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Mortgate rates little changed as housing market struggles

usatoday.com     Aug 14, 2008   63 related          

By Martin Crutsinger, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON — Rates on 30-year mortgages remained at the same level for a third week while rates on other types of home loans posted small declines. Freddie Mac, the mortgage company,...                    

Financials Lead Rally

smartmoney.com     Aug 14, 2008   6 related          

Active Discussions on SmartMoney Prices Rise: Core CPI rose 0.3% in July, above estimates. The Lowdown After back-to-back sessions in the red, a suprising jump in inflation could not stand in the way of a rebound. Stocks...                    

Stock gains powered by lower oil

cnn.com     Aug 14, 2008   6 related          

Wall Street off its highs, but remains positive as crude decline eases some inflationary fears. Paste this link into your favorite RSS desktop reader See all CNNMoney.com RSS FEEDS By Alexandra Twin, CNNMoney.com senior writer...                    

Inflation Shocker Smacks Down Stocks

forbes.com     Aug 14, 2008   11 related          

Wall Street was pointing to a higher open early Thursday morning, but then data on consumer prices and weekly jobless claims hit the wires, and the market limped into its first hour of trade. The Labor Department's Consumer...                    

Stocks Shake Off Data (at TheStreet.com)

yahoo.com     Aug 14, 2008   2 related          

Updated from 12:03 p.m. EDT Stocks in the U.S. continued to rally as a decline in crude-oil prices helped investors shrug off the highest rise in inflation in more than a decade and a substantial rise in the rate of home...                    

Inflation Scorches

forbes.com     Aug 14, 2008   47 related          

U.S. consumers got a lot less bang for their buck in July. On Thursday, the government reported that consumer prices increased at double the rate expected, recording the fastest rate of year-over-year growth in more than 17...                    

U.S. Housing Crisis Worsens As Home Foreclosure, Repossession Rates Zoom (AHN)

allheadlinenews.com     Aug 14, 2008   5 related          

Vittorio Hernandez - AHN News Writer Washington, D.C. (AHN) - The U.S. housing crisis continues to worsen as home foreclosures and repossessions rise to unprecedented levels, while large mortgage insurers reported huge losses....                    

Housing: Huge Shadow Inventory?

calculatedrisk.blogspot.com     Aug 14, 2008          

Sacramento Real Estate Statistics has some excerpts from a Deutsche Bank research report by research analyst Nishu Sood: "An inventory overhang builds in the shadows" (no link) Peter Viles at the LA Times covers the story: Bank...                    

PMI jumps after deal to sell Australian assets

menafn.com     Aug 14, 2008          

Each morning, Subprime Today provides a summary of MarketWatch's financial coverage as well as stories from other news outlets, providing links to those original articles. See layoffs page PMI Group PMI shares jumped 40%...                    

The tickerspy.com Wrap: Stocks Shrug Off Economic Data; CTrip Shares Fly (Indie Research)

yahoo.com     Aug 14, 2008   1 related          

Thursday August 14, 4:34 pm ET By the tickerspy.com Staff Stocks shrugged off some disappointing economic data to finish solidly in the green today. Elsewhere, RealtyTrac announced that foreclosures soared 55% year over year in...