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  • Your Mortgages Questions Answered (ABC News)

    Floyd Robinson answers your questions about mortgages.
    2008-07-30 08:37:12
  • Fed extends actions to ease global credit squeeze (Channel NewsAsia)

    WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve took further steps on Wednesday to battle a global credit crunch, including an extension of an emergency lending programme for investment firms facing a liquidity squeeze.
    2008-07-30 08:44:03
  • Weichert Sees New Housing Bill Aiding an Already Improving Real Estate Market (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

    MORRIS PLAINS, N.J.----At the start of the year, James M. Weichert, president and founder of Weichert, Realtors®, one of the nation's largest privately-held real estate companies, called upon Congress to take action to stimulate the struggling economy amid growing national concern.
    2008-07-30 08:54:00
  • NeighborWorks America Supports Sweeping Housing Legislation (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

    WASHINGTON----NeighborWorks® America applauds the efforts of the United States Congress and President Bush on enactment of the American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008.
    2008-07-30 08:57:00
  • AP Financial NewsBrief at 11:55 a.m. EDT (INO News)

    NEW YORK (AP) _ Stocks extended their rally to a second day Wednesday after an upbeat employment report from payroll company ADP made investors cautiously optimistic about the government's upcoming July employment report. The Dow Jones industrial average rose more than 100 points.
    2008-07-30 09:11:46
  • Crises Are Nothing New At Chrysler - Forbes

    General Motors and Ford Motor are in trouble, but their problems seem minor compared with Chrysler, a company closely wedded to light trucks, meaning pickups, minivans and sport utilities--Jeeps too. Those markets are in a serious decline. Other than ...
    2008-07-29 09:41:00
  • Teck to Acquire Fording Coal Assets for $14.1 Billion (Update3) - Bloomberg

    July 29 (Bloomberg) -- Teck Cominco Ltd. , the world's second-largest zinc producer, agreed to pay about $14.1 billion in cash and stock for Fording Canadian Coal Trust to become the largest North American exporter of coal used in steelmaking ...
    2008-07-29 08:51:00
  • LCNB frees up $20 million for home loans - MSN MoneyCentral

    LCNB National Bank's board has made $20 million in additional capital available for the Lebanon-based bank to make home loans. LCNB's board voted Monday to approve the allocation of funds, which is unprecedented in its 131-year history. It made the ...
    2008-07-28 12:13:00
  • Banks Compete for FHA Borrowers - MSN MoneyCentral

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. , July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Starting today, customers of LendingTree can submit a loan request when looking for an FHA-insured loan and have banks compete for their business. To launch the new offering, LendingTree is also debuting a ...
    2008-07-29 04:55:00
  • Habitat homeowner reaches goal - Akron Beacon Journal

    Blogs: Akron Law Café: The Supreme Court at the Tipping Point: Gay Rights The Heldenfiles: Rounding Third and Headed for Home … Balanced Ledger:
    2008-07-29 10:27:00
  • Bush signs housing bill (The Newton Kansan)

    President Bush today signed a massive housing bill intended to provide mortgage relief for 400,000 struggling homeowners and stabilize financial markets.
    2008-07-30 07:49:16
  • Once upon a time: Pity those cartoon calendar publishers (Miami Today)

    Newspaper folks live in dread of a few things. One is getting some fact wrong. Careful though we may be, occasionally it happens. Another dread is missing deadlines. We watch clocks constantly. Ironically, the most energetic newspaper reporter is a clock-watcher.
    2008-07-30 07:49:34
  • Bush signs housing rescue legislation (EARTHtimes.org)

    Washington - US President George W Bush Wednesday signed a multi-billion-dollar housing rescue bill designed to help hundreds of thousands of homeowners threatened with foreclosure. The Housing and Economic Recovery Act allows up to 400,000 mortgage-...
    2008-07-30 07:53:10
  • President Signs Far-reaching Housing Bill (Fox News)

    President Signs Far-reaching Housing Bill
    2008-07-30 07:54:11
  • Mortgage application volume hits 2008 low (San Jose Mercury News)

    NEW YORK - Mortgage application volume tumbled 14.1 percent during the week ending July 25, hitting its lowest level of the year, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's weekly application survey.
    2008-07-30 08:11:36