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  • Purse strings tighten on college loans (New Hampshire Union Leader)

    With lending affected by the mortgage crisis, student loans may be harder to come by -- and more expensive.
    2008-02-23 09:13:03
  • It's a good time to refinance, but only if your credit score is high (Poughkeepsie Journal)

    The past few months have been lonely ones for mortgage lenders, but business is picking up. The phones are ringing, and banks don't have to give away doughnuts to attract customers. They've got something much more enticing to offer: rock-bottom mortgage rates.
    2008-02-24 12:14:36
  • Policy stubs casual Pack fan

    Raleigh News & Observer - Some calculate they can buy tickets to a few games from scalpers for less than what the Wolfpack Club requires. A few thousand ... income is more than $75,000, but he felt he could not afford the added cost of keeping his four seats on top of a mortgage ...
    2008-02-14 03:54:00
  • Vital Signs: Deeper Damage from Housing?

    BusinessWeek - The government agency relies on data on single-family home purchases and uses only repeat-sales of homes to calculate changes ... MORTGAGE APPLICATIONS - Wednesday, Feb. 27, 7 a.m. EST The upswing in borrowing rates is suppressing mortgage application ...
    2008-02-20 03:54:00
  • Obama stays close in race as Republican rivals lag

    International Herald Tribune - When HRC stated that her idea on the mortgage debacle was so good even GW was endorsing it. BO should have taken that and run with it. HRC admitting that GW was lockstep with her. No wonder she is losing. Washington establishment. We are all sick of it ...
    2008-02-23 12:38:00
  • 66 Ways to Save Money: Banking/Credit

    KGBT 4 - Ask an accountant to calculate precisely how much your new mortgage (including up-front fees) will cost and whether, in the long run, it will cost less than your current mortgage. Home Equity Loans Be cautious in taking out home equity loans
    2008-02-22 01:40:00
  • Choose a Topic: Your Budget Your Future Your Home Your Job More About ...

    KFOR - The IRS will use tax return information to calculate the rebate checks authorized as part of the national economic stimulus ... But with mortgage defaults surging and credit-card issuers bracing for more problems, the wizard seems to have lost some of ...
    2008-02-23 03:26:00
  • Local couple finds that selling home can be tough in West Valley

    AZCentral.com - Love said that would pay off the mortgage and leave $2,000 for his family to rent a U-Haul and head north. ... On the brighter side, the assessor's valuations, which lag about 15 percent below the market, are used to calculate tax ...
    2008-02-23 07:23:00
  • Surveyor speaks to Kiwanians

    Kinston Free Press - There are eight employees now. The company specializes in boundary resolution, mortgage surveys, subdivisions and estate ... trees, water, roads, and others. A geographic positioning system survey records data transmitted from satellites to calculate ...
    2008-02-23 07:54:00
  • Downturn hits hard in West Valley (The Arizona Republic)

    As values fall, housing downturn hits most recently developed areas hardest.
    2008-02-22 06:27:36
  • IRS clarifies some details of the stimulus rebates (The Kansas City Star)

    Filing early won’t get your economic stimulus payment into your bank account any faster, said Linda Stiff, the Internal Revenue Service’s acting commissioner.
    2008-02-22 08:33:48
  • Area homes becoming more affordable (Vallejo Times-Herald)

    More people should be able to afford a Vallejo-area home now that prices have dropped, though stricter mortgage loan requirements make it difficult, local real estate experts said Wednesday. The California Association of Realtors released
    2008-02-23 08:21:00
  • Take steps now to reduce taxes (Chicago Tribune)

    This is the time of year when taxpayers pull out the rule book that guides them in making last-minute moves before year-end to reduce their income tax bill.
    2008-02-23 09:09:19
  • Reports of mortgage woes don't tell whole story: Most borrowers are OK

    Seattle Post Intelligencer - ... recently tracked about 5 million ARMs, and found that 1.3 million, or 35 percent, of the 3.7 million prime ARMs, and 2 ... If you have an adjustable-rate mortgage, find out how much you owe, when your interest rate will reset and how much your new ...
    2008-02-21 03:53:00
  • Global Business News

    RTT News - Reports indicated that an estimated value of sub-prime ARM or adjustable rate mortgages resetting at higher interest rates was U.S. $400 billion in 2007 and $500 billion for 2008.
    2008-02-22 07:17:00