Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Bank of America, MGIC, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Hewlett-Packard
Zacks.com - Wed Nov 25, 7:56 am ETZacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Bank of America, MGIC, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Hewlett-Packard
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A Direct Edge Exchange
Forbes - 28 minutes agoBill O'Brien wants Direct Edge to become the next registered stock exchange. Twice.
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Avoid Foreclosure: Properly Handling An Underwater Mortgage
Investopedia - 2 hours 25 minutes agoThe unstable environment of a bad economy can leave homeowners dreading how low their home value will go. Over the summer, Zillow, an online real estate marketplace, revealed that people who purchased a home just two years prior, when most markets peaked, had the highest rates of negative equity . This occurs when the home value is less than the original mortgage amount, and is also known as an ...
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Mortgage rates fall, matching record lows
The Columbus Dispatch - Fri Nov 27, 3:18 am ETThe average interest rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage fell this week to a record low set in the spring and more than a full percentage point lower than a year ago, said Freddie Mac, which has tracked rates since 1971.
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Realty Q&A: Why money launderers might want your home
Market Watch - Fri Nov 27, 12:26 am ETI am a broker in Irvine, Calif. I recently sold a home which drew five offers in five days. In reviewing the buyers' financials for all five offers, I noticed that most of their accounts showed a number of large deposits over the previous 30 days from overseas.
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Gas drilling may shift lending landscape
Elmira Star-Gazette - Thu Nov 26, 11:18 pm ETThe expected boom in natural gas leasing has some local lending institutions reconsidering their mortgage policies. And local borrowers who stand to make a lot of money from leasing their potential gas rich properties to energy companies are concerned, lenders say.
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Rates on 30-year mortgages match record low
Asbury Park Press - Thu Nov 26, 7:21 pm ETMCLEAN, VA. — Freddie Mac reports that average rates for 30-year fixed mortgages have matched a record low of 4.78 percent this week.
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Freddie Mac loan defaults rise to record 3.54 percent as holdings fall
Asbury Park Press - Thu Nov 26, 7:16 pm ETFreddie Mac, the mortgage-finance company under government control, said defaults among its loans rose to a record 3.54 percent last month, while its portfolio of residential assets fell at an annualized rate of 21.6 percent.
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UPI NewsTrack Business
UPI - Thu Nov 26, 5:53 pm ETU.S. retailers break Thanksgiving taboo … Fannie Mae to tighten lending standards … Unemployment expected to rise in Britain … U.S. dollar value slips against yen ... News from United Press International.
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Portfolio
The Clarion-Ledger - Thu Nov 26, 5:47 pm ETThe state's October unemployment rate climbed to 9.5 percent, rising from September's revised rate of 8.9 percent, the Mississippi Department of Employment Security reported Wednesday.
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Former Heflin resident is honored in Georgia
The Cleburne News - Thu Nov 26, 1:45 pm ETFormer Heflin resident, Virginia Pope, was among 20 ladies recently honored by the Junior League of Douglas County, Ga., for outstanding community service.
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More Woes for London Stock Exchange
BusinessWeek - Thu Nov 26, 11:08 am ETXavier Rolet, the London Stock Exchange's chief executive, hasn't had a good week. On Nov. 26, technical glitches halted trading on the 300-year-old bourse, leaving traders unable to execute deals after 10:35am London time. That's the second time technical problems have stopped LSE trading this ...
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London stock trading suffers outage
INO News - Thu Nov 26, 10:40 am ET(AP:LONDON) The London Stock Exchange PLC halted trading for three and a half hours on Thursday because of a technical glitch that prevented some customers from connecting to its systems.
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Fannie Mae to tighten lending standards
UPI - Thu Nov 26, 10:28 am ETWASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Fannie Mae, the giant mortgage finance company that helps shape lending guidelines, plans more crackdowns next month to further tighten lending practices.
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The Cruelest Tax of All
Ludwig von Mises Institute - Thu Nov 26, 9:49 am ETThe zero-interest-rate policy of the Fed is sold to the public as a benign economic rescue in the public interest. The stark reality is that this policy is a disguised tax implemented by the Fed. It takes income from savers and hands it as a subsidy to borrowers.
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Integrity Underpins Reputation: The Innovators
TheStreet.com - Thu Nov 26, 9:10 am ETIntegrity is that dependability at the heart of relationships and corporate trust.
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