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  • Wall Street Doesn't See MGIC's Charm

    Forbes - Current interest rates aren't low enough to entice homeowners to refinance their mortgages. Stagnant or fallen home valuations also provide no incentive for borrowers to cancel their existing policies.
    2008-03-04 03:18:00
  • Avista takes on state as partner in new medical device company (The Post-Star)

    GLENS FALLS — When Avista Capital Partners completed its purchase of two Boston Scientific medical device businesses in February, it had significant help from the state.
    2008-03-04 02:35:50
  • Wall Street Doesn't See MGIC's Charm (Forbes)

    Mortgage insurer plans to tap stock market for expansion capital but investors seem wary.
    2008-03-04 03:31:37
  • Forlorn by foreclosure: Agencies offer help for distressed homeowners (South County Journal)

    Linda Ingram has seen people of all walks of life enter her office at Beyond Housing and they all have the same problem - they could lose their homes to foreclosure.
    2008-03-04 03:45:17
  • Bernanke Urges Banks to Help Borrowers More (NPR)

    Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told a roomful of bankers Tuesday that they need to do more to help troubled borrowers. Banks have been giving borrowers who are about to default more time to make payments and are renegotiating interest rates in some cases, but few banks have considered reducing the principal owed. That's exactly what the Fed chairman suggested they do.
    2008-03-04 03:49:30
  • Sacramento County to refinance bonds to cover pension obligations (The Sacramento Bee)

    Sacramento County supervisors agreed on Tuesday to refinance nearly $347 million in bonds used to cover pension obligations.
    2008-03-04 03:50:51
  • Where a Bond Pro Is Finding Value

    Barron's Online - The signs are everywhere: the ongoing subprime-mortgage debacle, rising credit ... muni market, often what you will see is that the issuer decides to refinance in the ... to be worked out, but we felt that, over three months, we had enough information to ...
    2008-03-03 05:39:00
  • The house that plastic built

    Toronto Star - They may suggest a way to refinance the debt, such as consolidating it on a line ... For more information, call Credit Canada, also known as Credit Counselling Services ... 40,000 in debts, mostly on their credit cards, apart from their $200,000 mortgage.
    2008-03-03 01:36:00
  • RBA hikes rates to 7.25pc

    Australian Broadcasting Corp. - He said the RBA board would continue to evaluate prospects for economic activity and inflation in the light of new information ... There are about 1.1 million families on low to mid-incomes who are currently categorised as under mortgage stress ... that ...
    2008-03-03 09:10:00
  • House owners between a rock and a hard place

    East Valley Tribune - ... can't qualify," said Jody Davis, president of Scottsdale-based Hacienda Mortgage. ... the buyer pool for sellers and made it impossible for borrowers to refinance out of ... sales during the same month last year, according to research data firm Information ...
    2008-02-29 03:58:00
  • HUD Announces Free Homeownership Clinics in Prince William County on ...

    Biloxi Sun Herald - ... options for those not yet delinquent, but concerned about increased mortgage ... refinancing applications and has already helped more than 90,000 people refinance ... most important piece of mail these homeowners receive because it provides information ...
    2008-03-03 02:04:00
  • Student-loan consolidation laws not set to change

    Orlando Sentinel - As in the example of refinancing a home mortgage? ... Currently there is no legislation pending that would allow you to refinance your ... Visit the Sallie Mae Website for additional information: salliemae.com.
    2008-03-01 03:57:00
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    Minneapolis Star Tribune - ... to Housing- Link, a Minneapolis distributor of affordable housing information. ... Most of the time when people are calling [the county mortgage prevention hot line ... Sometimes, the homeowners arrange to refinance. 'Never seen anything like this'
    2008-03-02 07:20:00
  • Some Borrowers Rescued

    Wall Street Journal - Mortgage companies have helped more than one million cash-strapped borrowers stay ... That's making it more difficult for those with financial troubles to refinance or ... The data didn't provide any information on how many borrowers received an interest ...
    2008-03-03 04:45:00
  • The PMI Group, Inc. Reports Preliminary Fourth Quarter 2007 Financial ...

    Forbes - ... New Zealand, Canada and the European Union, as well as one of the largest providers of mortgage guaranty reinsurance in Hong Kong. For more information ... in economic conditions such as interest rates, home values, employment rates and refinance ...
    2008-03-03 01:31:00