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Mortgage News for Thursday - February 19, 2004


• Mortgage rates hit lowest levels in months
  Mortgage rates around the country decreased this w... more

• The new math on tax deductions
  This year, the standard deduction may very well be...more

• Decrease in number saving for a rainy day
  Despite the government's promotion of simple savin... more

• Home sales strongest since '89
  With mortgage rates low and demand from buyers str...more

• Faces In The News
  Fannie Mae Chief Executive Franklin Raines predict... more

• Thousands likely to be dealt worsening mortgage shortfall
  Just three weeks after it decreased policy bonuses...more

• Who's afraid of a bad mortgage loan crisis?
  For Sujatha Singhal, a phone company executive who... more

• New year sees lower mortgage lending
  Mortgage lending abated during January as the hous...more

• Mortgage Loan Index Higher for Week
  An index of mortgage applications has climbed for ... more

• The Miami Herald Money Moments Column
  QUESTION: I require your advice about whether we w...more

• Schools Should Have Financial Education, Says U.K. Mortgage Lender
  Education on money matters should be a compulsory ... more

• LandAmerica 4th-quarter profit drops
  LandAmerica Financial Group Inc., a provider of re...more

• Housing prices higher: BMO
  Average house prices in Canada climbed 11.1 per ce... more

• Shoppers may force interest rate hike
  The pound was on the up again today after news of ...more

• Mortgage lending cools off
  The Council of Mortgage Lenders revealed total len... more

• Rate of bankruptcies, foreclosures surges
  Two major indicators of economic duress have touch...more

• 'We can carry this deficit,' says Bush crew
  Treasury Secretary John Snow said Wednesday the fe... more

• Leading Indicators Higher in January
  Evidence continues to mount that the U.S. economy ...more

• Mortgage Service Provider Basis100 has a new chief executive
  Basis100 Inc., a Pittsburgh company that provides ... more

• Stocks dragged down by housing report
  A downbeat housing report dragged stocks down yes...more

• A checklist for prospective home buyers
  Freddie Mac, the federally chartered corporation t... more

• Read the fine print on 'for richer or poorer'
  The lights are dimmed, the music is soft, a bottle...more

• Mortgage Giants Fannie, Freddie say met 2003 U.S. housing goals
  The leading U.S. sources of mortgage finance, Fann... more

• Home construction saw huge decline in January
  The number of housing projects builders broked gro...more

• Affordable Residential Communities Inc. Finishes Initial Public Offering
  Affordable Residential Communities Inc. declared ... more

• Business Bank of Nevada Goes Into Reno Market With the Opening of a Loan Production Office
  Business Bank of Nevada today announced that it ha...more

• Pacific Life Insurance Co. Commercial Mortgage Servicer Rankings Reiterated
  Standard & Poor's Ratings Services today confirmed... more

• RISING MORTGAGE DEBT MAY BE GOOD FOR BANKS, BUT WORRISOME FOR THE ECONOMY
  Commenting on today’s lending numbers from the Bri...more







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