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Confidence in Britain’s housing market has sunk to its lowest level for more than 30 years, figures to be published today will reveal, as property prices continue to fall and mortgage lenders restrict home loan finance. The Royal Institute of Chartered...
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U.S. aid for Iraq’s army and police units will be needed for the foreseeable future, although the security forces are becoming increasingly independent, a senior...
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Seeking to play down the effects of global warming, Vice President Dick Cheney’s office pushed to delete from congressional testimony references about the...
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The Bush administration says it has already cleared one in five detainees at Guantanamo Bay for release from the military-run facility in Cuba.
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A federal judge has dismissed a slander lawsuit filed by former California congressman Gary Condit against author Dominick Dunne.
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Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski said Tuesday that Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain would carry out the Bush administration’s missile...
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Mortgage lender IndyMac Bancorp Inc., struggling to raise capital to stay in business, said Monday it has stopped accepting new loan submissions in its main mortgage...
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The FBI says it has arrested about 300 real estate brokers since March _ including dozens over the last two days _ in its crackdown on incidents of mortgage fraud that...
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Mortgage companies are pledging to let troubled borrowers know whether they’re approved for help within 45 days of receiving a homeowner’s application.
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Rates on 30-year mortgages edged up this week to the highest level since March as investors worried about inflation threats.
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Mortgage bankers say home foreclosures and late payments set records in the first three months of the year.
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Rates on 30-year mortgages dipped below 6 percent this week, falling to their lowest level in five weeks.
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Rates on 30-year mortgages edged down this week to their lowest point in a month, a spot of welcome news to would-be home buyers.
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Mortgage finance company Freddie Mac’s first quarter loss widened to $151 million as the U.S. housing market worsened, though the results were not as poor as...
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Mortgage insurer PMI Group says it swung to a first-quarter loss, due to hefty payouts on default claims amid the nation’s subprime mortgage crisis.
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Mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp., which is under investigation for inflating certain borrowers’ fees, acknowledged Tuesday that it has made errors and...
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FBI Director Robert Mueller, left, accompanied by Deputy Attorney General Mark R. Filip, gestures during a news conference at Department of Justice in Washington, Thursday June 19, 2008. More than 400 real estate industry players have been indicted since...
