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  • Foreclosure help tough when you lie - Rocky Mountain News

    Foreclosure help tough when you lieRocky Mountain News, CO - 34 minutes agoFor example, once a distressed homeowner started the conversation with me by telling me he had never missed a mortgage payment. But now is wife is sick and ...
    2008-01-09 03:55:31
  • Foreclosure help for a fee, or for free - Rocky Mountain News

    Foreclosure help for a fee, or for freeRocky Mountain News, CO - 34 minutes agoTheir second mortgage, for 20 percent of the loan amount, had risen to 11.99 percent. Why did they agree to an ARM with such onerous rates? ...
    2008-01-09 03:55:32
  • SKorean shares outlook - Higher on Wall Street's rebound - CNNMoney.com

    SKorean shares outlook - Higher on Wall Street's reboundCNNMoney.com - 32 minutes agoShares in the largest mortgage lender in US fell sharply Tuesday amid bankruptcy rumors, which were denied by the company. In Seoul, investors will have to ...
    2008-01-09 03:56:58
  • Economic Forecast Calls for Less Housing Pain in Corridor - KCRG

    Economic Forecast Calls for Less Housing Pain in CorridorKCRG, IA - 32 minutes ago... limited exposure to the subprime mortgage crisis. In Iowa about 30 percent of all home loans are considered subprime and at a higher risk of default. ...
    2008-01-09 03:57:18
  • Borrowers offered out of court help - NEWS.com.au

    Borrowers offered out of court helpNEWS.com.au, Australia - 30 minutes ago... were "anxious (and) perhaps desperate" as they tried to refinance the mortgage on their home to avoid repossession action by their current lender. ...
    2008-01-09 03:59:27
  • House building reached 288 starts for the year - Prince George Citizen

    House building reached 288 starts for the yearPrince George Citizen, Canada - 26 minutes agoHomebuilders started work on 288 single-family homes in 2007 according to year-end numbers released Wednesday by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation ...
    2008-01-09 04:03:15
  • Clinton conjures up comeback magic - Nashua Telegraph

    Clinton conjures up comeback magicNashua Telegraph, NH - 25 minutes agoFlanked by her husband, former President Bill Clinton, and their daughter, Chelsea, the New York senator vowed to fight for homeowners battling the mortgage ...
    2008-01-09 04:03:53
  • Bad weather - we have to get used to it - Scotsman

    Bad weather - we have to get used to itScotsman, United Kingdom - 23 minutes agoHe compared cutting the pollution to paying off a mortgage – although early contributions barely made a dent in the debt, a few years down the line they ...
    2008-01-09 04:05:39
  • Stocks On The Move: Dupont, Aluminum Corp... - CNBC

    Stocks On The Move: Dupont, Aluminum Corp...CNBC, NJ - 15 minutes agoThe nation's largest savings and loan collapsed on further concerns over more write-downs related to the mortgage crisis. – Karen Finerman says, “That’sa ...
    2008-01-09 04:13:47
  • December retail sales seen as tepid - BusinessWeek

    December retail sales seen as tepidBusinessWeek - 15 minutes agoBut recent news of $100-a-barrel oil, a weakening job market and a mortgage sector in distress are making economists more worried about consumers' financial ...
    2008-01-09 04:14:24
  • Coldwell Banker(R) Becomes Real Estate Sponsor For Habitat For ... - Franchising.com (press release)

    Coldwell Banker(R) Becomes Real Estate Sponsor For Habitat For ...Franchising.com (press release), CA - 12 minutes agoColdwell Banker Mortgage is one of the largest telephone/Web-based lenders in the country. Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC is a subsidiary of Realogy ...
    2008-01-09 04:16:53
  • Countrywide's home loan delinquencies surge - CBS 47

    Countrywide's home loan delinquencies surgeCBS 47, CA - 7 minutes agoThe nation's largest mortgage lender says the delinquency and foreclosure rate of home loans in its portfolio surged in December. According to the company, ...
    2008-01-09 04:22:11
  • Money motto (Peter Switzer via Yahoo!7 Finance)

    There's an old saying my footie coach loved to use that could be really handy for home loan borrowers. It's especially so in these challenging times as banks slug us with rate increases outside the Reserve Bank's torturous hits. It goes like this: "When the going gets tough, the tough get going." But I would like to twist this old sporting war cry to something more appropriate for the ...
    2008-01-09 04:07:00
  • E*Trade Has Some Rare Good News (Forbes)

    The online brokerage firm tries to give investors hope amidst the muck.
    2008-01-09 04:12:16
  • Girl, 13, Accused Of Setting Brooklyn Classroom On Fire (WNBC)

    A 13-year-old girl has been arrested on charges of setting a fire in her classroom that injured six people, including two fellow students, the New York City Fire Department said Wednesday.
    2008-01-09 04:13:24