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Mortgage News for Wednesday - February 25, 2004


• Freddie Mac gets more time on accounting problems
  Mortgage giant Freddie Mac on Thursday extended to... more

• Factory Orders Lower As Home Sales Soar
  America's factories saw orders for costly manufact...more

• Mortgage Refinancings Up Despite Higher Rates
  The number of Americans applying for a home loan g... more

• First-time home buyers pushed out by property investors
  The increasing popularity of the buy-to-let market...more

• Mortgage giants pose risk to U.S. taxpayers, Greenspan says
  Alan Greenspan, the chairman of the Federal Reserv... more

• Jan. existing home sales drop more than expected
  Sales of existing homes dropped 5.2% in January, a...more

• Fed's Bies-market must prepare for U.S. rate rise
  Federal Reserve Governor Susan Schmidt Bies indica... more

• Have Credit Unions Lost Their Way?
  U.S. banks have long been unhappy with unfair comp...more

• Demand for rental property up
  Demand for rental property has climbed to its stro... more

• Fed's Gramlich warns on higher U.S. debts
  Federal Reserve Board Governor Edward Gramlich ind...more

• Median home price lower in Feb.
  Rock-bottom mortgage rates are still attracting D... more

• HBOS sees jump in annual profits
  Britain's largest mortgage lender, HBOS, has poste...more

• Bank rapped over mortgage letter
  The Halifax bank has got their knuckles rapped by ... more

• Judge Throw Out Challenge to BOA Merger
  A federal judge has threw out a lawsuit brought by...more

• H&R Block Reports Lower 3Q Profits
  H&R Block Inc.'s third-quarter profit dropped 19 p... more

• HUD 'Fix' Most Likely to Hurt Home Buyers
  If you are amongst the millions of homeowners who ...more

• Greenspan: Households' finances in `good shape'
  The balance sheets of US households are generally ... more

• Eager Expats Undertake Mortgage Challenge
  Expats who see one of the advantages of living in ...more

• Mortgage lending a boost for BankWest
  HBOS' $1 billion acquisition of 108-year-old BankW... more

• Lowering mortgage expense
  Dear Dr. Don, We're purchasing a second home for...more

• Greenspan Mortgage Warning Hits Home
  Imagine a country where the most powerful bank reg... more

• Sir Peter is named ITV chief
  Former Bank of Scotland governor Sir Peter Burt ha...more

• Wimpey profits through the roof in record year
  George Wimpey, one of Britain’s top housebuilders,... more

• Adjustable-rate mortgages attract home buyers
  Continuing a trend, the percentage of home buyers ...more

• Mortgage issuers could pose economic threat
  Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the largest buyers of ... more

• Champion Mortgage(R) Appoints Terri Finnerty Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer
  Champion Mortgage, a division of KeyBank USA NA, t...more

• As interest rates rise, economists expect growth to follow
  A sudden jump in mortgage and other interest rates... more

• Is it too late to refinance mortgage?
  Q. The Federal Reserve recently cut interest rates...more







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