New mortgages hit four-year low
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September saw the lowest number of new mortgage approvals in the UK since August 2000, official figures show.
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U.S. mortgage applications last week  sank to their lowest level in over four years, as home purchase  loan demand tumbled for the third straight week, an industry  trade group said on Wednesday.
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U.S. mortgage applications fell  slightly last week, led by a decline in home refinancing loans  as interest rates hit their highest in four years, an industry  trade group said on Wednesday.
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Average interest rates for U.S.  mortgages dropped for the fourth week in a row, to levels not  seen since the beginning of the year, according to a survey  released by finance company Freddie Mac  on Thursday.
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U.S. mortgage applications fell last  week as interest rates hit their highest in over four years, an  industry trade group said on Wednesday.
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The number of Americans who may lose their homes because of late mortgage payments rose to a record in the first quarter, led by subprime borrowers pinched in an economy that grew at the slowest pace in four years.
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Interest rates on US 30-year and 15-year mortgages have moved lower following last week&#39;s disappointing jobs report that suggested economic growth had slowed, mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said on Thursday.
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U.S. mortgage applications fell for   the first time in four weeks even as interest rates dropped to   a six-month low, an industry trade group said on Wednesday,   providing further evidence the country's housing market slump   is deepening.
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Housing starts plunged in January to the slowest pace in more than nine years as the latest government reading on the battered housing market came in much weaker than forecasts.
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PREDICTIONS that the housing bubble has finally burst were confirmed yesterday by figures revealing the first year-on-year drop in mortgage lending for four years.
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WASHINGTON -- Sales of new homes plunged by a record amount in 2007 while prices posted the weakest showing in 16 years, demonstrating the troubles builders are facing with a huge backlog of unsold homes.
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The number of new mortgages being approved for home buying fell again in November.
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Even borrowers with strong credit are feeling the pinch as home values fall and monthly payments rise.
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The number of new mortgages being given to house movers falls by 20% in the past year, according to the Bank of England.
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The number of mortgages approved in December fall for the seventh month in a row, with 38% fewer mortgages approved than a year earlier.
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U.S. mortgage applications dropped  more than 5 percent last week to their lowest level this year  even as interest rates fell, an industry trade group said on  Wednesday.
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Business & money: Housing market slows as mortgage approvals fall.