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- Reforming the Credit Card Industry
- Consumers should be able to use plastic without getting skewered by unfair bank practices. Although the Federal Reserve passed new regulations to reform the industry, many consumer groups argue the Fed failed to complete the job. Here's a list of additional reforms needed to make credit cards fairer for consumers....
- Articles 2009-04-15
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- Providers prepare for dash to fixed plans after rate cut.(fixed-rate mortgages)
- MORTGAGE providers have already factored in an expected interest rate cut in August that has led to an increase in demand for fixed-rate mortgages, according to a mortgage IFA. Richard Smith, IFA for Shrewsbury-based Pi Financial Dixon Sutcliffe, said he expected clients to go...
- Research articles 2005-08-04
- Option ARM Vs. Fixed-Rate Mortgage Calculator
- A fixed-rate mortgage has the same payment for the entire term of the loan. The option ARM uses a low initial rate to calculate your initial minimum monthly payment. Although the interest rate will increase after one to three months, your low payment will remain fixed for the entire year....
- Tools & templates 2009-01-01
- Fixed-Rate Capital Securities
- Fixed-rate capital securities were developed in the early 1990s to meet the needs of income-oriented investors while creating a cost-efficient source of capital for issuers. From the investor's perspective, fixed-rate capital securities combine features of corporate debt securities and preferred stock to offer the benefits of: attractive yields, fixed monthly,...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- New product - Yorkshire cuts rates for all its fixed-rate loans.(Yorkshire Building Society)(Brief Article)
- Following a reduction in funding rates Yorkshire Building Society has decided to reduce the rates across its fixed-rate range. The range includes standard rates, offset rates and first-time buyer products. There are four standard fixed-rate products, a two-year deal, two five-year...
- Research articles 2005-07-21
- Merrill Lynch Amends Terms of Its Fixed Rate Convertible Securities to Add an Additional Put Date
- NEW YORK -- Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MER) announced today that it has amended the terms of its Liquid Yield OptionTM Notes due 2031 (Zero Coupon--Senior-- CUSIP No. 590188 A6 5) ("Fixed Rate LYONs") to add December 10, 2004 as an additional date on which holders may require Merrill...
- Research articles 2004-11-09
- Merrill Lynch Repurchases $2,874,876,000 of Its Fixed Rate Convertible Securities
- NEW YORK -- Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MER) announced today that the deadline for tendering its Liquid Yield OptionTM Notes due 2031 (Zero Coupon--Senior-- CUSIP No. 590188 A6 5) ("Fixed Rate LYONs") passed at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, December 9, 2004. As of the deadline for tendering...
- Research articles 2004-12-10
- Siam City Bank to drop fixed-rate mortgages as interest rates rise.
- By Darana Chudasri, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 15--Siam City Bank SCIB will scrap mortgages with fixed interest rates in the near future to avoid financial costs arising from the interest rate uptrend. Pravit Ongwatana, executive...
- Research articles 2004-10-15
- Fixed-rate deposit accounts are a 'con'.(Brief Article)
- IFA Frank Cochran has called for fixed-rate deposit accounts to be avoided in a rising interest rate environment. Mr Cochran, managing director of FSC Investment Services in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, said deposit accounts offered poor returns in view of the anticipated rate rises by...
- Research articles 2004-07-01
- Lenders rush to match base rate rise and axe fixed-rate offerings.
- Banks and building societies have come forward in their droves to scrap their cheapest fixed-rate mortgages in the face of last week's base rate change. The shock decision by the Bank of England Monetary Policy Commission, which saw the base rate rise by 0.25...
- Research articles 2007-01-18
- CRIIMI MAE refinances $202 million of floating-rate debt, replacing it with long-term, fixed-rate debt
- ROCKVILLE, Md.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 26, 1995--(NYSE:CMM)-- CRIIMI MAE Inc., a self-managed, self-administered multifamily mortgage real estate investment trust, has refinanced approximately $202 million of its floating-rate debt, replacing it with long-term, fixed-rate financing.CRIIMI MAE refinanced the floating-rate debt using most of the approximately $240 million of net proceeds from the sale...
- Research articles 1995-09-26
- Specialty banker launches a 5.8 percent bond with an emergency access feature; Offshore savings specialist Bradford & Bingley International has introduced a fixed rate bond with the flexibility of an emergency access allowance.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-8 March 2007-Bradford & Bingley International: Specialty banker launches a 5.8 percent bond with an emergency access feature; Offshore savings specialist Bradford & Bingley International has introduced a fixed rate bond with the flexibility of an emergency access allowanceC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD ...
- Research articles 2007-03-08
- BOC OFFERS FIXED-RATE HOME LOANS IN GUANGDONG
- AsiaInfo Services 11-29-2006 BOC Offers Fixed-Rate Home Loans in Guangdong GUANGZHOU, Nov 29, 2006 SinoCast via COMTEX -- The Bank of China BOC on Monday announced that it launched fixed-rate home loans in Guangzhou. Before the Bank of...
- Research articles 2006-11-29
- Long-term, Fixed-rate Mortgages Favored over Adjustables in U.S.
- By Will Buss, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 7--Eight out of 10 U.S. consumers prefer long-term, fixed-rate mortgages over adjustable rates. The Federal Housing Finance Board recently reported these findings and found that Illinoisans favor long-term,...
- Research articles 2004-05-07
- CRIIMI MAE Refinances Another $180 Million Of Floating-Rate Debt; About 60 Percent of CRIIMI MAE's Financing Is Now Fixed-Rate, Long-Term Debt
- ROCKVILLE, Md.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 12, 1995--CRIIMI MAE Inc. (NYSE:CMM), a self-managed, self-administered multifamily mortgage real estate investment trust REIT, has refinanced approximately $180 million of its floating-rate debt and replaced it with long-term, fixed-rate financing.Through this transaction, and another financing that closed in September, CRIIMI MAE has refinanced a total of...
- Research articles 1995-10-12
- ARM Vs. Fixed Rate Mortgage
- A fixed rate mortgage has the same payment for the entire term of the loan. An Adjustable Rate Mortgage ARM has a rate that can change, causing your monthly payment to increase or decrease. Use this tool to compare a fixed rate mortgage to two types of ARMs, a Fully...
- Tools & templates 2008-01-01
- Homeowners Up in ARMs as Fixed-Rate Mortgages Fall.(Originated from Tulsa World, Okla.)
- Jul. 2--Call it a farewell to ARMs. During the last month, there has been a significant increase in the number of homeowners with adjustable-rate mortgages refinancing to fixed-rate loans. Jul. 2--Call it a farewell to ARMs. During the last month, there has been a significant increase...
- Research articles 1995-07-02
- Eagle Hospitality Properties Trust Closes Secured Financing; Increases Fixed Rate Component of the Capital Structure
- COVINGTON, Ky. -- Eagle Hospitality Properties Trust, Inc. (NYSE:EHP) announced that it has closed an $81.8 million five year, non-recourse loan secured by certain of the Company's existing hotel properties. The financing involves both a fixed-rate and floating-rate component with $54.8 million fixed at a 5.43% interest rate and the...
- Research articles 2005-02-18
- New Product - Fixed-rate offset at regular prices.(John Charcoal)(Brief Article)
- JOHN Charcol has launched a fixed-rate offset mortgage that offers daily interest calculation and a rate of under 5 per cent. The offset product is fixed until 31 July 2007 at 4.99 per cent. The rate then reverts to the Bank of England base rate...
- Research articles 2005-05-19
- New Product - Nationwide is reducing its two-year fixed-rate home loan.
- NATIONWIDE Building Society has reduced the rate on one of its two-year fixed-rate mortgages. The new rate is 4.39 per cent, down from 4.44 per cent, available on loans with a maximum 90 per cent loan-to-value. The reservation fee is AGBP599 and homebuyers...
- Research articles 2006-04-06
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