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Service helps brokers, agents throw a lifeline (The News & Observer)
Lenders aren't the only ones looking for solutions.
2008-03-29 11:52:32 -
Amid hard stories, help for fighting foreclosure (Lowell Sun)
LOWELL -- While working in the real-estate business, Leslie George knew that the region was slowing heading toward a housing crisis. Sales of single-family homes and condominiums were plummeting, and the median prices for those homes were also falling.
2008-03-30 04:03:21 -
The Spam Report, March 2008 (ITP.net)
Welcome to the first of a new monthly feature in association with Symantec. Here we’ll be examining the spam which accounts for 78.5% of all email, telling you which cultural and political trends are changing the spam industry and making sure you don’t get taken in by the latest schemes.
2008-03-30 04:15:01 -
Complex Wachovia mortgage program worries some (The Charlotte Observer)
When she stopped by a Wachovia branch in Charlotte last month, Marilyn O'Connor asked about refinancing her townhome. Instead, she got a pitch for a "Pick-A-Payment" mortgage that offered flexible payment options but a higher interest rate. O'Connor said she initially agreed to apply for a Pick-A-Payment loan until she learned the interest rate. The full principal and interest payment option had ...
2008-03-30 04:27:01 -
Tax Breaks Right Under Your Roof (The Bradford Era)
(ARA) - Your home may be brimming with tax breaks and now is the time to take advantage of the deductions you're entitled to in order to see a reduction on next year's taxes.
2008-03-30 04:59:07 -
Lessons in loss (The Daily Record)
Monica Hill thought she’d found a way out of her real estate investment woes. Instead, it was a path to bigger problems. The 35-year-old Hill had made some bad property purchases and by the spring of 2007, she was in financial trouble and needed equity from her house.
2008-03-30 04:04:51 -
Yield Seen Declining to 1.5% in Best Treasury Rally Since 1995 (Bloomberg.com)
March 31 (Bloomberg) -- The most accurate forecasters of Treasury yields say it's too early to call an end to the rally that propelled U.S. bonds to their best annual start since 1995.
2008-03-30 04:19:17 -
The week ahead (Daily Telegraph)
A guide to company results and meetings, and economic statistics.
2008-03-30 04:26:56 -
Yen Rises as Subprime Losses May Hurt Demand for Carry Trades (Bloomberg.com)
March 31 (Bloomberg) -- The yen rose for a second day against the euro as speculation U.S. subprime mortgage losses are deepening prompted investors to pare holdings of higher- yielding assets funded with loans in Japan.
2008-03-30 05:17:48 -
Fast take: (Coppell Gazette)
This is the first in an 8-week series that probes in the views of city council candidates up for election May 10.
2008-03-30 05:24:38 -
Credit crunch threatens 11,000 jobs (Guardian Unlimited)
Deepening credit crunch could cost up to 11,000 jobs in Britain's financial services sector, CBI warns
2008-03-30 04:26:40 -
The week ahead (Daily Telegraph)
A guide to company results and meetings, and economic statistics.
2008-03-30 04:26:56 -
CBI survey reveals job loss fears (Daily Telegraph)
One in four financial services companies have cut jobs in the past three months as the industry grows ever more pessimistic about the severity of the credit crisis.
2008-03-30 04:27:36 -
Bear market rallies only delay day of reckoning (Daily Telegraph)
Every slump is punctuated by exuberant bursts of optimism, known to traders as "bear market rallies".
2008-03-30 04:29:07 -
Free market defenders need to find their voice (Daily Telegraph)
'The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. '
2008-03-30 04:29:17