Newstalk ZB, New Zealand - 11 hours agoA key aspect of the retirement savings scheme allows people to put retirement savings towards their mortgages. National MP Craig …
October 30, 2006
October 27, 2006
Xinhua, China - 9 hours ago… cooperatives. The total value of microcredit loans distributed by over 100 microcredit institutions is merely one billion yuan. …
October 24, 2006
New York Times - 6 hours agoBy JIM RUTENBERG and DAVID S. CLOUD. WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 - The White House said Monday that President Bush was no longer using the phrase stay the course when speaking about the Iraq war, in a new effort …
October 18, 2006
Sydney Morning Herald - 1 hour agoIf you bought a video iPod after September 12, it could be infected with a malicious virus, but Apple says Microsoft is to blame. "We recently discovered that a small number - fewer than 1 per cent - of the …
October 15, 2006
Business Report, South Africa - 4 hours ago… which the bank lends to the private sector continues to move up only a half percentage point at a time, or when the upward leg of the interest rate cycle will …
October 12, 2006
California Mortgage Rates
California Mortgage Rates
Calif. median home price - August 06: $576,360 (Source: C.A.R.)
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Calif. highest median home price by C.A.R. region August 06:
Santa Barbara So. Coast $1,190,000 (Source: C.A.R.)
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Calif. lowest median home price by C.A.R. region August 06:
High Desert $332,900 (Source: C.A.R.)
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Calif. First-time Buyer Affordability Index - Second Quarter 06:
23 percent (Source: C.A.R.)
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Mortgage rates - week ending 10/5:
30-yr. fixed: 6.3%; Fees/points: 0.3%
15-yr. fixed: 5.98%; Fees/points: 0.4%
1-yr. adjustable: 5.46%; Fees/points: 0.7%
(Source: Freddie Mac)
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Bloomberg - 4 hours ago… 12 (Bloomberg) — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the biggest sources of funding for US home loans, may expand in the market for adjustable-rate mortgages with the …
October 9, 2006
The West Australian, Australia - 8 hours ago… One of the Corish report s key recommendations was a four-year phasing out of the millions of dollars in interest rate subsidies paid to farmers during times …
October 6, 2006
Assetz News, UK - 20 hours agoBuyers are demanding more flexibility on their tracker mortgages as the Bank of England looks set to raise its interest rates in the run-up to Christmas. …
October 4, 2006
Bush Gives Millions for Hispanic Real Estate
Housing and Urban Development secretary Alphonso Jackson announced $6 million in competitive grants to 10 Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) to help revitalize low-income neighborhoods near their campuses and bring new opportunities to students and working families living there.
“These grants are investments in both people and places,” said Jackson. “Not only will these funds help improve neighborhoods but they will help build the next generation of great Americans who will go forth to create new jobs and economic opportunities in their communities.”