Mortgage and Financial News From 2007-9-7
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Long-term mortgage rates unchanged (EARTHtimes.org)
Long-term mortgage rates were little changed this week while shorter term rates were down, Freddie Mac said in its primary mortgage market survey Thursday. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.46 percent with an average 0.5 point for the week ending...
2007-09-06 11:37:32 -
Long-term mortgage rates unchanged (UPI)
Long-term mortgage rates were little changed this week while shorter term rates were down, Freddie Mac said in its primary mortgage market survey Thursday.
2007-09-06 11:39:47 -
Davydenko keeps on rolling
Minneapolis Star Tribune - NEW YORK - Nikolay Davydenko is a man with a lot on his mind these days. He's at the center of tennis' betting probe ... Pit bull's owner faces charges in son's death $50 million in losses alleged in mortgage fraud conspiracy Search for Fossett ...
2007-09-04 05:59:00 -
Venus Williams to face top seed
Minneapolis Star Tribune - NEW YORK -- Venus Williams got her Grand Slam groove back just in time. Way down Wednesday night, Williams turned her ... Pit bull's owner faces charges in son's death $50 million in losses alleged in mortgage fraud conspiracy Search for Fossett ...
2007-09-04 05:59:00 -
News Minute: Osama video supposedly coming...Panel: Iraqis view U.S ...
WDAM-TV - ... cell phones to combat domestic violence Jackson Co. man convicted of Katrina fraud ... This Week in House and Home House & Home Main Today's Mortgage Rates In the Know Movie ... Associated Press - September 7, 2007 2:53 AM ET CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Al-Qaida's ...
2007-09-06 10:43:00 -
Fraud finders in demand
Denver Post - Ten of thousands of mortgage-industry workers are losing their jobs. The latest announcement came Thursday as Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and National City Corp. said they would cut more than 2,000 mortgage workers. Kroll, which employs 275 in ...
2007-09-05 05:58:00 -
Trial begins in massive mortgage fraud case
Edmonton Journal - EDMONTON - Using her paralegal skills to scam and cover up for an alleged criminal kingpin became the full-time pursuit of a 61-year-old legal assistant charged in a $30-million mortgage fraud investigation, a Crown prosecutor said today. Terry Lynn ...
2007-09-05 03:27:00 -
Three metro women punished for fraud
Atlanta Business Chronicle - A Decatur, Ga., woman and two of her sisters-in-law have been sentenced to jail time and/or fined for their participation in a mortgage fraud scheme. Donna Renae Woods Lawrence, 43, of Decatur, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Beverly B ...
2007-09-06 12:42:00 -
Fraud finders in demand (Denver Post)
Loveland-based Kroll Factual Data is taking advantage of a boom in the mortgage industry.
2007-09-07 12:16:54 -
Three metro women punished for fraud (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
A Decatur, Ga., woman and two of her sisters-in-law have been sentenced to jail time and/or fined for their participation in a mortgage fraud scheme.
2007-09-06 11:48:00 -
Feds Investigating Mortgage Fraud Conspiracy (WCCO Minneapolis/St. Paul)
An alleged mortgage fraud conspiracy involving about 200 houses in the southern Twin Cities has led to estimated losses of more than $50 million, federal authorities have revealed in court. More Crime News
2007-09-06 08:36:00 -
Wall St. Group Lobbies China on Reforms
Chicago Tribune - Those banks, insurance companies and brokerages have gained unprecedented access to China's markets as a result of commitments Beijing made in order to join the World Trade Organization. But in each industry, investment caps and other limits keep ...
2007-09-06 11:04:00 -
Market Spotlight: Staffing Companies
Forbes - While the job market has fared considerably well despite turmoil in the mortgage market, benefiting the staffing and employment services sector, some analysts say that upbeat trend may be coming to an end. The U.S. job market has been one of the more ...
2007-09-06 12:42:00 -
Ratings Firms' Practices Get Rated
Wall Street Journal - In the wake of mortgage-market turmoil, regulators plan to probe how the big credit-rating companies are paid and whether they are independent enough of the Wall Street firms that issue bonds. The Securities and Exchange Commission and state ...
2007-09-06 09:10:00 -
U.S. Economy: Services Expand More Than Forecast (Update2)
Bloomberg - Mortgage companies and some banks are shutting operations as lending dries up. First American Corp., the largest U.S. title insurer, this week said it would eliminate 1,300 jobs. That is about 3 percent of the Santa Ana, California-based ...
2007-09-06 03:33:00