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Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Bank of America, MGIC, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Hewlett-Packard

Zacks.com - Wed Nov 25, 7:56 am ET

Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Bank of America, MGIC, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Hewlett-Packard

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Gas drilling may shift lending landscape
Elmira Star-Gazette - Thu Nov 26, 11:18 pm ET
The 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.
BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank sue Bank of America
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 6:08 pm ET
Deutsche Bank AG and a BNP Paribas unit sued Bank of America NA on Wednesday over allegations the bank failed to pay back $1.73 billion in secured notes.
Business events scheduled for the coming month
Washington Post - Wed Nov 25, 6:02 pm ET
-- TUESDAY, Dec. 1 NEW YORK - The Institute for Supply Management releases its manufacturing index for November, 10 a.m.
Business events scheduled for the coming week
Washington Post - Wed Nov 25, 6:00 pm ET
-- SUNDAY, Nov. 29 Date several airlines will add 10-dollar surcharges on most of their tickets.
Portfolio
The Clarion-Ledger - Thu Nov 26, 5:47 pm ET
The 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.
New-home sales up; mortgage rates match record low
USA Today - Wed Nov 25, 4:39 pm ET
Sales of new U.S. homes rose more than expected last month to the highest level in more than a year as the housing market shows some stability after its historic collapse.
Consumer, labor data buoy optimism on recovery
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 4:35 pm ET
U.S. consumer spending and home sales rose more than expected in October, while new claims for jobless benefits fell sharply last week, suggesting the economic recovery was gaining traction.
Mortgage Rates in U.S. Match Record Low Set in April (Update1)
Bloomberg - Wed Nov 25, 10:56 am ET
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Rates for 30-year fixed U.S. home loans fell for a fourth straight week, matching a record low of 4.78 percent set in April. The rate dropped from 4.83 percent last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac of McLean, Virginia, said today in a statement.
Housing data points to rocky rebound
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 4:26 pm ET
Sales of new homes rose more than 6 percent in October. But that was only because of strong results in the South.
Fannie Mae: No investors for 15 days
San Francisco Chronicle - Tue Nov 24, 4:40 pm ET
Fannie Mae says it won't consider offers from investors to buy its foreclosed properties until they have been on the market for 15 days. During that period, Fannie Mae will only consider bids from buyers who intend to live in the homes, or those using public... FannieMae - Foreclosure - Real estate - Mortgage - Business
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.
Business Briefs 11/26/2009
The Scranton Times-Tribune - Thu Nov 26, 4:18 am ET
Mortgage rates match record low McLEAN, Va. - Average rates for 30-year fixed mortgages fell this week, matching a record low set last spring and more than a full percentage point below what they were a year ago, Freddie Mac said Wednesday. Rates for 30-
The Cruelest Tax of All
Ludwig von Mises Institute - Thu Nov 26, 9:49 am ET
The 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.
Freddie Mac fears big hit from failed lender
Washington Post - Tue Nov 24, 12:00 am ET
Freddie Mac, the government-backed mortgage finance giant, said Monday it's trying to minimize losses on more than $1 billion in assets at risk because of the summer collapse of mortgage lender Taylor, Bean & Whitaker and a regional bank with which it did business.
Mortgage rates reach low
Hartford Courant - Wed Nov 25, 11:23 pm ET
Average rates for 30-year fixed mortgages fell this week, matching the lowest levels on record and putting them more than a percentage point below what they were a year ago, Freddie Mac said Wednesday.