No Lull in Mortgage Pitches
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The mortgage market may be in a historic upheaval, but mortgage companies continue to pump out upbeat advertisements.
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The number of new mortgage approvals in the UK held up in July, the Bank of England reports.
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Many members of the Bank of Japan policy board agreed in early July that there was uncertainty in the outlook for adjustments in the American housing markets because of subprime mortgage problems, minutes of the central bankâs meeting of July 11-12 showed. Some members said it was not highly likely that the subprime loan problems would severely affect credit markets, the minutes showed, but if that were to happen, there was a âpossibility that global financial and economic conditions could be badly affected.â The nine-member board agreed by an 8-1 vote to keep the overnight call rate target at 0.50 percent. The policy makers maintained the view that the United States economy would probably achieve a soft landing toward the end of the year.
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Stocks were little changed on Monday as lingering worries about the subprime mortgage market offset optimism about corporate takeovers.
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Mortgage rates edged up slightly this week, putting an end to a two-week decline, according to surveys conducted by mortgage buyer Freddie Mac and Bankrate.
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Even as analysts and officials have been ringing warning bells about exotic mortgages, investors have seen little reason to abandon the bonds backed by these home loans.
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Playing the U.S. housing market may no  longer require actually buying a home.
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Stock indexes hardly budged on Monday as the reemergence of turmoil in the subprime mortgage market kept investors cautious despite a fresh round of corporate takeovers.
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Interest rates on U.S. 30- and  15-year mortgages fell this week to their lowest levels since  early April as the housing market showed little sign of slowing  despite the Federal Reserve's move to raise interest rates,  mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said on Thursday.
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The subprime mortgage debt crisis  will have little impact on the U.S. or Asian economies because  that loan market is relatively small and would not create a  ripple effect, Moody&#39;s Investors Service said on Wednesday.
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Investor's Business Daily - The Mortgage Bankers Assoc.&#39;s mortgage applications index rose 5.5% in the week ended Sept. 7 as interest rates fell to the lowest since May. Analysts said tighter lending standards may be prompting borrowers to file more than one application. The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell 0.17 point 15 6.25%. The refi share of applications increased 0.7 point 15 42.1%.
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Troubles with subprime mortgages cast a shadow over the stock market last week as investors worried about a potential growth in losses on loans to risky borrowers. Still, stocks managed to eke out small gains.
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Applications for U.S. home mortgages were unchanged for the week ended Dec. 17 from the prior week as an increase in refinancing offset a decrease in purchases, an industry trade group said.
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Investor's Business Daily - The Mortgage Bankers Association&#39;s mortgage application index fell 3.4% to 643.7 in the week ended June 15, but was still up 13.2% compared with the same week last year. The purchase index slid 3% to 450.9 while the refinancing index fell 4.2% to 1,776.8.
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Rates on 30-year and 15-year mortgages dipped this week, good news for prospective home buyers. Freddie Mac&#39;s weekly survey released Thursday showed that rates on 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages declined to
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Investor's Business Daily - Despite mortgage rates hitting their highest level in almost a year, the Mortgage Bankers Association&#39;s mortgage activity index rose 1.1% to 626.2 in the week ended July 6, with applications for buying homes up 3.8%. Applications were 10.5% above year-ago levels. But the 4-week average fell 1.6% to 6.27 as homebuyers remain wary.
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The Halifax - the UK's biggest mortgage lender - says house prices were unchanged in January.