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  • Antoine B. Orr

    Washington Post - Antoine B. Orr, chief executive and president of Plancorr Financial in Greenbelt. (Handout - Handout) There are a number of factors to consider, including: total cost to refinance, the difference between the current loan rate and the new rate ...
    2008-03-01 04:11:00
  • Credit crunch clamping down hard

    AZCentral.com - Even people who have been able to refinance haven't necessarily had an easy time of it. For Vernon and Judy Schrock of Mesa, the easy part was building their six-unit apartment complex five years ago.
    2008-03-01 09:41:00
  • Is this a good time to refinance my mortgage?

    Washington Post - If there is 1 percentage point difference or more between your current rate and the new rate, or if you have an adjustable rate mortgage that will be coming due shortly, it may be time to think about visiting your mortgage broker. Think about a 1 ...
    2008-03-01 04:11:00
  • Hospital bonds are latest credit casualty (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

    The spreading contagion in the nation's credit markets has infected health care finance in Wisconsin, sending interest rates on some hospital bonds as high as 18%.
    2008-03-01 07:24:34
  • Divergent views on economy revealed in stocks and bonds (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Stock investors in recent weeks have been more willing to brush off a drumbeat of negative housing and inflation news that has cast a pall over their credit-market comrades. Who's getting it right? Those owning equities have become more upbeat that monetary...
    2008-03-01 09:34:20
  • Credit crunch clamping down hard (The Arizona Republic)

    Credit is the oil that greases America's economic engine, and right now, that engine is sputtering. The easy money has evaporated.
    2008-03-01 09:38:44
  • Layoffs have many pounding the pavement again (East Valley Tribune)

    Mike Freeman isn’t pleased about having to beat the bushes looking for a job. But, at the age of 48, that’s the situation he’s confronting after becoming an indirect casualty of the housing market tumble.
    2008-03-01 09:45:55
  • Divorce raises finance issues

    Detroit Free Press - If you intend to leave the house to your husband, insist that he refinance immediately and take your name off the mortgage. If your name is on it ... For more information on divorce and Social Security benefits, call the Social Security Administration ...
    2008-02-26 03:04:00
  • Latest News

    dBusinessNews.com - However, nonperforming wholesale residential mortgage portfolio assets increased ... to continue, but it is possible that some borrowers will be unable to refinance ... For more information, please visit our web site at www.uwbancorp.com . Forward-Looking ...
    2008-02-28 12:14:00
  • More Than a Rabble Rouser?

    Inside Higher Ed - ... is, who created the current loan system — on the Student Loan Justice Web site, complete with some contact information ... You can refinance a mortgage depending upon lender service, cost, etc as much as the market will bear. With a student loan, you ...
    2008-02-28 06:05:00
  • For what it's worth

    Altoona Mirror - ... nationwide real estate crisis in full bloom thanks to subprime mortgage woes, falling prices and rising loan rates, homeowners are increasingly turning to Internet sites in an effort to glean information that might shed light on when to refinance or ...
    2008-02-29 08:09:00
  • Jury indicts man in fraud

    Amarillo Globe News - ... alleges that in September 2006, Baumgartner applied for and obtained an $840,000 conventional, cash-out refinance mortgage for a ... We can only provide further information about locally written stories. If you'd like a response, you must ...
    2008-03-01 01:59:00
  • Helping homeowners tripped up by mortgage

    San Diego Union-Tribune - ... hard by defaults, Eddie Zepeda, 30, has grown weary of trying to pay his adjustable mortgage while the value of his house is slipping. Unable to refinance ... Information on foreclosures is available at no cost online or from the nonprofit groups he ...
    2008-03-01 08:33:00
  • Magna Entertainment Corp. announces results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2007 (Broadcast Newsroom)

    AURORA, ON, Feb. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Magna Entertainment Corp. ("MEC") (NASDAQ: MECA; TSX: MEC.A) today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2007 .
    2008-02-29 05:55:52
  • House owners between a rock and a hard place (East Valley Tribune)

    Gilbert homeowners Tim and Kris Koster never thought it would come to this. Less than two years ago, the couple moved to the East Valley with their three girls and shelled out $433,000 for a five-bedroom home. They recently heard a similar-sized home in the area sold for nearly $130,000 less.
    2008-03-01 07:46:04