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Mortgage Lenders Should Be Doing Better PR
As the mortgage crisis rolls along, I've been surprised at the relative lack of positive PR from the mortgage industry. Maybe they are just too busy righting their ships to worry about PR, but it seems to me that they ought to have been out there with some positive...
Tags: Jon Greer, Capital Structures, Mortgages, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Public Relations, Finance, Mortgage Crisis
Blog posts 2007-12-27
Derbyshire goes on Moody's 'watch list' due to credit crunch.
The sub-prime mortgage crisis bit further into the UK market as Moody's placed Derbyshire Building Society on review for possible downgrade because of its exposure to the sector. The sub-prime mortgage crisis bit further into the UK market as Moody's placed Derbyshire Building...
Tags: Moody's Corp., mortgage crisis
Research articles 2008-01-24
The Mortgage Crisis Delivers a Hit to Solar Firms
The mortgage crisis roiling financial markets is now causing new casualties in an unexpected sector -- solar-power firms that cater to the home and small-business markets. Akeena Solar, one of the largest solar-system installers in the U.S., just reported a wider-than-expected quarterly loss due to higher operating...
Tags: Consumer, U.S., Small Business, Mortgage Crisis, Taxes, Fuel Cells, Financial Accounting, Telecom & Utilities, Investment, Financial Planning, Finance, Emerging Technologies, David Phillips
Blog posts 2008-05-13
Mortgage Program in Question?
The federal mortgage modification program was designed to prevent as many as 4 million foreclosures. But it can't keep up with demand, says one report.
Tags: MoneyWatch, cbsepisode, mortgage crisis, barack obama, foreclosure, modification, loan
Videos 2009-10-12

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Senate Democrats unveil mortgage crisis measure
OAKLAND -- State Senate Democrats unveiled a bill Thursday that they say would help stem a tide of subprime mortgage foreclosures that's threatening to swamp California's economy, and the nation's. "We cannot allow the subprime mortgage crisis to devour California communities one by one," state Senate President...
Tags: borrower, FINANCE, Mortgages, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2007-12-21
Dems unveil mortgage crisis bill
OAKLAND -- State Senate Democrats unveiled a bill Thursday that they say would help stem a tide of subprime mortgage foreclosures that's threatening to swamp California's economy, and the nation's. "We cannot allow the subprime mortgage crisis to devour California communities one by one," state Senate President...
Tags: borrower, FINANCE, Mortgages, Republican, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2007-12-21
Senate Democrats unveil mortgage crisis measure Lenders would meet
OAKLAND -- State Senate Democrats unveiled a bill Thursday that they say would help stem a tide of subprime mortgage foreclosures that's threatening to swamp California's economy, and the nation's. "We cannot allow the subprime mortgage crisis to devour California communities one by one," state Senate President...
Tags: borrower, FINANCE, mortgage, Mortgages, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2007-12-21
Senate Dems unveil mortgage crisis bill
STATE SENATE Democrats unveiled a bill Thursday that they say would help stem a tide of subprime mortgage foreclosures that's threatening to swamp California's economy, and the nation's. "We cannot allow the subprime mortgage crisis to devour California communities one by one," state Senate President Pro Tem...
Tags: borrower, FINANCE, mortgage, Mortgages, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2007-12-21
US mortgage crisis creates ghost town
CLEVELAND, Ohio AFP — The streets are empty. Trash rustles down the road past rusted barbecues, abandoned furniture, sagging homes and gardens turned to weed. This is Shaker Heights, a suburb of Cleveland and a town ravaged by the subprime mortgage crisis roiling the United States. Faded "for...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Cleveland, Construction, FINANCE, job, payment, window
Research articles 2008-01-27
Federal Regulators, Lenders and Wall Street Blamed for Worsening Housing and Mortgage Crisis
To: REAL ESTATE EDITORSContact: Joy Howell, +1-202-828-7838, or Linda Paris, +1-202-365- 3343, both for Weiss Research; or broadcast: Pam Reimer, +1-608-434- 2918 JUPITER, Fla., July 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Federal regulators and mortgage lenders were largely responsible for a housing and mortgage crisis that's likely to worsen, according to a white...
Tags: Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE, Government, Mortgages, Regulations, regulator
Research articles 2007-07-19
Rock Testifies Before Congress on Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis
The new chairman of the American Bankers Association, Bradley Rock, who is also Chairman and CEO of Smithtown Bancorp (NASDAQ: SMTB) and its subsidiary, Bank of Smithtown, testified today before Congress on the sub-prime mortgage crisis. (Full text of Mr. Rock's address is available.)
Tags: U.S. Congress
Research articles 2007-10-24
The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund Launches a Special Program for Families Affected by the Subprime Mortgage Crisis
NEW YORK -- The board of The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund announced today the creation of a special program, to which it will contribute $1 million, to help victims of the subprime mortgage crisis. The new program is expected to assist a hundred New York families relocate safely...
Tags: New York Times Co., subprime mortgage
Research articles 2008-02-04
The Mortgage Crisis Brings Unexpected Neighbors
Michael Steinberg submits: The New York Times “As Program Moves Poor to Suburbs, Tensions Follow” and the New York Post “LOST SOVEREIGNITY,” tell stories of how sanguine homogeneous neighborhoods could be facing abrupt changes. Although each article takes a different angle, both articles point to increased renters in neighborhoods thought...
Tags: US Market, IndyMac Bancorp Inc., IMPAC Mortgage Holdings Inc., UBS AG, Washington Mutual Inc.
External links 2008-08-11
US House-approved mortgage crisis bill faces veto
WASHINGTON AFP — The US House of Representatives has approved a bill that lawmakers hope could stem the tide of home foreclosures due to the subprime mortgage crisis, but it faces a presidential veto. The Democratic-controlled chamber passed by a vote of 266 to 154 the bill which would...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, borrower, FINANCE, mortgage, Mortgages
Research articles 2008-05-08
European inflation may add to mortgage crisis
WHILE THE Bank of England will this week give a few crumbs of comfort to millions of homeowners hit by a deepening endowment mortgage crisis, a leading European banker said yesterday that inflationary pressures were growing on the Continent. The Association of British Insurers is to produce...
Tags: European Central Bank
Research articles 2002-05-13
Subprime Mortgage Crisis Unlikely to Cause Recession in California, Says Union Bank Economist
Union Bank of California:WHAT: Keitaro Matsuda, senior economist for Union Bank of California, today released his October 2007 Economic ...
Tags: Union Bank
Research articles 2007-10-11
Kohler on the Crisis | BTalk Australia
(21min 39) On today’s BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie talks to Alan Kohler, Editor-in-Chief of Business Spectator, about the credit crisis. How did it happen? What part did Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae play? Why was the collapse of Lehman Brothers so significant? What will happen next and what, if anything,...
Tags: Bank, Fannie Mae, Lehman Brothers Inc., Recession, Australia, Money, Debt, Economy, Iceland, Mortgages, Financial Services, Finance, Capital Structures, Phil Dobbie
Blog posts 2008-12-11
The Mortgage Crisis: Predators Who Bite Their Own Backsides
As the banking/housing crisis has progressed, there has been much talk about “predatory” loans. What’s a predatory loan? There is no universal definition. But the term seems to involve loans that the borrower is eager to take, but will be unable to repay. In other words,...
Tags: Bank, Borrower, Loan, Mortgages, Banking, Financial Services, Finance, Capital Structures, Dan Ackman
Blog posts 2008-07-14
Mortgage-Crisis Relief: Falling Down on the Job
A scorecard released today on the progress-to-date of two U.S. anti-foreclosure programs begs the question: Is this any way to run a rescue mission? A single figure in the Congressional watchdog panel's report speaks to the glaring failure of federally mandated efforts to stem the continuing foreclosure...
Tags: Bank, Job, Foreclosure, Chris Pummer
Blog posts 2009-10-09
NY Times: Ideologues Aided Mortgage Crisis
From the NY Times: White House Philosophy Stoked Mortgage Bonfire The global financial system was teetering on the edge of collapse when President Bush and his economics team huddled in the Roosevelt Room of the White House for a briefing that, in the words of one participant, "scared the hell...
News items 2009-08-07
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