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<title>Finance Industry Today: Mortgage Affordability News</title>
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<title>Welcome to the great demise of America</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184038275</link>
<pubDate>19 Aug 2008 21:19 GMT</pubDate>
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...  as inflated oil prices meet the largest mortgage crisis in American history. For American citizens  ...  prices, skyrocketing other utilities as well as housing deflation that has helped create record home  ...  at K-Mart and Target when we can afford it. While it is true that we  ...
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<title>The Worst is to Come</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184037103</link>
<pubDate>19 Aug 2008 21:16 GMT</pubDate>
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...  big banks.&quot; And the dark twins of mortgage finance didn&apos;t escape unscathed, not by a  ...  documents show that even late in the housing bubble, Fannie Mae was drawn to risky  ...  company with the dual incentives of fostering affordable housing and making money, and of one  ...
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<title>California Realtors: Q2 entry-level housing affordability increases 50%</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184036385</link>
<pubDate>19 Aug 2008 21:15 GMT</pubDate>
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... The percentage of households that could afford to buy an entry-level home in California  ...  home. Recent decreases in home prices and mortgage rates have brought affordability into better alignment  ...
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<title>Falling home prices: The silver lining</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184033874</link>
<pubDate>19 Aug 2008 20:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  tumble across the country, making homes more affordable in most U.S. cities, according to a  ...  of 2004. &quot;Several factors combined to increase housing affordability nationwide. There was a marginal rise in mortgage rates, which still remain near the historically  ...
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<title>C.A.R. Reports Entry-Level Housing Affordability Increases 50 Percent in Second Quarter 2008 Compared with a Year Ago</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184032987</link>
<pubDate>19 Aug 2008 20:48 GMT</pubDate>
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... The percentage of households that could afford to buy an entry-level home in California  ...  home. Recent decreases in home prices and mortgage rates have brought affordability into better alignment  ...
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<title>Good time to buy a house, people tell housing survey</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184032141</link>
<pubDate>19 Aug 2008 20:32 GMT</pubDate>
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... More people think house prices will keep falling - yet a  ...  effect on how much debt they can afford to service.&quot; Mortgage rates started to move down in early  ...
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<title>Home buyers positive on spending</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184028531</link>
<pubDate>19 Aug 2008 20:14 GMT</pubDate>
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...  of hope is creeping back into the housing market with many home buyers seeing now  ...  effect on how much debt they can afford to service,&quot; says Tuffley. Mortgage rates started to move down in early  ...
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<title>HSBC spent $660,000 lobbying government in 2Q</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184026491</link>
<pubDate>19 Aug 2008 20:04 GMT</pubDate>
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... The company lobbied on numerous housing bills proposed in Congress this year, including  ...  month to help struggling homeowners meet their mortgage obligations. That law is intended to prevent  ...  homeowners to swap their mortgages for more affordable loans, but only if their banks agree  ...
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<title>HSBC spent $660,000 in second quarter lobbying government on credit card, mortgage rules</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184024005</link>
<pubDate>19 Aug 2008 19:35 GMT</pubDate>
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...  second quarter lobbying government on credit card, mortgage rules HSBC spent $660,000 in second quarter  ...  disclosure form. The company lobbied on numerous housing bills proposed in Congress this year, including  ...  homeowners to swap their mortgages for more affordable loans, but only if their banks agree  ...
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<title>4:23amEuropean shares close sharply lower</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184023917</link>
<pubDate>19 Aug 2008 19:34 GMT</pubDate>
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...  worst is over.&quot; Yesterday shares in US mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -  ...  the pipeline, the US central bank cannot afford any action that might allow inflation to  ...  27 years, coupled with a fall in housing starts of 11 per cent to a  ...
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<title>Obama: Don&apos;t question my patriotism</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184018468</link>
<pubDate>19 Aug 2008 18:55 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the end of friendship, ENRON, the sub-prime mortgage crisis, the fossil fuel issue, the events  ...  the war, Bill Mahr, Whoopi Goldberg, and thousands of others McCain &amp; his Republicans Buddies  ...  THE JUST ONE MORE CHANCE AMERICAN CANNNOT AFFORD ONE MORE CHANCE WITH THESE GUYS THEY  ...
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<title>Catch a falling knife? Good time to buy a house, people tell housing survey</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184017074</link>
<pubDate>19 Aug 2008 18:52 GMT</pubDate>
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... More people think house prices will keep falling - yet a  ...  effect on how much debt they can afford to service.&quot; Mortgage rates started to move down in early  ...
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<title>European shares close sharply lower</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184016535</link>
<pubDate>19 Aug 2008 18:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  worst is over.&quot; Yesterday shares in US mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -  ...  the pipeline, the US central bank cannot afford any action that might allow inflation to  ...  27 years, coupled with a fall in housing starts of 11 per cent to a  ...
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<title>Real Estate Special Report: Speaking up</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184011832</link>
<pubDate>19 Aug 2008 18:16 GMT</pubDate>
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...  value as condominiums again. Until then, these thousands of shadow market units will continue to  ...  by macroeconomic issues such as employment and mortgage liquidity. Once the individual projects stabilize with  ...  first to sell. These units are the affordable ownership housing in the market place and  ...
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<title>Median Home Price Falls 25 Percent; Some Neighborhoods Keep Value</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184010252</link>
<pubDate>19 Aug 2008 17:56 GMT</pubDate>
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...  bargain hunters swept up foreclosure properties in affordable neighborhoods, DataQuick real estate information service reported Aug. 18. Median prices  ...  refinanced near the price peak with lousy mortgages. What were still not seeing is this  ...
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