en-us Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:48:00 -0800 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 EFX EXPG Y FNM FRE EFX,EXPG Y,FNM,FRE Reuters UK) - Housebuilder Bellway BWY said it was on course for a 10 percent increase in its half-year sales, but warned that a dearth of mortgage finance continues to hobble the housing market.Bellway's sales for the four months to November 30 averaged 91 a week, up 51 percent...]]> Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:30:31 -0800 BWY BWY Reuters UK) - Britain's home owners are choosing to make bigger repayments on home loans instead of increasing spending, according to a survey of leading UK mortgage lenders published by The Independent in Thursday's edition.Nici Audhlam-Gardiner, the director of mortgages at Abbey, owned by Spanish bank Santander, was quoted...]]> Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:45:38 -0800 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:06:00 -0800 Reuters UK) - Britain's second-largest customer-owned lender Yorkshire Building Society and loss-making rival Chelsea have agreed to merge, becoming the latest mutuals to join forces after being battered by the financial crisis.The two lenders said the merged group would have assets of 35 billion pounds, more than 2.7 million...]]> Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:46:25 -0800 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:29:52 -0800 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:15:35 -0800 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:35:01 -0800 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:44:42 -0800 Reuters UK) - The U.S. Treasury Department wants lenders and companies that process monthly mortgage payments to do more to rework troubled home mortgage loans and will announce new measures on Monday aimed at achieving that goal, a department spokeswoman said on Saturday.The New York Times in its Sunday...]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:45:21 -0800 Reuters) - The Treasury Department wants lenders and companies that process monthly mortgage payments to do more to rework troubled home mortgage loans and will announce new measures on Monday aimed at achieving that goal, a department spokeswoman said on Saturday.The New York Times in its Sunday edition quoted...]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:30:08 -0800 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:10:16 -0800 Reuters UK) - The governmet unveiled plans on Wednesday for tougher regulation of the huge home loans market as fallout from the credit crunch highlights concerns about lax lending standards and fraud.The government is proposing to expand the Financial Services Authority's remit to cover buy-to-let and second-charge...]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:15:26 -0800 Reuters UK) - The number of home purchase loans approved by banks in October was almost double that of a year ago, a survey showed on Tuesday.The British Bankers' Association said 42,238 mortgage applications were approved last month. That was slightly higher than the 42,073 loans approved in September...]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:45:50 -0800 Reuters UK) - Vladimir Putin pledged on Saturday to widen Russia's anti-crisis aid package with a car scrappage scheme and mortgage support to jolt the economy out of the worst recession in 15 years.Putin, who now serves as Russia's prime minister after...]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:30:14 -0800 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:16:05 -0800 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:22:51 -0800 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:26:00 -0800