Latest Refinance Problem Credit news:
Face of subprime crisis is in Altoona, Pa., and beyond
Some studies say 90% of borrowers were homeowners who got in too deep, not speculators looking for easy cash.
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News Source - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
Publish date - 21:17:05 07/05/08
In the world of home foreclosure, you can bank on damage
When Bob Steele, owner of Passport Realty in Mount Vernon, heads out to deliver a foreclosure notice, he always takes along a can of mace and a nightstick. He says you can't be too careful.
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News Source - Baltimore Examiner
Publish date - 18:51:04 07/05/08
Bitter lessons learned from refinancing
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News Source - Los Angeles Times
Publish date - 05:11:26 07/05/08
Dream deal comes back to bite no-money-down homebuyer
Buyers who put no money down to buy their property are finding they have no equity to draw on as housing values tumble.
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News Source - Seattle Times
Publish date - 09:16:52 07/05/08
Subprime crisis is hard to pin on greedy buyers
WASHINGTON — Vicki Miller bought her childhood home in Altoona, Pa., from her mother's estate for $32,000, using a nice, traditional mortgage from the local savings and loan.
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News Source - The Tennessean
Publish date - 08:22:08 07/05/08
Color of Money Book Club
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News Source - Washington Post
Publish date - 20:45:17 07/05/08
Namibia: Storm Warning! Whether It's Dust Or Hail, It's a Storm
Do not believe analysts who claim the worst of the world's financial crisis is over. It is not. The worst is yet to come. I get the impression those analytical reports that say we can now take a breather say so only because they don't know the full extent of the damage.
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News Source - AllAfrica.com
Publish date - 16:36:10 07/04/08
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Storm Warning! Whether it’s dust or hail, it’s a storm Do not believe analysts who claim the worst of the world’s financial crisis is over. It is not. The worst is yet to come.
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News Source - Namibia Economist
Publish date - 13:10:24 07/04/08
CIT shares jump on deal to shed mortgage assets
CIT Group Inc said on Tuesday it agreed to sell nearly $10 billion of mortgage assets, in a deal that removes problem loans from the commercial lender's balance sheet and lifted its shares 14 percent in premarket trading.
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News Source - Reuters via Yahoo! News
Publish date - 13:18:26 07/01/08
Kenya: In the Grip of Inflation And Stagnation
It is about a year since I started writing this column and since then I have witnessed Kenya and the rest of the world struggle under enormous political, economic and financial problems.
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News Source - AllAfrica.com
Publish date - 20:51:06 07/03/08
CIT shares jump on deal to shed mortgage assets
NEW YORK (Reuters) - CIT Group Inc (CIT.N) said on Tuesday it agreed to sell nearly $10 billion of mortgage assets, in a deal that removes problem loans from the commercial lender's balance sheet and lifted its shares 14 percent in premarket trading.
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News Source - Washington Post
Publish date - 15:37:08 07/05/08
Personal Finance Daily: You may want to bail on your adjustable mortgage
The Federal Reserve has sent a pretty clear signal to the markets that it stands ready to push interest rates higher to fight inflation. If you are a homeowner with an adjustable-rate mortgage, you can pretty much interpret that as well as a signal to jump into a fixed-rate loan as quickly as you can.
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News Source - Market Watch
Publish date - 18:09:52 07/02/08
CIT to shed $10-billion in mortgage assets
Deal will remove problem loans from the balance sheet
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News Source - The Globe and Mail
Publish date - 13:24:58 07/01/08
Peak likely this summer in resetting ARM loans
The number of homeowners facing an increase in their subprime adjustable-rate mortgage payments is peaking this summer, testing the efforts of lenders and others to keep those people out of foreclosure and to stabilize the housing market.
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News Source - Philly.com
Publish date - 08:21:18 07/02/08
D.C. ranks high for increase in mortgage payments
Would-be homebuyers are seeing their potential monthly mortgage payments creeping upward even though median home prices are holding steady inside the Beltway and dropping in farther-out areas.
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News Source - The Washington Examiner
Publish date - 12:39:47 07/02/08
Reeling economy forces more into credit card debt
Where will the money come from?
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News Source - AM New York
Publish date - 00:56:02 06/30/08
Credit card debt for essentials piling up
LI consumers are turning to plastic for help paying for gas, food and other bills; many barely making minimum payments
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News Source - Newsday
Publish date - 11:43:32 06/30/08
