Mortgage and Financial News From 2008-4-8 Page 01
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How your house can pay you back (Tehachapi News)
Reverse mortgage isn't for everyone. Families who have been able to plan for a financially secure retirement don't...
2008-04-07 12:15:20 -
Intellidyn Mortgage Clients' FHA Marketing Response Rates Consistently Exceed Industry Averages (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BOSTON----Intellidyn™ Corporation , an award-winning provider of the nation's most complete direct response marketing and multi-channel database marketing solutions today announced that its mortgage lending clients are reporting response rates that consistently exceed industry averages with the company's FHA marketing programs, including both ITA and PA sourced for streamline and full process ...
2008-04-08 05:00:00 -
/C O R R E C T I O N from CNW - Harry Winston Diamond Corporation/ (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Harry Winston Diamond Corporation today reported fourth quarter and annual results for the period ending January 31, 2008. Fourth quarter sales increased 22% to $188.2 million with consolidated earnings from operations of $59.1 million, a 59% increase over the comparable quarter of the prior year.
2008-04-08 07:35:00 -
Press Briefing by Dana Perino (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
WASHINGTON----James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:37 P.M. EDT
2008-04-08 11:57:00 -
Press Briefing by Dana Perino - 04/8/2008 (White House)
MS. PERINO: Here at the White House today, obviously we're paying attention to the General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker testimony. And the President said that he would try, if possible, to watch a bit of it in between his appointments today. He has quite a full schedule. And so we'll give you more information about that in a little bit.
2008-04-08 06:03:27 -
Governor signs bills to stem tide of foreclosures (Montgomery County Sentinel)
A real estate agent told homeowners not to duck lenders during a workshop on preventing foreclosure at the Bladensburg Community Center on Monday night.
2008-04-08 06:06:28 -
Senate Moves Forward on Housing Aid Bill (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
The Senate voted to proceed with legislation aimed at easing problems in the housing market.
2008-04-08 06:40:31 -
Australian Property Investment Abroad Surges 83% to $22 Billion (Bloomberg.com)
April 9 (Bloomberg) -- Australian companies boosted foreign property acquisitions by 83 percent last year, led by the $3.7 billion acquisition of U.S. shopping malls that Centro Properties Group is now struggling to refinance.
2008-04-08 07:15:36 -
Dole Food raising cash by selling land (Los Angeles Times)
Dole Food Co. is selling land in Hawaii and California to avoid default on $350 million in bonds.
2008-04-08 07:44:54 -
Ivy Road housing project near Notre Dame gets go-ahead :64 luxury flats and townhouses to be built (South Bend Tribune)
SOUTH BEND -- The County Council gave its unanimous approval Tuesday night to a developer who plans to build 64 luxury flats and town houses across from the University of Notre Dame.
2008-04-08 08:02:00 -
Looming Deficit Impedes Federal Housing Agency (New York Times)
The Bush administration and Congressional leaders are counting on the F.H.A. to rescue thousands of struggling homeowners, but the agency has financial woes of its own.
2008-04-08 08:37:43 -
Dubai plans to raise up to $4 billion in bonds (Khaleej Times)
DUBAI - Dubai’s government hired Emirates NBD and Standard Chartered to help it sell as much as Dh15 billion ($4 billion) of bonds that will help pay for construction projects and refinance old debt.
2008-04-08 08:39:27 -
Chances of Homeowner Relief Losing Momentum in Senate (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
A bipartisan effort in the Senate to stabilize the housing market and offer aid to struggling homeowners began to crumble Tuesday, as the White House threatened a veto.
2008-04-08 08:39:29 -
FHA chief back plan for mortgages (Los Angeles Times)
The Federal Housing Administration has endorsed a plan that would refinance home loans even for borrowers who have seen their property decrease in value, a senior government official is expected to say today.
2008-04-08 08:44:34 -
Washington Mutual Gets $7 billion Capital Infusion (Hartford Courant)
Washington Mutual Inc. , hit hard by rising delinquencies and defaults on mortgages, said Tuesday it will receive $7 billion in new capital from an investment group led by private equity firm TPG but will post a wider-than-expected loss for the first quarter.
2008-04-08 06:46:47