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  • Boost for borrowers as BoE cuts interest rates (Edinburgh Evening News)

    HOMEOWNERS, borrowers and businesses were given a welcome boost today after the Bank of England announced a reduction in interest rates.
    2007-12-06 05:50:41
  • UK interest rates tipped for cut (BBC News)

    The Bank of England looks set to cut UK interest rates amid signs of a slowing economy, analysts say.
    2007-12-05 02:29:43
  • Region could see minimal effect from plan to freeze interest rates (Sun-Sentinel)

    South Florida could see only a minimal effect from President Bush's ballyhooed plan to freeze interest rates on thousands of subprime mortgages scheduled to reset in the coming months.
    2007-12-06 03:10:01
  • Business: Fall in interest rates 'inevitable' (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

    BUSINESS chief Louise Bennett believes it is now a case of "when, rather than if" interest rates will start to fall. The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England will decide today whether to alter the rate from its current 5.75 per cent.
    2007-12-06 06:01:37
  • Wall Street Likes Bush Subprime Plan

    Forbes - ... signaled Wall Street that it's willing to contain the subprime mortgage mess. On ... real estate speculators or those who made the reckless decision to buy a home ... Shares for the nation's largest lender, Countrywide Financial (nyse: CFC - ...
    2007-12-06 03:30:00
  • Winners, losers reshuffled in Bush plan aiming to help 1.2 million ...

    Boston Globe - And Rick Simon, a spokesman for Countrywide Financial Corp., the nation's No. 1 home lender, said the effort ... That reaction from investors came despite a Mortgage Bankers Association report that home foreclosures shot up to an all-time high in the ...
    2007-12-06 03:52:00
  • Wells Fargo supports subprime bailout

    Reuters - NEW YORK, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co (WFC.N: Quote , Profile , Research ), the nation's second-largest mortgage lender ... Mike Heid, co-president of Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, in a statement said the plan "will help a large number of consumers ...
    2007-12-06 03:09:00
  • US STOCKS-Market rises, led by housing-related stocks

    Reuters - ... and mortgage-related shares rose before a White House announcement about a plan to slow the wave of home foreclosures that has rattled investors. Countrywide Financial Corp (CFC.N: Quote , Profile , Research ), the largest U.S. mortgage lender, and ...
    2007-12-06 11:34:00
  • Delta Financial to file for bankruptcy

    Newsday - ... based in Woodbury, said Thursday it will file for bankruptcy protection, becoming the latest such lender to fall to the mounting mortgage ... prostitution sting Strange to see Yankees doing it old-fashioned way NYPD cop found shot dead at home Mall ...
    2007-12-06 08:35:00
  • Wall Street jumps on mortgage plan, oil's surge

    Washington Post - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rallied on Thursday, buoyed by hopes that a government plan to stem home foreclosures would ... Countrywide Financial Corp (CFC.N), the largest U.S. mortgage lender, and Fannie Mae (FNM.N), the nation's biggest source of ...
    2007-12-06 01:36:00
  • Fleetwood, Imation, KB Home, Target: U.S. Equity Movers Final

    Bloomberg - Fleetwood, Imation, KB Home, Target: U.S. Equity Movers Final By Elizabeth Stanton Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- The following ... Countrywide Financial Corp. (CFC US), the biggest U.S. mortgage lender, advanced 16 percent to $12.10. Mortgage ...
    2007-12-06 01:57:00
  • Mortgage lender Countrywide in savings bid

    Daily Telegraph - Countrywide, the US's largest provider of home loans, is set to double the number of savings offices it has in its branches, from 100 to 200, by the end of the year. The "financial centers" as Countrywide is calling them, are inside existing branches ...
    2007-12-06 02:40:00
  • Rabobank to Take on $7.6 Billion of Tango SIV Assets (Update3)

    Bloomberg - Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Rabobank Groep NV, the biggest Dutch mortgage lender, will bail out its Tango Finance Ltd. structured investment vehicle by taking on 5.2 billion-euros ($7.6 billion) of its assets to avoid a fire sale. Rabobank has started ...
    2007-12-06 11:20:00
  • Bush plan on mortgage rates lifts stocks

    Baltimore Sun - Countrywide Financial Corp., the nation's largest mortgage lender, rose $1.68, or 16 percent, to $12.10, on the government ... And meanwhile, consumer spending appears to be suffering from sinking home prices and high gas prices. Target Corp. fell ...
    2007-12-06 03:44:00
  • U.S. stocks up ahead of mortgage plan

    MSN UK News - Shares of Countrywide Financial Corp, the biggest U.S. mortgage lender, jumped 14.7 percent to $11.95, and the Dow Jones home builders index gained 7.8 percent. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 41.38 points, or 0.31 percent, at 13,486.34. The ...
    2007-12-06 11:34:00