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  • (AFX UK Focus) 2008-02-26 18:31 GMT: Fed's Kohn sees spillover effects in slowing economy and rising inflation UPDATE (Interactive Investor)

    (updates with Q and A)
    2008-02-26 10:57:15

  • U.S. home prices fall, but prices of everything else rise (International Herald Tribune)

    The increase in inflation in a slowing economy puts U.S. policy makers in an increasingly difficult position.
    2008-02-26 11:15:17

  • Homebuilders surge on hopes affordability will continue to rise (Sharewatch)

    NEW YORK (Thomson Financial) - Shares of U.S. homebuilders staged a robust rally Tuesday, fueled by a recovery on Wall Street amid expectations that affordability will continue to rise as home prices drop.
    2008-02-26 11:17:37

  • Personal Finance Daily -- Feb. 26 (Market Watch)

    The housing market remains moribund. Prices continue to drop in at least half of all U.S. metro areas and homes languish for months with weathered for-sales signs in front of them. Even if you wanted to jump in under such conditions, you might find getting a mortgage to be a big hurdle.
    2008-02-26 11:28:58

  • Foreclosures Up 57% (KARK Little Rock)

    Foreclosure filings nationwide soared 57% in January over the same month last year - another indication that the nation's housing woes are deepening.
    2008-02-26 11:29:30

  • New U.S. Data Show Rising Inflation And Slumping Home Values (Free Internet Press)

    Two worrisome trends for the economy - falling house prices and the rising cost of everything else - picked up speed in data reported on Tuesday, putting policy makers in an increasingly tough position. If they move too aggressively to cut interest rates and stimulate the economy, they might stoke inflation at a time when consumers are already squeezed by higher prices for food, energy, clothing ...
    2008-02-26 11:40:36

  • Small and midsize U.S. banks also face subprime fallout (International Herald Tribune)

    Losses are mounting so rapidly at some of the banks that a small number of them, perhaps 50 of the 7,500 nationwide, could fail over the next 12 to 18 months, analysts said.
    2008-02-26 11:52:01

  • Who is Blowing Bubbles in the Commodity Markets? (Kitco.com)

    “Too much money, chasing too few commodities,” might be the best way to explain the historic rally that is underway in the global commodities markets.
    2008-02-26 11:59:07

  • Fitch places MGIC on negative rating watch

    Milwaukee Business Journal - ... parent to A rating [Columbus] A billion-dollar cure for MGIC's ills? [Milwaukee] New PMI rules are latest drag on jumbo loans ... MGIC was one of several mortgage insurers hit by Fitch's negative rating actions on Monday.
    2008-02-26 07:12:00

  • January foreclosures up 57 percent in year: report

    Washington Post - Many borrowers owe more on their mortgage than their house is worth, or face much higher costs as adjustable-rate loans reset. Owners are often unable to access credit to refinance.
    2008-02-26 07:48:00

  • Kass: The Reuters Housing Summit

    Street.Com - ... slope of the housing market over the next several years and housing's credit challenges. Who owns the mortgage? Bruce Marks believed that the solution to the housing dilemma lies in the ability of the mortgage service companies to restructure loans in ...
    2008-02-26 08:59:00

  • Standard Chartered Gains as Asian Loans Resist Slump (Update2)

    Bloomberg - Standard Chartered Gains as Asian Loans Resist Slump (Update2) By Jon Menon ... Investors shunned securities that can't be valued since the collapse of the U.S. subprime mortgage market, forcing Standard ...
    2008-02-26 07:12:00

  • UPDATE: FDIC: Banking Industry Earnings Fell Sharply In 4Q

    FXStreet.com - Residential mortgage loans continued to be the biggest problem for banks, but almost every type of loan saw a significant increase in the percentage of noncurrent loans during the quarter.
    2008-02-26 07:48:00

  • Buy-to-let landlords feel the strain

    The Independent - ... quality homes to rent,” Michael Coogan, the director general of the CML, said. “Buy-to-let has remained resilient in the face of the funding constraints that have affected the sector and the wider mortgage market. “Many buy-to-let loans ...
    2008-02-26 08:52:00

  • BWC launches mortgage partnership

    Contra Costa Times - BWC Mortgage Services, moving to combat a rough housing market, announced an alliance late last week with several mortgage companies to create a new lending entity that can originate more than $2 billion a year in home loans. The deal gives BWC ...
    2008-02-26 06:50:00

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