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  • Market Report -- Story Stocks (TOL)

    MSN MoneyCentral - With no end to the current downturn in sight, and homebuilder stocks still trading near their lows ... Tightening credit standards will likely shrink the number of potential homebuyers, with mortgage liquidity issues and higher borrowing rates ...
    2007-08-22 01:11:00

  • Mortgage Applications Drop []

    RTT News - The average contract interest rates increased for the both the 30-year and 15-year fixed-rate mortgages as well ... Jay Brinkmann, MBA's Vice President of Research and Economics said of the statistics, “Given the current turmoil in the mortgage market ...
    2007-08-22 03:06:00

  • US bankers face bonus and job cuts

    Times Online - These have been at the centre of a confidence slump caused by soaring delinquency rates among US sub-prime mortgage borrowers. One in ... to be hit by the seizure in the credit markets halting leveraged buyout deals and threatening to hold up current ...
    2007-08-22 06:19:00

  • Stocks Holding Gains On Takeover News, Rate-Cut Expectations

    CNBC - The home builder declined to give guidance for the current quarter, due to uncertain market ... economy were being offset by a hope that the Federal Reserve will cut U.S. interest rates to contain a crisis that started in the U.S. subprime mortgage ...
    2007-08-22 06:41:00

  • Mortgage Problems Hit Luxury Home Market Hard

    ABC News - Toll said it would not give an outlook for the current quarter, citing uncertain market conditions, including the pace of sales and the state of mortgage markets. ... last year on higher prices, weakening demand and rising interest rates. ...
    2007-08-22 12:28:00

  • H&R Block Taps Credit Line, Cites `Unstable' Markets (Update2)

    Bloomberg - ... manage about $18 million at Harvest Investment Advisors, including H&R Block shares. ``The fact that they have the mortgage ... Current Needs H&R Block said credit lines include $2 billion in ``committed, usable, revolving working capital ...
    2007-08-22 06:41:00

  • Mortgage Applications Drop (Nasdaq)

    (RTTNews) - Industry data released Wednesday showed that mortgage applications dropped last week, as both new mortgages and refinancing saw a drop off in activity.
    2007-08-22 04:01:43

  • U.S. MBA's Mortgage Applications Index Fell 5.5% (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)

    Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Mortgage applications fell 5.5 percent last week, the biggest decline in almost three months, reflecting less demand to refinance and purchase homes amid a widening credit squeeze.
    2007-08-22 02:10:44

  • Bank profits slide amid mortgage defaults (MSNBC)

    Surging mortgage defaults whacked U.S. banks and thrifts in the second quarter. Profits fell 3.4 percent to $36.7 billion, and reserves to cover loan losses soared 75 percent from a year ago, regulators aid Wednesday.
    2007-08-22 03:14:26

  • US builder hit by mortgage woes (BBC News)

    US house builder Toll Brothers sees its profits fall 85% after tightening mortgage standards.
    2007-08-22 04:44:46

  • Japanese govt bonds close lower as caution prevails ahead of Fukui's ...

    Forbes - Market players generally expect the BoJ to hold its overnight call rate target unchanged at 0.5 percent, staying its medium-term goal to 'normalize' Japan's long-held super-low interest rates in view of the current financial market uncertainty. 'The ...
    2007-08-22 08:18:00

  • FDIC eyes markets and banks as troubled home loans rise

    Washington Post - Everybody is being challenged in this current environment," she said. Many economists are concerned about the credit logjam's potential drag on the economy and a cut in interest rates would help calm jittery financial markets. The Federal Reserve cut ...
    2007-08-22 06:05:00

  • Investors more daring as U.S. rate cut talk grows

    MSN UK News - Widespread expectations that the Bank of Japan will keep interest rates on hold at an ultra-low 0.5 percent on Thursday, in the current climate of nervous financial markets, also weighed on the yen, analysts said. "I guess the markets are saying not ...
    2007-08-22 01:11:00

  • Delta Financial Announces Staff Reductions

    Forbes - DFC) today announced it has reduced its staffing to align its operations with current ... activities and the real estate market; general economic conditions, including interest rate risk, future residential real estate values, future tax rates and ...
    2007-08-22 04:53:00

  • Stocks Open Higher on Takeover Talk, Fed Expectations

    CNBC - ... after M&A speculation returned to the marketplace and investors anticipated that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at ... The home builder declined to give guidance for the current quarter, due to uncertain market conditions. Staying in the ...
    2007-08-22 01:26:00

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