Mortgage lenders getting more creative as business wanes - 2004-05-24
With the Federal Reserve widely expected to boost interest rates as soon as next month, mortgage lenders are hoping to keep business profitable by attracting consumers with new terms.

After an incredible U.S. housing boom fueled by historically low interest rates, a moment of reckoning is looming for the home lending industry. Mortgage refinancing applications are plummeting as Treasury yields are heading higher.
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500 AIB mortgage customers due refunds - 2004-05-24
AIB has verified that over 500 of its mortgage customers may be due refunds as a result of being provided with payment protection plans without their previous approval.

According to a report in the Tallaght-based Echo newspaper, the bank automatically applied payment protection to the top-up mortgages received by in excess of 500 customers since 2001.
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