Report: High-Cost Loans on The Rise
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In another indication of increasing consumer debt, a new federal report has found that the percentage of borrowers who turned to high-cost loans to buy or refinance their houses rose last year.
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Mortgage lending hits a record high for the month of January, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).
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Sub-prime mortgages are growing faster than mainstream mortgages, a report says.
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Higher interest rates for bank depositors are stressing local and regional banks.
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The rate of home loans entering the  foreclosure process rose to a record high in the second quarter  of 2007, driven largely by failing subprime mortgages, an  industry trade group said on Thursday.
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Applications for home mortgages jumped  to their highest level in nearly four years as low interest  rates led more homeowners to seek refinancing, according to  data from an industry group on Wednesday.
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As mortgage defaults rise, more houses are being put up for auction -- and more people are seeing a chance to make big bucks. But there are risks
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Homeowners increased their mortgage borrowing by almost $600 billion in the last quarter of 2006, an annual pace of 6.4 percent.
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Applications for home mortgages jumped to their highest level in nearly four years as low interest rates led more homeowners to seek refinancing, according to data from an industry group on Wednesday.
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New applications for US home loans rose last week to their highest level in four months even though mortgage rates ticked upward from their recent lows, an industry group said on Wednesday.
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Convenience usually comes at a price â and that price has been climbing.
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Late payments on home equity loans climbed to a 1 1/2-year high in the opening quarter of this year, while delinquencies on credit card bills fell, painting a mixed picture of how people are managing their debt.
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Business & money: Average interest rates on personal loans have jumped to almost double the advertised rate
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Labor costs have risen more robustly   this year than first thought, a government report showed on   Wednesday, raising concerns the Federal Reserve may need to   resume hiking interest rates to contain inflation.
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Mortgage rates around the country went up this week, with 30-year mortgages climbing to the highest level since early September. Freddie Mac, in its weekly survey released Thursday, reported that rates on
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Sky-high interest rates on credit  cards can make a mountain of debt seem insurmountable.  Eventually for some, it is.
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Welcome to the dawn of a new credit  cycle, with tighter bank lending, rising costs for riskier  borrowers and a slowing economy.