US Mortgage

Fed and other agencies to join US fraud task force
Reuters - 2
By Randall Mikkelsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US government is beefing up a task force to fight mortgage crimes and safeguard federal financial bailouts, …
DOJ Expands Corp Fraud Task Force To Examine Mortgage Fraud EasyBourse.com
President's Corporate Fraud Task Force Adds Six New Member Agencies PR Newswire (press release)
Fed, other agencies to join US fraud task force Reuters
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Net Branch Offices of US Mortgage Reports Record Low Rates
MediaSyndicate (press release) - 7
Posted to MediaSyndicate.com (Jan 06, 2009 - 10:35 AM) : With fixed rate mortgages at a record low, net branch offices of US Mortgage say they are seeing …

FNC(R) to Brief US Mortgage Lenders on Home Valuation Code of Conduct
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 4
6 /PRNewswire/ — In a Wednesday conference call with clients, leaders of FNC Inc. will explain new rules that significantly change the mortgage lending …

Optimism sweeps through markets
The Mercury (subscription), South Africa - 9
The stimulus plans by the world's biggest and third biggest economies mark the latest attempts to tackle a financial crisis that began with US mortgage …

US mortgage rates tumble to 5.1 pct
Hürriyet, Turkey - 4 Jan 2009
BOSTON - US mortgage rates dropped to the lowest in more than three decades as the government stepped up efforts to revive the housing market. …
2008 Year Of The Bailout Hartford Business
New rules govern home appraisal practices HeraldNet
Advice for renters if landlord faces foreclosure Los Angeles Times
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Miscalculation doomed AIG
The Tennessean, TN - 5
… AIG chief executive Martin Sullivan struck a different note, acknowledging the growing unrest over defaults in the US mortgage market. …

US Real Estate mortgage applications holding steady!
Off Plan Property Exchange, UK - 29
Mortgage applications in the American real estate market remained largely unchanged over the festive period, providing a degree of stability as 2009 arrives …

Countrywide settles predatory lending complaint
Bizjournals.com, NC - 4
Countrywide Financial Corp. has agreed to make loan modifications for about 395000 US mortgage holders and pay $150 million into a foreclosure relief fund …

NY Fed starts $500bn plan to aid home loans
Financial Times, UK - 31
By Saskia Scholtes in New York The Federal Reserve Bank of New York yesterday said it had started its $500bn plan to drive down US mortgage rates by buying …

Manager who cashed in on housing slump leaves Paulson
Times Online, UK - 4
The investor who helped John Paulson to make $15 billion from predicting the US sub-prime mortgage crisis has left Paulson & Co, the hedge fund manager, …
Pellegrini to Leave Paulson & Co. to Start Own Fund Wall Street Journal
Paulson’s Pellegrini Said to Resign to Start Own Hedge Fund Bloomberg
Paulson & Co. loses a superstar manager The Daily Deal (subscription)
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Pimco Total Return bond fund gained 4.81 pct in 08
Reuters - 5
US mortgage -related securities' prices have rallied strongly since late December. At the end of November, 4 percent of the fund's assets were allocated to …

November exports may decline by 7.3%
Malaysia Star, Malaysia - 2
“The decline in exports in these countries came earlier than anticipated as the credit crunch triggered by the US mortgage crisis caused importers to reduce …

TOPWRAP 6-US, Germany mulls tax cuts, US autos sales fall
guardian.co.uk, UK - 4
3 economies mark the latest attempts to tackle a financial crisis that began with US mortgage defaults in 2007 and snowballed into global market turmoil …

California Earthquake Would Accelerate US Mortgage Meltdown …
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 4
… entities that helped provide liquidity to the US mortgage market — never required homeowners to purchase earthquake insurance for their properties. …

New York Fed launches home loans aid
Financial Times, UK - 5
By Saskia Scholtes in New York The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has started its plan to drive down US mortgage rates by buying securities guaranteed by …