 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is delivering what he promised five months ago, record- low mortgage rates and a ref...

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Citigroup Mortgages Lower For Unemployed

AP | MICHELLE CHAPMAN | Posted 04.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Mortgages, Mortgage Rates, Unemployed Mortgages, Citigroup Bailout, Mortgage Workouts, Citigroup Mortgages, Citigroup, Business News

NEW YORK — Citigroup Inc. said Tuesday that it will lower mortgage payments for some homeowners to an average of $500 a month for three months a...

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Obama Administration Weighing Plan To Lower Mortgage Rates For Foreclosure Risks

AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 03.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Mortgage Rates, Mortgages, Housing Crisis, Housing, Business News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's administration is considering spending taxpayer dollars to cut monthly payments for homeowners on the verg...

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Loosen Mortgage Lending Standards

Mike Garibaldi-Frick | Posted 03.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Job Losses, Depression, Small Business, Bail Out, Housing, Economic Crisis, Economy, Jobs, Obama, Recession, Home, Home Foreclosures, Mortgages, Mortgage Relief, Subprime Mortgages, Wall Street, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Banking, Mortgage Rates, Banks, Housing Crisis, Refinance, Business News
Mike Garibaldi-Frick

We can continue bailing out the banks and Wall Street or, we can take a more reasonable approach by helping out the middle class in a real tangible way.

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Fight building over judges redoing mortgages

AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 02.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Mortgage Rates, Housing Market, Judges Redoing Mortgage, Mortgage Crisis, Business News

WASHINGTON — Most congressional Democrats say the quickest way to save homeowners like Troy Butler of Saginaw, Mich., is to let them declare ban...

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New York Fed Enacts $500 Billion Plan To Drive Down Mortgage Rates

Financial Times | Saskia Scholtes | Posted 02.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Mortgage Rates, New York Fed Mortgage Plan, New York Federal Reserve, Economic Crisis, Economy, Business News

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Monday said it had started its $500bn plan to drive down US mortgage rates by buying securities guaranteed by ...

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2009: A Time for Real Economic Change

Mike Garibaldi-Frick | Posted 01.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Taxes, Small Business, Wall Street Bailout, Economy, Economic Crisis, Middle Class, George W. Bush, Ponzi Scheme, Obama, Corporate Power, Capitalism, Tax Reform, Recession, Economic Policy, FInancial Markets, Corporations, United States, Tax Cuts, Mortgage Rates, Interest Rates, Wall Street, Great Depression, Financial Crisis, Business News
Mike Garibaldi-Frick

America's anger and ingenious will is stoked and a new, more open administration is coming to power looking for innovative, far-reaching ideas.

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Krugman: Mortgage Rates Are Still Too High

New York Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 01.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Mortgage Rates, Mortgages, Mortgage Meltdown, Mortgages Prices, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Business News

Mortgage rates have dropped a lot in recent weeks, which is a good thing. But there's still a huge spread between mortgage rates and rates on federal ...

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Mortgage Rates On The Rise

New York Times | TARA SIEGEL BERNARD | Posted 09.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Fannie Mae, Mortgage Rates Rising, Mortgage Rates, Freddie Mac, Business News

Gaping losses at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are causing the two mortgage giants to slow their purchases of home loans at a time when the government is...

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White House Works To Resurrect Economy

AP | TERENCE HUNT | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Interest Rates, Interest Rate Cut, Prime Interest Rate, Stock Market, Nancy Pelosi, Fed Funds Rate, Federal Funds Rate, Mortgage Rates, Global Markets, Henry Paulson, Ben Bernanke, Bush and Economic Stimulus, Congress Economic Plan, Stanford Financial, Business News

WASHINGTON — Jolted by global recession fears, the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates Tuesday, and President Bush and leaders of Congress jo...

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