US mortgage crisis: Subprime
Q: What is a sub-prime loan?
A: In the US, borrowers are rated either as 'prime' - indicating that they have a good credit rating based on their track record - or as 'sub-prime', meaning their track record in repaying loans has been below par. Loans given to...
Mortgage Lender Brings New Twist to Arkansas
... industry and a chance for originators to be their own boss," said Conan Watters, MBA vice president. The business model is similar to that popularized by the Re/Max realty ...
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Mortgage Applications Rise in 3rd Straight Week
... normal functioning," she said in an interview on Tuesday before the release of the MBA data. Borrowing costs on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, excluding fees, averaged 6.22 percent, down 0.21 ...
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U.S. mortgage applications up last week
... increased to 1,474.9, up 6.9 percent from the previous week's index of 1,379.3, the MBA said. The average interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages fell slightly, down to 6.22 ...
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Mortgage apps up 1.7%
... is equal to the application volume on March 16, 1990, the first week the MBA tracked application volume. A reading of 513.4 means mortgage application activity is 5.134 times ...
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Mortgage applications rise 1.7%
... is equal to the application volume on March 16, 1990, the first week the MBA tracked application volume. A reading of 513.4 means mortgage application activity is 5.134 times ...
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US mortgage applications up in 3rd straight week-MBA
... normal functioning," she said in an interview on Tuesday before the release of the MBA data. Borrowing costs on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, excluding fees, averaged 6.22 percent, down 0.21 ...
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U.S. mortgage applications up in 3rd straight week: MBA
... normal functioning," she said in an interview on Tuesday before the release of the MBA data. Borrowing costs on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, excluding fees, averaged 6.22 percent, down 0.21 ...
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Mortgage Applications Rise in 3rd Straight Week
... normal functioning," she said in an interview on Tuesday before the release of the MBA data. Borrowing costs on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, excluding fees, averaged 6.22 percent, down 0.21 ...
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Mortgage applications rose 1.7% last week
... Mortgage filings up 1.7% last week, MBA says Applicants seek to capitalize on lower interest rates Last update: 7:00 a.m. EDT ...
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Mortgage crisis threatens legacy
... to be when Bush took office in 2001. His supporters hailed him as the "MBA president" - Bush holds a masters of business administration from Harvard University - who ...
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Fed adopts plan to curb risky mortgage practices
... a "thoughtful effort to tackle difficult concerns" and said they would be carefully reviewed. "MBA strongly believes that it is essential for credit not to be unduly restricted," he ...
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Fed adopts plan to curb shady mortgage practices
... a "thoughtful effort to tackle difficult concerns" and said they would be carefully reviewed. "MBA strongly believes that it is essential for credit not to be unduly restricted," he ...
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Plan adopted to curb shady mortgage...
... a "thoughtful effort to tackle difficult concerns" and said they would be carefully reviewed. "MBA strongly believes that it is essential for credit not to be unduly restricted," he ...
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Federally chartered mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have recently lost $11B.
... Mae are very important institutions," Bush said. Bush, the first U.S. president with an MBA degree, may have been assured, but investors apparently weren't. They dumped stocks in response ...
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Mortgage crisis comes at the worst time
... Mae are very important institutions, Bush said. Bush, the first U.S. president with an MBA degree, may have been assured, but investors apparently weren't. They dumped stocks in response ...
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Mortgages: Mortgage rates mixed on week, remain well below year ago
... two weeks prior, despite the holiday break, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association." The MBA reported that applications rose 7.5% last week, compared with the previous week, but were ...
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Mortgage rates mixed on week, remain well below year ago
... two weeks prior, despite the holiday break, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association." The MBA reported that applications rose 7.5% last week, compared with the previous week, but were ...
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Fed preparing to tighten mortgage lending rules
... an already constrained mortgage market and deny worthy borrowers reasonable access to credit," said MBA senior vice president Steve O'Connor. "However, we hope that they have made improvements to ...
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