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• Rebates an incentive to file taxes before rush

  Detroit News - The new law eliminates that requirement. In another benefit to homeowners, people can now write off the premium payments on their mortgage insurance.
  2008-03-11 03:52:00

• Midstate foreclosures on the rise

  Macon Telegraph - Delay payments on credit cards and other unsecured debt until you have paid the mortgage. A second car, jewelry, a whole life insurance policy may be sold for cash to help reinstate the loan.
  2008-03-13 01:19:00

• Hong Kong shares close sharply lower on Carlyle news, China slump, oil ...

  Forbes - ... jitters over credit markets following news that London-based fund Carlyle Capital is facing liquidation due to mortgage ... Ping An Insurance was down 2.7 hkd or 4.45 pct at 57.95 after reports that it may acquire an asset management unit of Europe ...
  2008-03-13 02:24:00

• The Plan? Don't Be Paranoid. This is 'The Strategy.'

  Washington Post - Speculators purchased an estimated 2,000 rent-controlled apartment buildings using illegally obtained federal mortgage insurance. They made quick profits reselling the buildings at inflated prices to friends and associates, who could then evade the ...
  2008-03-11 10:00:00

• Market panic after Bear Stearns reports

  Daily Telegraph - Panic swept the credit markets on reports of an insolvency crunch at both the US investment bank Bear Stearns and the mortgage giant Fannie Mae, triggering a dramatic surge in default insurance and rumours of yet another emergency rate cut by the US ...
  2008-03-11 06:29:00

• Loans too easy to obtain, some experts claim

  Chicago Tribune - Davis, who operates APRCompare.com, a mortgage brokerage in Huntington Beach, Calif., says some borrowers in expensive markets need to pay as much as 50 percent of their income to meet mortgage payments, insurance and property taxes.
  2008-03-11 05:47:00

• Countrywide Financial February Mortgage Loan Funding Falls - Quick ...

  RTT News - ... Financial Corp. (CFC) announced a fall in February mortgage loan funding to $25.587 billion from $34.569 billion last year. Total loan funding came in at $25.603 million from $35.262 million a year ago. Net earned premium for the Insurance segment ...
  2008-03-13 05:08:00

• TFN NEWS BRIEFING: Banking and insurance highlights to 09:15 GMT

  CNBC - 2008-03-13 08:02:52 Omega Insurance FY pretax surges; confident of growing profits, income LONDON (Thomson Financial ... US policy makers, led by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, will recommend a revamp of rules on credit markets and mortgage ...
  2008-03-13 02:24:00

• 4 cops indicted in Highwaymen probe

  Detroit News - ... the massive federal investigation into the Highwaymen Motorcycle Club, considered Metro Detroit's largest outlaw motorcycle gang, accused of being involved in drug dealing, murder for hire, interstate theft, acts of violence, mortgage and insurance ...
  2008-03-13 04:04:00

• You Can Play Housing Slump to Your Advantage

  The Ledger - Your new home will probably mean not only a bigger mortgage, but also higher ongoing costs, including homeowner's insurance, property taxes and maintenance expenses.
  2008-03-13 03:28:00

• Two new tax breaks help homeowners struggling with their mortgage ...

  Lubbock Avalanche-Journal - WE'LL HELP with your taxes ... by running informative stories each Tuesday through March 25. WASHINGTON - In a year of bad mortgage news, there's a bright spot or two for homeowners: Foreclosure comes with a tax break, and 2007 mortgage insurance ...
  2008-03-11 01:43:00

• Taking From 401(k) For Mortgage: Bad Idea

  CBS News - ... plan administrators, the most common reason reported for taking these withdrawals is to prevent foreclosure of the mortgage ... time purchase of a home, payment of qualified higher education expenses and withdrawals used to pay for medical insurance ...
  2008-03-13 04:40:00

• Insurance Drops for Municipal Debt, Undermines MBIA (Update1)

  Bloomberg - Municipalities from California to New York are rejecting insurance as fallout from the collapse of the subprime mortgage market strips some of the biggest guarantors of their top AAA ratings.
  2008-03-13 05:23:00

• U.S. mortgage mess creeps north

  Globe and Mail - ... an increase in business for alternative lender Home Capital Group Inc. , whose mortgages are insured by Canada Deposit Insurance Corp. and cover no more than 80 per cent of a home's value, CEO Gerald Soloway said. The entry of higher-risk mortgage ...
  2008-03-13 04:54:00

• Tax break could help debtors

  Detroit Free Press - If you bought a home in 2007, you might be able to take a new tax deduction for mortgage insurance premiums paid in 2007. The deduction would be reported on Schedule A of the 1040 return.
  2008-03-13 12:15:00

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