Nationwide Home Loans Fall 37% on Contracting British Market
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011Nationwide Building Society, the U.K.’s largest customer-owned lender, said gross residential mortgage lending dropped 37 percent to 12 billion pounds ($17.2 billion) in the last fiscal year as housing transactions slumped.
Expiring tax credits boost new home sales; mortgage rates, falling prices help
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011New home sales surged last month as home buyers rushed to take advantage of tax credits that have helped lift the housing market, according to government data released Wednesday. Sales of new single-family homes rose 14.8 percent in April, compared with March, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 504,000, according to Commerce Department data. [...]
One in 25 mortgage holder in arrears
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011ONE IN every 25 Irish residential mortgage holders is more than three months in arrears on repayments, according to figures published yesterday by the financial regulator. And almost 22,000 people are struggling with arrears of more than six months on their home loans.
Mortgage Services III announces acquisition of Complete Mortgage Inc
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011Mortgage Services III LLC (MSI) has announced the expansion of its home loan division into the Greater Milwaukee area with the acquisition of Complete Mortgage Inc. of Sussex, Wis.
15-Year Mortgage Rate Falls Again: Can It Go Any Lower?
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011The average interest rate for a 15-year fixed-rate mortgage hit a new historic low on Friday — 4.20 percent, down slightly from 4.21 last week. The last time the 15-year rate was that low was August 1991, when Freddie Mac began its weekly survey.
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