Archive for September, 2008
Posted on September 25th, 2008. Filed under: Credit Crunch, Mortgage, UK | Tags: bad credit, bad credit mortgage, Bad Credit Mortgages, Mortgage, mortgage industry, mortgage lender, mortgage lenders, mortgage lending, mortgage lending criteria, mortgage news, mortgages, tightening of mortgage lending criteria |
Bad Credit Mortgages provider www.ThinkMoney.com discuss the tightening of mortgage lending criteria.
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Posted on September 23rd, 2008. Filed under: Finance, Mortgage | Tags: 2nd mortgage, Bad Credit and Bankruptcy, bad credit loans, bad credit mortgage, bankruptcy, Get Out Of Debt, loan, loans, Mortgage, mortgage bad credit, Mortgage Bad Credit Loans To Get You Out Of Debt, mortgage loan, mortgage loans, out of debt, poor credit mortgage, private mortgage, remortgage |
Most experts say that your housing costs should not be more, and preferably less, than 30% of your income. Is that a reasonable figure for most Canadians? The answer is a resounding “no”. The Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) prepares annual research on the number of work hours in one month, at an average [...]
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Posted on September 22nd, 2008. Filed under: Finance, Mortgage, UK | Tags: bank, Bank Of England, banking, CML, commentary, funding, Mervyn King, Mortgage, mortgage commentary, mortgage loan, mortgages, The Governor |
As Mervyn King pointed out, the housing and mortgage markets are going through an adjustment process. The question is how far the authorities will leave the correction to market forces and whether they will look to step in at a time when the wider economy is at risk of recession.
The Governor has made clear his [...]
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Posted on September 22nd, 2008. Filed under: Credit Crunch, Mortgage, UK, USA | Tags: Council of Mortgage Lenders, free mortgage articles, house, house prices, Housing, Mortgage, mortgage articles, mortgage blog, mortgage blog roundup, mortgage industry, mortgage news, mortgage rates, mortgages, prices, roundup |
Some great mortgage articles over at www.ThinkMoney.com today. Have pulled a few of them together:
House Prices, Who’s Talking, who’s listening?
‘Second wave’ of bank losses expected
Lehman bankruptcy could squeeze mortgage market
US Mortgage Market may help our loans
If you don’t read any of them, make sure you read the House Prices article, well written and has a [...]
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Posted on September 22nd, 2008. Filed under: Mortgage, UK | Tags: decline, decline mortgage figures, industry, Mortgage, mortgage advice, mortgage figures, mortgage industry, mortgage news, mortgage UK, mortgages, UK |
Think Money report that CML August figures showed a decline in Mortgages.
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Posted on September 17th, 2008. Filed under: Credit Crunch, Crisis, Finance, Mortgage, UK | Tags: credit, Credit Crunch, drop, drop in house prices, dropping, economy, fall, falling, Finance, financial, house, house prices, morgage loan, Mortgage, mortgage news, prices, UK, uk economy |
Excellent article on house prices here:
http://www.thinkmoney.com/expert-mortgage-views/1370/house-prices.asp
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Posted on September 16th, 2008. Filed under: Credit Crunch, Crisis, Mortgage, USA | Tags: administration, administrators, Chapter 11, Lehman, Lehman brothers, Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy, Mortgage, mortgage bonds, mortgages, Press Release, sub prime mortgage |
AS PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED, LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC. FILED CHAPTER 11; NO OTHER U.S. SUBSIDIARY OR AFFILIATE, INCLUDING ITS BROKER-DEALER AND INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SUBSIDIARIES, WAS INCLUDED IN THE FILING
NEW YORK, September 15, 2008 – Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (“LBHI”) stated that it has filed a petition under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code with the [...]
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Posted on September 16th, 2008. Filed under: Credit Crunch, Crisis, Finance, Mortgage, USA | Tags: bankruptcy, economy, Finance, Lehman, Lehman bankruptcy, Lehman brothers, Mortgage, mortgage approvals, mortgage industry, mortgage insurance, mortgage leads, mortgage news, mortgages, shares, sub prime, sub prime mortgage, subprime, US |
The announcement of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy after putting too much money into sub prime mortgage bonds.
Below is a link to an excellent article by The Guardian – an FAQ on the Lehman bankruptcy.
Could the US government have stepped in?
The US treasury has reached the limit of taxpayer funds it is willing to gamble on [...]
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Posted on September 16th, 2008. Filed under: Credit Crunch, Finance, Mortgage, UK | Tags: Finance, finance news, financial, industry, lender, Mortgage, mortgage analysis, mortgage industry, mortgage information, mortgage lender, mortgage lending, mortgage loan, mortgage news, mortgage rates |
Today sees mortgage rate cuts from mortgage lender Cheltenham & Gloucester.
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Posted on September 9th, 2008. Filed under: Crisis, Finance, Mortgage, UK, USA | Tags: china, congress, economy, Finance, japan, Mortgage, mortgage crisis, mortgage industry, mortgage market, mortgage news, mortgage rescue plan, mortgage takeover, mortgages, politics, rescue plan, UK, US mortgage, white house |
Mortgage Article / Blog of the Week:
Nationalise Mortgage Lending
A thought provoking article from a premier UK politics blog.
Full Mortgage News roundup:
Major players who backed the $12 trillion US mortgage market
Mortgages: what a difference location makes
White House Blames Congress for Mortgage Takeover
Bankers: Mortgage takeover will benefit housing market
China and Japan hail US mortgage rescue as [...]
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CML Market commentary
Posted on September 22nd, 2008. Filed under: Finance, Mortgage, UK | Tags: bank, Bank Of England, banking, CML, commentary, funding, Mervyn King, Mortgage, mortgage commentary, mortgage loan, mortgages, The Governor |
As Mervyn King pointed out, the housing and mortgage markets are going through an adjustment process. The question is how far the authorities will leave the correction to market forces and whether they will look to step in at a time when the wider economy is at risk of recession.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Governor has made clear his [...]