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Bank rates - Detroit Free Press
Major Michigan financial institutions were surveyed last week to determine the interest rates they charge for loans, and APYs they pay for savings deposits. Rates were quoted as of Friday. APYs on deposit accounts are based on the minimum amount to

Shuffle Master, Inc. Files S-1 - Businesswire.com
LAS VEGAS–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Shuffle Master, Inc. (NASDAQ Global Select Market: SHFL) announced today that it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-1. The purpose of the Registration Statement is to

Babcock & Brown Gets Reprieve on A$2.8 Billion Debt (Update2) - Bloomberg
June 30 (Bloomberg) — Babcock & Brown Ltd. , Australia’s second biggest securities firm, agreed to higher repayments to win a reprieve from a review of A$2.8 billion ($2.7 billion) of debt, removing a threat to its finances that cut the value of the

Shared Equity pilot kicks into gear tomorrow - Scoop
Aspiring first home buyers living in high-priced regions will be able to apply for a shared equity loan from the government from tomorrow, says Housing Minister Maryan Street. Under the two year pilot scheme, announced in May and launched tomorrow

Depomed Secures $15 Million in Non-Dilutive Funding for Hot Flash - Businesswire.com
MENLO PARK, Calif.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Depomed, Inc. (NASDAQ:DEPO) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Oxford Finance Corporation and GE Healthcare Financial Services for a $15 million senior secured loan that will be funded in

Many eligible for free access to credit reports, scores - Baltimore Sun
I f you’re thinking about buying a home or refinancing - even if you’ve got excellent credit - you may want to avail yourself of a forthcoming free service that could help you get a better mortgage rate. Under the terms of a national class action

Durable goods orders unchanged in May - Boston Globe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New orders for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods were unchanged in May after two consecutive months of decline, government data on Wednesday showed, while a key barometer of business confidence fell less than expected

Suit deal offers free credit service - Boston Herald
I f you re thinking about buying a home or refinancing - even if you ve got excellent credit - you may want to avail yourself of a forthcoming free service that could help you get a better mortgage rate. Under the terms of a national class-action

Home help ahead if Senate can agree - Detroit Free Press
A bill circulating in Congress would provide help to hundreds of thousands of Americans on the brink of losing their homes if a stalemate in the Senate can be broken. The legislation would allow the Federal Housing Administration to guarantee up to

Sometimes, the easiest and best solution is not a legal one - Arlington Heights Daily Herald
Foreclosure buys need home inspection Subcontractors have a right to get paid for work Perils on an unrecorded quit claim Be persistent about noisy neighbors Mortgage company has payoff information Lender can agree to take loss on

Lehman spent $190K lobbying on mortgage bills - Boston Globe
WASHINGTON Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. spent $190,000 in the first quarter lobbying on several mortgage bills in Congress and other issues, according to a recent disclosure report. The New York-based investment bank lobbied on a proposal

What to do now that interest rates are steady - CNN Money
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The Federal Reserve decided to hold steady on short-term interest rates. We’re no longer in a falling-rate environment. Here are some top tips on what you need to do now. 1. Get the real story It’s really the end of an era

Homeowners fight for their mortgage rights - USA Today
Beset by financial problems in 2002, Eunice Anderson fell months behind in the mortgage payments on her four-bedroom ranch in Redford Township, Mich., near Detroit. Anderson, 48, a medical insurance auditor, says she was unable to refinance or

Lend America Receives Approval For Ginnie Mae Issuer Status - Forbes
MELVILLE, N.Y., June 27 /PRNewswire/ — Lend America, a leading privately-owned, direct-to-consumer residential mortgage lender with a core focus on originating government-insured loans, announced today it received approval to issue Government

Barclays Snubs Goldman’s Endemol Loan Sale at a Loss (Update1) - Bloomberg
June 26 (Bloomberg) — Barclays Capital stayed out of a group that sold loans used in the leveraged buyout of television producer Endemol NV, refusing to take a loss on assets that contributed to $400 billion of writedowns for the world’s banks

What does the Federal Reserve s decision mean the general public? - Caymanmama.com
Washington, D.C. (CaymanMama.com) If you already have a mortgage, own credit cards and wish to take out a home equity loan in order to survive the rising inflation prices, you need to heed the Federal Reserve s advice. On Wednesday, the Federal

TPG, KKR Join Private Equity Push to Money Managers (Update1) - Bloomberg
June 27 (Bloomberg) — TPG Inc. and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. are among private equity firms capitalizing on the credit crunch to invest in money managers, a trend that may accelerate as more cash-strapped companies exit the business. American

Higher home loan interest rates, a reality - Sify
Earlier this week, the Reserve Bank of India announced that the repo rate under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) would be increased from 8.00 per cent to 8.50 per cent with immediate effect. It also stated that the cash reserve ratio (CRR) of

DURA Emerges from Chapter 11 - Businesswire.com
ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–DURA Automotive Systems, Inc. (Pink Sheets: DRRAQ) announced today that it has successfully emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company officially concluded its Chapter 11 reorganization

How the Fed affects consumer lending - CNN Money
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — If you have a mortgage, carry credit cards and are considering a home equity loan to cope with soaring food and energy prices, you should be paying attention to what the Fed has to say. On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve

Patriot National Bancorp: Real Estate, Construction Lending and - MSN MoneyCentral
Patriot National Bancorp, Inc. PNBK , the parent of Patriot National Bank, reported that the Company was providing additional information on current issues that were the subject of discussions at the Company s Annual Shareholders meeting

Analyst foresees growing weakness at Calif. banks - Forbes
Weakness in the California economy is spreading beyond residential housing to areas including the commercial real estate sector, creating more challenges for many Western banks, said RBC Capital Markets analyst Joe Morford in a note to clients

Renovators in Limbo - Wall Street Journal
Lenders are cutting off more home-equity lines of credit, crimping homeowners’ plans for honed-stone tiles, copper roofs and other costly improvements. Borrowing against home equity has been a major source of funds fueling the renovation boom of

Hitting Home: Homeowners fight for their mortgage rights - USA Today
Beset by financial problems in 2002, Eunice Anderson fell months behind in the mortgage payments on her four-bedroom ranch in Redford Township, Mich., near Detroit. Anderson, 48, a medical insurance auditor, says she was unable to refinance or

Fix Congress’s Housing Fix - US News and World Report
The once-in-a-century housing boom of the first half-dozen years of this decade has now turned into a bust. Home prices are down between 15 and 20 percent from their peak in 2006. Many experts predict as much as an additional 15 percent decline

Taking aim at Countrywide - Chicago Tribune
Illinois Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan won the race by a nose Wednesday, suing mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp. for fraud hours before her California counterpart did the same. More states are likely to jump on the bandwagon as public officials

Renovators in Limbo - Wall Street Journal
Lenders are cutting off more home-equity lines of credit, crimping homeowners’ plans for honed-stone tiles, copper roofs and other costly improvements. Peter Ferguson Borrowing against home equity has been a major source of funds fueling the

Mortgage application volume falls 9.3 percent - Forbes
Mortgage application volume fell 9.3 percent during the week ended June 20, according to the trade group Mortgage Bankers Association’s weekly application survey. The MBA’s application index hit its lowest point of the year, falling to 461.3, down

Mortgage Applications Drop to 6-1/2-Year Low - CNBC
The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seasonally adjusted index of mortgage applications for the week ended June 20, which includes both purchase and refinance loans, dropped 9.3 percent to 461.3 — the lowest level since the week ended Dec. 28

Lend America Receives Approval For Ginnie Mae Issuer Status - Earthtimes
MELVILLE, N.Y. , June 27 — Lend America, a leading privately-owned, direct-to-consumer residential mortgage lender with a core focus on originating government-insured loans, announced today it received approval to issue Government National Mortgage

Mortgage applications drop to 6-1/2-yr low: MBA - Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. mortgage applications fell for a second consecutive week, hitting their lowest level in nearly 6-1/2 years despite a sharp drop in interest rates, an industry group said on Wednesday. The Mortgage Bankers Association said

Mortgage Aid Plan Advances - Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate lawmakers, increasingly aware of the role housing and the economy could play in November’s elections, took a major step toward passage of a broad package of housing legislation Tuesday. The chamber voted 83-9 to limit debate

Countrywide shareholders approve takeover by BofA - San Francisco Gate
del.icio.us Countrywide Financial Corp.’s shareholders cleared the way Wednesday for the company to be taken over by Bank of America Corp., even as officials in two states filed lawsuits claiming the distressed mortgage lender misled borrowers into

Obama, McCain Likely to Step Up Government Role in U.S. Economy - Bloomberg
June 27 (Bloomberg) — An era of active government may be approaching — no matter who wins the presidency. In a variety of areas — from oil-futures trading and investment banking to climate change and home mortgages — Republican John McCain and

Calif. attorney general sues Countrywide Financial - Detroit Free Press
LOS ANGELES Countrywide Financial Corp. is accused of using misleading advertising and other unfair business practices to trick borrowers into taking on risky home loans they didn t fully understand in a lawsuit filed today by the California

Calif AG sues Countrywide over alleged loan scheme - Reuters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California Attorney General Jerry Brown sued Countrywide Financial Corp (CFC.N: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) and two top officers on Wednesday to stop the mortgage loan company from allegedly perpetrating a scheme

FACTBOX-Comparison of US Senate, House mortgage rescue - Reuters
WASHINGTON, June 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday cleared the way for passage of a housing rescue package that would create a multibillion dollar mortgage rescue fund and give billions more in aid to communities hit by a wave of foreclosures

Housing rescue plan passes key Senate test - Kansas City Star
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, left, accompanied by Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 24, 2008, regarding the housing and mortgage crisis on Capitol Hill in Washington. A massive

Senate supports mortgage aid plan - CNN Money
WASHINGTON (AP) — A massive foreclosure rescue bill cleared a key Senate test Tuesday by an overwhelming margin, with Democrats and Republicans both eager to claim election-year credit for helping hard-pressed homeowners. The mortgage aid plan would

‘Jumbo’ mortgage market may grow - Nashua Telegraph
When the federal government enacted rules in February to help borrowers get big mortgages, Rick Garcia hoped he’d finally be able to refinance his home. The 35-year-old veterinarian who lives in the San Fernando Valley in California started looking

Senate overwhelmingly votes to speed mortgage aid - Houston Chronicle
WASHINGTON A massive foreclosure rescue bill overwhelmingly cleared a key Senate test today, drawing broad support from Democrats and Republicans alike. The Senate voted 83-9 to speed up work on the $300 billion mortgage aid plan, putting it on

Senate may pass mortgage aid plan as soon as today - Seattle Times
A mortgage aid plan is on track for passage in the Senate as soon as today. The massive foreclosure rescue bill cleared a key Senate test yesterday by an overwhelming margin, with Democrats and Republicans both eager to claim election-year credit for

Taking aim at Countrywide - Chicago Tribune
Illinois Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan won the race by a nose Wednesday, suing mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp. for fraud hours before her California counterpart did the same. More states are likely to jump on the bandwagon as public officials

Mortgage-Securities Revival Proves Elusive - Wall Street Journal
The investors being counted on to revive the mortgage market are getting off to a difficult start. In recent months, a number of hedge funds have been dabbling in down-and-out securities linked to the fate of U.S. homeowners, including bonds backed

Miss. mortgage bust unlikely - Jackson Clarion-Ledger
Mississippi likely will dodge a mortgage bust because it did not benefit from the housing boom of places such as Florida and California, Federal Reserve Bank representatives said. When housing prices soared in Florida, Mississippians may have been