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  • Inqlings | Oh, dem orthopedic slippers

    Philadelphia Inquirer - ... inaugural strut Jan. 1, was created, says captain Rob Simiriglio , who has been in the parade 33 of his 45 years. "We're getting older, and we don't have the time for all that, but we want to keep the tradition," says the South Philly mortgage broker ...
    2007-12-16 12:02:00
  • Time to make a difference - join the rat race

    Boston Online - Soon after I started the job, I saw a notice on the (regularly maintained) bulletin board about a mortgage broker who often worked with company employees. As I had been planning on refinancing my condo, I contacted the rep, who came to my huge ...
    2007-12-16 03:44:00
  • KfW says its IKB losses could top 5 bln eur -report

    Reuters - Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau (KfW) has booked provisions of 4.95 billion euros to cover losses stemming from IKB's off-balance-sheet exposure to U.S. subprime mortgage securities, Ingrid Matthaeus-Maier told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung daily. The ...
    2007-12-16 11:08:00
  • Algeria says bank sale may resume February or March

    Reuters - ALGIERS, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Algeria, which last month suspended a bank privatisation due to uncertainties over the subprime mortgage crisis, could resume the sale process in February or March 2008, an official said on Sunday. The north African ...
    2007-12-16 11:08:00
  • Renters welcome: But they won't cover your mortgage (The Palm Beach Post)

    Turmoil in local housing markets could make a perfect storm anywhere else seem like a pleasant breeze on a soft spring day.
    2007-12-15 09:17:35
  • THE MIDDLE-CLASS EQUATION

    San Francisco Gate - A new resource for small businesses. Get expert advice, forms and more. SFGate Technology : It's a high-tech world - - we ... The question of who would qualify for assistance under a recent federal effort to mitigate the mortgage crisis hinges on how ...
    2007-12-14 03:56:00
  • Small space, big savings for buyers at Nazareth Place in San Mateo

    San Francisco Gate - A new resource for small businesses. Get expert advice, forms and more. SFGate Technology : It's a high-tech world - - we ... Still other cost-saving financing is offered through the Federal Home Loan Bank, federal mortgage credit certificates, some ...
    2007-12-14 03:56:00
  • Building a home puts perfection in reach

    Atlanta Journal Constitution - Once the house is done, we'll have a conventional 30-year mortgage. We arranged all our financing at the start. Advice to others: • Be sure your loan states a completion date. Otherwise you can be paying for years and not have a home. • Make sure ...
    2007-12-16 09:27:00
  • The Northern Rock saga needs a snappy ending

    Financial Times - The chancellor was advised to do this but again he ignored the advice. Why? I assume that because the prime minister was ... The Bank of England would become the owner of one of the country’s largest mortgage banks, at a time when the outlook for ...
    2007-12-16 11:01:00
  • Debtors better off as banks and IVAs strike deal

    Guardian Unlimited - ... their income and outgoings, will be standardised to follow the model established by debt advice charity the Money Advice Trust. This will include the need for insolvency practitioners to carry out more stringent checks on income and mortgage ...
    2007-12-16 02:11:00
  • Agency helps those in need

    MSNBC - Polekoff said many people who come to see her tell her their mortgage companies said not to worry about the foreclosure notices. That, she said, is bad advice. “Don’t just listen if somebody tells you, ‘Don’t worry about it,’ ” Polekoff ...
    2007-12-16 06:57:00
  • Agency helps those in need (phillyburbs.com)

    Counselors are trying to assist people, like a Hilltown woman with a $2,300 monthly mortgage on a $500,000 house, avoid foreclosure.
    2007-12-15 11:07:51
  • Local lawyers see a lack of mortgage savvy in clients (The Journal News)

    Through years of house closings attorney Martha McCarty learned that many of her clients don't have good home-financing skills.
    2007-12-15 11:41:54
  • Deception hits mortgage market once again

    Pantagraph - ... C. -- With the housing market in decline, unscrupulous sales agents are popping up in the booming reverse-mortgage industry ... to several lawsuits that claim borrowers were steered into inappropriate loans and annuities by sales agents and insurance ...
    2007-12-16 10:03:00
  • News Minute: Wintry blast...Airstrikes in northern Iraq...Lead paint ...

    WDAM-TV - The Latest in House and Home House & Home Main Today's Mortgage Rates In the Know Movie Listings Personal Finance This Week in Money Money Home For Small Businesses Credit and Debt Insurance Center Real ... Associated Press - December 16, 2007 12:03 PM ET BOSTON ...
    2007-12-16 06:43:00