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Anworth Mortgage to Issue New Stock - Houston Chronicle

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Anworth Mortgage to Issue New Stock
Houston Chronicle, United States -10 hours ago
Real estate investment trust Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp. said Monday it plans to make a public offering of 9 million shares of common stock. …
Anworth Mortgage to sell 9 mln sharesReuters
Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation Announces Public Offering of …Business Wire (press release)
Anworth to Offer More SharesLos Angeles Business Journal (subscription)
Forbes
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Fired Microsoft CIO re-emerges as operations chief at mortgage firm - Computerworld

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Fired Microsoft CIO re-emerges as operations chief at mortgage firm
Computerworld, MA -5 hours ago
5 via an internal memo, started work today as chief operating officer at Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp., a privately-held wholesale lender in Ocala, …

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Watchdog acts on mortgage mis-selling - Times Online

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Home Move
Watchdog acts on mortgage mis-selling
Times Online, UK -3 hours ago
The Financial Services Authority has cracked down on a number of unscrupulous mortgage brokers after it uncovered “serious failings” in the advice they were …
Mortgage market has serious failings, says FSAGuardian Unlimited
FSA threatens mortgage brokersBBC News
FSA review questions UK mortgage broker practicesReuters.uk
Telegraph.co.uk - MyFinances.co.uk
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New wave of mortgage failures could create a nightmare US economic … - International Herald Tribune

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Philadelphia Inquirer
New wave of mortgage failures could create a nightmare US economic …
International Herald Tribune, France -1 hour ago
AP NEW YORK: When Domenico Colombo saw that his monthly mortgage payment was about to balloon by 30 percent, he had a clear picture of how bad it could get. …
Analysts fear mortgage failures could topple economyLawrence Journal World
Exotic loans will return if market heats up again Pay-option arms …San Francisco Chronicle
Blame the Borrowers? Not So FastNew York Times
Atlanta Journal Constitution
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Sector Snap: Mortgage Banks Fall - CNNMoney.com

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CNNMoney.com
Sector Snap: Mortgage Banks Fall
CNNMoney.com -8 hours ago
NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Shares of banks that have large mortgage-origination operations continued to take a beating in midday trading Monday amid …
US Stocks Fall on Credit Concern; Citigroup, Fannie RetreatBloomberg
Freddie and Fannie's Achilles' heelCNNMoney.com
Fannie, Freddie Fall on DowngradeForbes
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Reverse mortgages 'should be banned' - Sydney Morning Herald

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Sydney Morning Herald
Reverse mortgages'should be banned'
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia -1 hour ago
A leading expert on debt has called for reverse mortgages to be banned, claiming they are a systemic risk to the banking system. The call comes in the wake …
Retirees lack financial literacy: reportThe Age
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The real estate business | Mortgage insurers concerned about … - Chicago Sun-Times

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The real estate business | Mortgage insurers concerned about …
Chicago Sun-Times, United States -15 hours ago
9 after mortgage insurer Old Republic International Corp. disclosed in Securities and Exchange Commission filings that it had accumulated a 15 percent stake …
S&P Announces Rating Actions on Five Major Mortgage InsurersInsurance Journal
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Soaring repayments could lead to mortgage crisis for Britons - Times Online

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Soaring repayments could lead to mortgage crisis for Britons
Times Online, UK -3 hours ago
Britain could be heading for a United States-style mortgage crisis as almost one and a half million people see their mortgage repayments rocket by £140 a …

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Cash considerations in buying real estate under mortgage - Jamaica Gleaner

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Jamaica Gleaner
Cash considerations in buying real estate under mortgage
Jamaica Gleaner, Jamaica -22 hours ago
For most Jamaicans, the funds required to make cash purchases on a property are not readily available and so, the route of mortgage sale has become the norm …

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