The Newest Homeowners: Big Banks
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As subprime mortgage defaults grow, investment banks find themselves reluctantly holding mortgages.
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The deal rescues Countrywide, Americaâs largest mortgage lender and expands the financial services empire of Bank of America, the nationâs largest consumer bank.
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REITs are getting pummeled, and it's time to start paying attention.
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Housing starts have been very high relative to the number of homes that builders are trying to sell.
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Producers are ready to shell out big bucks to keep their   House in order.
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The American Dream of home ownership may not be quite as dreamy as it once was. Sky-high prices, risky mortgages, and job instability have made home buying a bigger investment than it used to be. For some folks, it's an investment not worth making.
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Some people you would never expect have hefty investment accounts. Be one of them.
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North Carolina, Scotland, Pennsylvania and Canada could soon all have something in common: serving as the home base of New England&#39;s top four banks.
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It started with subprime mortgages. Now owners of McMansions are defaulting, and the effects of the housing bust are beginning to ripple through the economy.
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One of the largest financial institutions in Texas has drawn the attention of a New York banking giant. Bryan-based First American Bank SSB will be acquired by New York-based Citigroup Inc.
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Twenty years ago, Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc. was an upstart wealth manager in a city that birthed some of country's oldest financial institutions. Now it's a scrappy competitor that has bought nine other firms in seven years and has an appetite for more. At the company's center is Boston Private Bank, which focuses on lending to the ultra-wealthy. Boston ...
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Investment bankers are tinkering with the traditional definition of infrastructure to attract a wider range of bidders and higher valuations, increasing the risk profile for cash-rich, asset-hungry buyers.
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Today's pop quiz involves some potentially exciting new products that mortgage bankers have come up with to make homeownership a reality for cash-strapped first-time buyers.
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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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In the asset management business, it's all about getting big.
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A new Web site helps consumers protect themselves from excessive fees that can drive up the price of a home.
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For decades Wall Street's investment banking fraternity has been dominated by a handful of great American houses--what are now Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and Citigroup (Smith Barney).