News Analysis: Crisis Looms in Market for Mortgages
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For investors who watched the technology bubble burst, the problems in the mortgage securities market have a familiar ring.
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Distinctions between local economies are being overridden by a mortgage market that has made it more difficult for many would-be home-buyers to obtain financing.
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Fresh troubles in the subprime segment of the US housing market have ignited fears of contagion that could affect the financial sector and possibly the broader economy, analysts say.
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Economists say mortgage market troubles could, all told, cost financial firms and investors up to $400 billion.
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For some prospective home buyers in Southern California, the effect of the U.S. mortgage crisis has been to keep them on the sidelines of the home market, wary of stepping in for fear prices will fall further.
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Washington's real estate industry, already pinched by a slowdown in residential construction, is bracing for further retrenchment after last week's meltdown in the mortgage market.
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With prices falling, home sellers might have to accept lower prices than they had hoped for, while buyers might find it tougher to qualify for a mortgage.
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Troubles in the subprime mortgage  sector could put Wall Street on edge next week just as  investors look for key economic data, including the Consumer  Price Index, to shore up the market's nascent recovery after  its recent plunge.
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UK banks have built up a number of risky investment positions that could trigger a financial crisis if a shock caused a sudden rush to sell up, the Bank of England warned yesterday.
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Amid a steady stream of headlines about turmoil in the U.S. mortgage market propelled by rising defaults of subprime loans, home buyers and owners are fast turning to traditional, long-term mortgages for home financing needs, according to a report released on Wednesday.
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With more than $1 trillion in subprime mortgages still outstanding, some fear the financial sector's troubles have only just begun
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WASHINGTON - A lifeline banks are extending to owners of mortgage-backed securities that have plunged in value will avert a near-term crisis but not necessarily a painful reckoning long term.
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Troubles in the subprime mortgage sector could put Wall Street on edge this week just as investors look for key economic data, including the Consumer Price Index, to shore up the market's nascent recovery after its recent plunge.
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U.S. stock futures lost ground Tuesday as concerns mounted about the viability of subprime mortgage lenders and whether their troubles would spread to other parts of the economy.
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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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Mortgages are complicated, and lending markets are in flux right now, but savvy, well-positioned consumers can still get the loans they need to buy, build, or refinance a home. They just need to pay attention to what's going on, says David Reed, a lending veteran based in Texas and co-author of "Mortgage Confidential."
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The market has been shaken by uncertainty surrounding bond insurers and whether they will be able to handle large losses in the value of mortgage-backed bonds.