Plummeting house prices have hurt small businesses – and will continue to do so, says a new study. The report – done by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland – fingers falling home prices as a major factor in small businesses’ struggle for credit, because many small-business owners use their homes as collateral for business [...]
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Report: Falling House Prices Hurt Small Business
December 23rd, 2010 
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No Comments »Queensland mortgage borrowers in arrears
December 21st, 2010 admin Home owners in Queensland ranked as one of the regions with the most number of borrowers in arrears based on a FitchRatings report. View full post on All Stories
Fitch Affirms 8 FirstPlus Home Loan Owner Trust Transactions
December 9th, 2010 admin NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fitch Ratings has affirmed all classes in eight FirstPlus Home Loan Owner Trust residential mortgage backed security (RMBS) transactions at ‘Csf’. The affected classes have an aggregate balance of approximately $34 million. A full rating list is shown below. These ratings are a result of the ongoing suspension of interest and principal to [...]
Posted in Buy a Car Tags: Affirms, bondholders, business, csf, FirstPlus, Fitch, fitch ratings, home, loan, mortgage backed security, New York, Owner, Transactions, Trust, us bank, York No Comments »Costa nightmare could cost us our UK home
November 28th, 2010 admin A couple who face losing their house in Britain to a Spanish bank have warned of the dangers of falling behind in mortgage payments on holiday homes abroad View full post on All Stories
Posted in Buy a Car Tags: bank, Britain, cost, Costa, could, Couple, holiday homes, home, House, mortgage payments, nightmare, spanish bank No Comments »Asian banks emerge as financiers outside their home markets – survey
November 26th, 2010 admin HONG KONG (Dow Jones) – Chinese and other Asia-focused banks have emerged as increasingly important participants in corporate lending, bond issues, or even acquisition financing internationally,… View full post on All Stories
Posted in Buy a Car Tags: acquisition, Asia, Asia-focused, Asian, banks, bond issues, Dow, dow jones, emerge, financiers, home, HONG KONG, Jones, markets, outside, participants, survey, their No Comments »Home buyers see mortgage rates rise on new deals
November 25th, 2010 admin Home buyers will see their mortgages increase when their initial deal comes to an end, Britain’s biggest mortgage lender, Halifax, has warned. View full post on All Stories
Posted in Buy a Car Tags: Britain, buyers, Deal, Deals, end, Halifax, home, home buyers, initial deal, mortgage, mortgage lender, mortgages, Rates, rise No Comments »Home loans slump goes on
November 18th, 2010 admin Mortgage lending slumped to its lowest October level for a decade as activity in the housing market remained subdued, latest figures show. View full post on All Stories
Posted in Buy a Car Tags: decade, Goes, home, housing market, lending, Loans, mortgage, mortgage lending, October, slump No Comments »Lenders lift bar to buy a home
November 18th, 2010 admin Mortgage lenders are raising their standards for Federal Housing Administration-insured loans beyond what the agency itself requires, putting homeownership out of the reach for more Americans. View full post on All Stories
Posted in Buy a Car Tags: Federal, federal housing administration, home, housing, lenders, lift, Loans, mortgage, mortgage lenders No Comments »Are we better off renting?
November 14th, 2010 admin For generations, we’ve aspired to be home owners. But evidence shows we’d be better off renting – both individually and as a nation. In Germany and Sweden, the rental market is credited with making people wealthier and happier, and with creating more attractive cities. So, is it time to sell up? The woman’s expression was [...]
Posted in Buy a Car Tags: Alan W Evans, Andrew Oswald, attractive cities, Better, Bristol, Britain, chit chat, David Orr, Europe, first time buyers, Germany, Glasgow, Grant Shapps, home, House, housing, mortgage companies, mystification, north London, Oswald, property ladder, renting, Sarah Webb, Spain, Switzerland, UK, Whitehall No Comments »National Australia Bank ups interest rate
November 11th, 2010 admin SYDNEY (MarketWatch) — National Australia Bank Ltd. raised its variable home loan rate by 0.43% per year. The lender also said that it will abolish early exit fees on new and existing home loans. “The average cost we pay to fund our lending to customers, both from overseas and through deposits, has been rising and [...]
Posted in Buy a Car Tags: Australia, bank, early exit, exit fees, home, home loan rate, interest, market pulse, MarketWatch, NAB, National, national australia bank, national australia bank ltd, rate, SYDNEY No Comments »