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  • Australian homes the world's least affordable, survey says

    News.com.au - If you chose to buy and are having trouble meeting your mortgage obligations. Dont blame Howard. Dont blame investors. Dont blame interest rates. Dont blame the Real estate agents. Blame yourself you were the one who borrowed more than you could ...
    2008-01-20 04:31:00
  • Rudd to fight for homeowners

    News.com.au - Homeowners who have already suffered mortgage pain as the country's major banks raised home loan rates are expected to suffer again within weeks, with the Reserve Bank expected to raise rates when it meets next month. Mr Rudd says Australia faces ...
    2008-01-20 04:53:00
  • One Last Thing: Weird factors make Nevada voting special

    Philadelphia Daily News - ... is expected to keep rising. That might be why, faced with a surging Barack Obama in the final days of Iowa, Hillary Rodham Clinton introduced a plan to put a 90-day moratorium on foreclosures and a five-year freeze on adjustable mortgage rates ...
    2008-01-20 10:33:00
  • Fingers Crossed; After Rough Year, Builders and Agents Hoping for the ...

    Blackenterprise.com - With tumultuous 2007 finally over, the residential real estate industry in Milwaukee is hoping to exhale. Mortgage rates are still low; full-year results indicate that southeastern Wisconsin escaped the worst of the last year's real- estate meltdown ...
    2008-01-20 11:09:00
  • ABS card segment seen averting subprime chaos

    Reuters - Mortgage delinquency rates mainly reflected poor underwriting by lenders as the economy was still going strong during the time the risky loans were being made, the analyst said. Still, there are trouble signs. Recent profit warnings from American ...
    2008-01-20 01:04:00
  • Oil In A Week: Oil Prices At A Crossroads - Dar Al-Hayat

    Oil In A Week: Oil Prices At A CrossroadsDar Al-Hayat, Lebanon - 1 hour agoThe fundamental reason behind the gradual drop in oil prices is the fear of contracting growth rates in the US economy which in turn would result in a ...
    2008-01-20 04:52:37
  • Scottish Equitable puts lid on withdrawals - The Financial Standard

    Scottish Equitable puts lid on withdrawalsThe Financial Standard, Australia - 1 hour ago... months from the worldwide phenomena relating to concerns over the US sub-prime mortgage market fallout, rising interest rates and talk of recession. ...
    2008-01-20 04:55:14
  • Australian Housing Market Most Unaffordable in the World - Daily Reckoning - Australian Edition

    Australian Housing Market Most Unaffordable in the WorldDaily Reckoning - Australian Edition, Australia - 58 minutes agoBut the fundamental question for any housing decision is whether a borrower can make his mortgage payment. That’s getting to be an expensive proposition ...
    2008-01-20 05:01:57
  • Australia PM to slash spending, fight inflation - Guardian Unlimited

    Australia PM to slash spending, fight inflationGuardian Unlimited, UK - 57 minutes agoAdding to pressure on the government in a country where home ownership and mortgage repayments are a sensitive political issue, an international survey on ...
    2008-01-20 05:02:33
  • Euro at risk from Europe’s own economic storm - Telegraph.co.uk

    Euro at risk from Europe’s own economic stormTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 56 minutes agoThe Federal Home Loan Bank system has quietly slipped mortgage banks $750bn since the crunch. It injected $210bn in November alone, with taxpayer guarantees ...
    2008-01-20 05:03:47
  • UK Home Prices Fall a Third Month, Reviving Buyer Interest - Bloomberg

    UK Home Prices Fall a Third Month, Reviving Buyer InterestBloomberg - 50 minutes agoThe average rate offered by lenders on a mortgage for 95 percent of the price of a property, fixed for 24 months, rose to 6.53 percent in December from 6.44 ...
    2008-01-20 05:09:48
  • Mexican Housing Booms Despite US Crisis - KTAR.com

    Mexican Housing Booms Despite US CrisisKTAR.com, AZ - 45 minutes agoBanks have since returned, and blossoming competition drove average 15-year mortgage rates to 12.5 percent in November _ a deal in Mexico, where rates ...
    2008-01-20 05:14:40
  • Rumors of Precious Metals' Demise are Greatly Exaggerated! - The Market Oracle

    Rumors of Precious Metals' Demise are Greatly Exaggerated!The Market Oracle, UK - 38 minutes agoThis past week finally saw the fed funds futures price odds of a rate hike, even if it was a modest 2%. Unless there is calamity in the mortgage industry or ...
    2008-01-20 05:21:30
  • ECB must act quickly against inflation - Tehran Times

    ECB must act quickly against inflationTehran Times, Iran - 34 minutes agoThe ECB shelved a planned rate increase in September and has since kept its rates on hold to assess the economic impact of the US sub-prime mortgage ...
    2008-01-20 05:26:04
  • Too little too late - The Financial Standard

    Too little too lateThe Financial Standard, Australia - 29 minutes agoSteven’s decision will be impacted by recent independent increases to variable mortgage interest rates by Australia's top five banks. ...
    2008-01-20 05:30:50