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Inflation Fears Cast Shadow on Mortgage Rates and Applications Decline

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by Mortgage News Daily on April 30 2008, 7:00 AM

Fears of inflation pushed mortgage rates higher according to the results of Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey for the week ended April 24. The Survey reported that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.03 percent with 0.3 point compared...
FOMC Cuts Target by 25 Bps to 2.00%, Says Economic Activity "Remains Weak"

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April 30 2008, 7:00 AM

The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that it cut the Fed funds target rate by 25 basis points to bring the key interest rate to 2.00%. The discount rate was also cut by 25 basis points to 2.25%. In an accompanying statement, the Fed said "substantial...
Zillow, Always Creative, Puts a New Twist on Mortgage Lead Generation

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by Mortgage News Daily on April 30 2008, 7:00 AM

Zillow has just inaugurated another aspect to its real estate services portfolio. Now Zillow has turned the lead generation industry on its head. Calling its service the Zillow Mortgage Marketplace , Zillow offers borrowers the opportunity to receive...
Pimco's Gross Warns that Further U.S. Housing Declines Could Be "Ruinous"

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April 29 2008, 7:00 AM

Housing price declines remain the greatest challenge to financial markets and could prompt a deep recession , according to Pimco's Bill Gross . "Home prices which have fallen by 10% over the past 12 months and are set for a repeat by this time in 2009...
Consumer Confidence Falls Less Than Expected in April

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April 29 2008, 7:00 AM

The Conference Board's consumer confidence index fell to 62.3 in April's report on Tuesday, confirming declines seen earlier in the month from other measures of consumer sentiment, yet coming in slightly higher than the consensus expectation of 62.0....
Another Loss for Countrywide as Bank of America Plans for Future

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by Mortgage News Daily on April 29 2008, 7:00 AM

Countrywide Financial Corporation logged in on Tuesday with its third consecutive quarterly loss due to a sharp increase it its provision for loan losses. On Tuesday the Nashville Business Journal reported that Bank of America is planning to modify or...
Treasury Secretary Paulson Sees No Need for Second Stimulus Package

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April 29 2008, 7:00 AM

Speaking in an interview with Fox Business news on Monday evening, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said he did not believe that a second fiscal stimulus package was necessary and that the tax rebates mailed out yesterday would make a real difference...
Case-Shiller Home Price Index Slides in February

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April 29 2008, 7:00 AM

The S&P Case-Shiller home price index continued its sharp decline in February as both the 10-city and 20-city composite indexes posted record annual declines in excess of 12.5%. The weakest markets over the past year have been Las Vegas and Miami...
First Quarter Vacancy Rates Rise Half a Percentage from Previous Quarter

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April 28 2008, 7:00 AM

National vacancy rates in the first quarter of 2008 were 10.1% for rental housing, up from 9.6% in the fourth quarter of 2007, and 2.9% for homeowner housing this quarter, compared to 2.8% in the previous quarter, according to a report from the Census...
Wachovia Settles One Suit, Confronts Money Laundering Charges

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by Mortgage News Daily on April 28 2008, 7:00 AM

Wachovia Corporation , the rising Charlotte North Carolina banking star is having a very bad April. On April 14 the bank announced it had lost $350 million or $0.20 per share during the first quarter of 2008. Then this past Friday Wachovia got hit with...
Treasury Undersecretary Steel Sees Good Progress in Economic Recovery, Housing

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April 28 2008, 7:00 AM

Progress on the U.S. economic slowdown and housing sector have been encouraging, according to U.S. Treasury Undersecretary Robert Steel, speaking to Society of American Business Editors and Writers Annual Conference in Baltimore, Maryland....
U.S. M1 and M2 Money Supplies Fall in Week Ending April 14

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April 25 2008, 7:00 AM

M1 Money Supply fell $2.4 billion in the week ending April 14, while M2 fell $15 billion, according to figures released from the Federal Reserve Thursday. The Fed's Treasury holdings......
U.S. New Homes Sales Plummet 8.5% in March to Lowest Level Since 1991

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April 24 2008, 7:00 AM

New home sales in the U.S. were down for the fifth consecutive month in March, falling by 8.5% to 526k, much lower than the 580k level expected by economists, and setting a new low since October 1991 . Inventories soared from already-worrying levels....
Wall Street Journal's Greg Ip Says Fed May Take "Breather" After Cut Next Week

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April 24 2008, 7:00 AM

Expectations for a pause in U.S. monetary policy were bolstered by an article in Thursday�s Wall Street Journal, where noted Fed watcher Greg Ip said, "The Federal Reserve is likely to cut its short-term interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point...
Preview: Further Deterioration Expected in New Home Sales

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April 23 2008, 7:00 AM

As the overhang of new homes sits at a 27-year high of 9.8 months, new home sales are expected to fall for a fifth consecutive month in the March index from the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday. In February's report, sales fell 1.8% to a seasonally adjusted...

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