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Looking to Washington Again, So Far in Vain (New York Times)
As Americans await the arrival of a new administration in Washington, investors are worrying whether the financial system is again in the danger zone.
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Mortgage application volume falls 6.2 pct (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mortgage application volume fell 6.2 percent during the week ended Nov. 14, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's weekly application survey.
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Credit Markets Decline, Led by Commercial-Mortgage Securities (Bloomberg)
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Yields on top-rated commercial- mortgage securities climbed the most ever above benchmark rates, leading a deterioration in credit markets on concern that the recession and financial crisis is deepening.
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Economy Hitting Women Hardest, Say Experts (OneWorld.net via Yahoo! News)
WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (OneWorld) - Women are being disproportionately affected by the U.S. mortgage crisis and economic plunge, said a panel of women leaders Wednesday, urging a strong woman-focused response from the federal government.
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Downey Seized, Sold to U.S. Bancorp as Mortgage Fallout Spreads (Bloomberg)
Nov. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Seizure and sale of Downey Financial Corp. and two smaller lenders may cost the FDIC more than $2 billion as foreclosures rise and home prices extend declines in the worst housing slump since the Great Depression.
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Looking to Washington Amid Turmoil, So Far in Vain (New York Times)
With the stock market plunging and the credit market freezing, cries are being heard for quick government intervention.
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Mortgage Matters: Wall Street giveth, and then took away (The Daily Record)
I’ve been a journalist, Realtor and a mortgage banker. I’ve asked the questions. And I’ve been asked the questions. I’ve worked open houses and have done floor duty as a real estate agent.
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HDFC avoids subprime folly with $30,000-mortgage (Express India)
Housing Development Finance Corp, India's biggest mortgage provider, has dodged the bad loans that plagued banks in the US and Europe and plans to increase lending more than 20% this fiscal year, managing director Keki Mistry said.
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FHA-Backed Loans: The New Subprime (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)
As if they haven't done enough damage. Thousands of subprime mortgage lenders and brokers -- many of them the very sorts of firms that helped create the current financial crisis -- are going strong. Their new strategy: taking advantage of a long-standing federal program designed to encourage homeownership by insuring mortgages for buyers of modest means.
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UWT adds commercial real estate program (Tacoma Business Examiner)
The University of Washington Tacoma Continuing Education program offers three courses designed for commercial and residential real estate professionals, as well as bank and loan officers, mortgage brokers, architects, builders and public officials.
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