Countrywide loans up 15 pct, foreclosures double
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Countrywide Financial Corp. , the largest U.S. mortgage lender, on Tuesday said it made 15 percent more home loans in May as the pace of refinancings increased, though the foreclosure rate doubled.
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Countrywide Financial Corp ,  whose shares have tumbled amid worries about the largest U.S.  mortgage lender's survival prospects, on Wednesday said it made  more loans than it expected in the fourth quarter, though  homeowner foreclosures and delinquencies rose.
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TORONTO -- Canada&#39;s big banks raised long-term mortgage rates by more than one-tenth of a point yesterday, reflecting the higher cost of borrowing in the bond market.
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The number of violent crimes increased by a larger amount than expected last year, extending the first significant rise in murders and robberies in 15 years, according to an FBI report released today.
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- Countrywide Financial Corp , which is in the middle of a crisis amid rising delinquencies and foreclosures, on Tuesday said it plans to offer refinancing options to subprime borrowers.
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LOS ANGELES -- Countrywide Financial Corp. lost $1.2 billion in the third quarter, but its shares soared Friday after the nation's largest mortgage lender said it expects to be profitable this quarter and next year.
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Freddie Mac of McLean, Va., said Friday long term mortgage rates inched higher during the week ending Dec. 2. Freddie Mac said the rate on the popular 30-year fixed-rate mortgage loan rose to an average 5.81
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NEW YORK -- Mortgage rates have jumped this week, propelled higher by news of strengthening in the economy. Rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages are averaging 5.82 percent in the new survey from mortgage company Freddie Mac.
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The state's looming foreclosure crisis escalated last month as the number of homeowners threatened with foreclosure more than doubled from a year earlier.
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U.S. stocks gained on Thursday after news Bank of America  is in advanced talks to buy struggling mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp .
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Interest rates on US 30-year and 15-year mortgages rose in the week as the market digested October&#39;s strong jobs report which showed economic growth may be gaining steam, mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said on Thursday
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Long-term mortgage rates in the United States increased sharply this week, mortgage wholesaler Freddie Mac reported Thursday in its weekly nationwide survey.
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Lenders issued $33.2 billion in new loans for commercial properties in the second quarter, up 17.4 percent from the same quarter in 2003, the Mortgage Bankers Association said on Friday.
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Rates on 30-year and one-year mortgages climbed this week, while rates on some other home loans didn't budge.
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Sales of existing U.S. homes  unexpectedly rose by 2.7 percent in November as low mortgage  rates fueled a record pace of home-buying, a trade association  report showed on Wednesday.
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Countrywide Financial Corp  said on Wednesday it helped more than 81,000 borrowers stay in their residences and avert possible foreclosures in 2007, by either modifying or otherwise restructuring their home loans.
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Interest rates on U.S. 30-year and  15-year mortgages rose in the latest week as an improving  economy stoked fears of inflation, mortgage finance company  Freddie Mac said on Thursday.