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Capital One Spurned Mortgages For Credit Cards - CFO
CNNMoney.com - 4 hours ago
Mortgages, on the other hand, have a normal loss rate of less than 1%. But " when things go bad in mortgages, things can get pretty ugly," as losses soar, ...


Earthtimes (press release)

Lehman May Shift $32 Billion of Mortgage Assets to `Bad Bank'
Bloomberg - 4 Sep 2008
That would replace most of the capital Lehman would put into the bad bank. The deal must be structured to guarantee enough cash flow from the mortgages ...
Lehman Weighs Split to Rid Itself of Troubling Loans New York Times
Fox-Pitt analyst prefers Lehman holders retain mortgage stake MarketWatch
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Home loan troubles break records again
The Associated Press - 3 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The source of trouble in the mortgage market has shifted from subprime loans made to borrowers with bad credit to homeowners who had solid ...


Citigroup: The Bad Boy of Finance
Washington Post, United States - 8 hours ago
... mortgages through mortgage-backed securities, and another $22 billion on its books in direct subprime lending. Meanwhile, the credit-card business, ...


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Residential Capital will cut 250 jobs now -- and more later
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 17 hours ago
GMAC has injected billions of dollars into ResCap, but its losses have accelerated as it wrote off bad mortgages and other loans. ...
Struggling mortgage lender ResCap to cut 5000 jobs Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Credit Crunch: The Sequel
U.S. News & World Report, DC - 4 Sep 2008
After that promising springtime thaw, credit markets have frozen up again. Mortgage rates are moving higher, and consumer loans are becoming tougher to get. ...


Business Wire (press release)

Former Regulator: Move On Freddie, Fannie Now
Washington Post, United States - 23 minutes ago
Together, they own or guarantee $5.3 trillion of mortgages and securities backed by mortgages. The companies have been losing money and their share prices ...
Take a Load Off Fannie: Bailout or Nationalization for the ... OpEdNews
Posted by: John Tozzi on September 02 BusinessWeek
Fannie Exec Talks Risks, Opportunity On Wall Street
Business Spectator - Barron's
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The Mortgage Interest Income Tax Deduction is Bad for America
Blogcritics.org, OH - 4 Sep 2008
The federal government can still encourage homeownership (distinguished from mansion-buying) by instituting a Housing Tax Credit. The credit could be ...


The Economy
Washington Post, United States - 6 hours ago
According to four recent books, the complicity reaches high and low: reckless financiers, dishonest mortgage brokers, credulous consumers and home buyers. ...


100 resumes later, Josh gets a job
CNNMoney.com - 2 hours ago
When we last met Josh Hager, he had recently lost his job as a mortgage underwriter. Six months and hundreds of resumes later, he's back on track. ...

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