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Mortgage approvals 'collapse' to record low - MyFinances.co.uk
Mortgage approvals for house purchases fell to the lowest level on record in April, latest data from the Bank of England reveal, to almost half the level 12 months ago. In total there were 58,000 mortgages approved for house purchase – a key signal ...
2008-06-02 09:37:00 -
Rural Wales 'lacking affordable homes' and faces lost generation - MyFinances.co.uk
Average house prices are five times the average income in rural Wales leading to higher levels of homelessness and a lost generation. A lack of affordable homes and social housing, means thousands of young buyers are locked out of the housing market ...
2008-06-04 02:18:00 -
Bradford & Bingley denounced for damaging City reputation - Times Online
Bradford & Bingley and its underwriting advisers Citigroup and UBS were accused yesterday of failing B&B shareholders and of damaging the reputation of the City of London because of the former building society's botched capital-raising. Senior City ...
2008-06-04 02:40:00 -
Free legal advice by text on offer - IC Cheshire
PEOPLE in desperate need of legal help in Ellesmere Port and Neston will now be able to get free advice by text message. Mortgage repossession orders are already up 17% since this time last year. People who are most vulnerable are finding themselves ...
2008-06-03 07:20:00 -
South metro town briefs - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Scott County, which would love to get more attention from the state's Department of Transportation as it seeks funding for major road improvements, has hired the agency's former deputy commissioner. This is Lisa Freese's first full week on the job as ...
2008-06-03 10:29:00 -
Homeowners the biggest losers as banks hit for £70bn since Northern Rock disaster (Daily Mail: World News)
More than £70billion has been wiped off the value of the big banks since the Northern Rock debacle.
2008-06-03 07:23:19 -
Family faces foreclosure fear (Santa Maria Times)
For Don and Rebecca Spendlove, just keeping a roof over their heads has taxed their mental, emotional and physical as well as financial capabilities.
2008-06-03 09:34:20 -
Clinton plays Rocky Balboa to the end (San Francisco Chronicle)
Somewhere between Iowa and Ohio, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York mutated from regal president-in-waiting to Rocky Balboa, heroine of the working class. "Let me tell you something," she told union workers in Pennsylvania in April. "When it comes to...
2008-06-03 09:52:40 -
Business in the Burbs: 800 homebuyers, no foreclosures (The Journal News)
Nearly 800 people and families have bought homes the past 15 years after getting advice and counseling from the Tarrytown-based nonprofit Housing Action Council, and none has ended up in foreclosure.
2008-06-03 11:41:43 -
Veterans' Financial 'Boot Camp' Prepares for Financial Security (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Bills.com helps service members lay footing for solid financial future after the military.
2008-06-04 12:01:00 -
Personal Bankruptcies Continue to Rise -- Consumer Tips to Avoid Money Problems in an Uncertain Economy (PRWeb)
Personal bankruptcies have risen nearly thirty percent since March of last year. Consumer debt levels are consistent with the number of bankruptcy filings, which is more bad news for America. Howard Dvorkin, CPA, author, and founder of the nonprofit Consolidated Credit Counseling Services offers advice. (PRWeb Jun 4, 2008) Read the full story at ...
2008-06-04 12:24:16 -
A little Sex didn't hurt anybody (rediff.com)
In tough times such as the present, what is wrong if Sex and the City lets women dream a little, imagine a world with earthly pleasures of shoes and expensive designer name dresses? Nobody questions Steven Spielberg when he sends Indiana Jones on a long, ridiculous journey looking for a crystal skull. So why cannot women aspire to buy a pair of Manolo Blahnik, even at a price tag of $525?
2008-06-04 02:58:03 -
Where they stand: Obama, McCain on the issues - Boston Globe
McCain: Opposes abortion rights. Has voted for abortion restrictions permissible under Roe v. Wade, and now says he would seek to overturn that guarantee of abortion rights. Would not seek constitutional amendment to ban abortion. Obama: Favors ...
2008-06-03 05:21:00 -
Compounding the pain - Los Angeles Times
AMERICAN CANYON, CALIF. -- Three years ago, Donna Robbins tried to use her soaring equity to remodel her house in this Napa Valley community. Instead, she says she got cleaned out. Robbins claims that friends from church who ran a finance company ...
2008-06-03 11:55:00 -
Charges in mortgage fraud - Athens Banner-Herald
A Lithonia man has been charged in a complicated mortgage fraud scheme in southeastern Athens-Clarke County that authorities began investigating more than three years ago. Jimmy Bernard Bruno, 34, was booked into the Clarke County Jail last week on a ...
2008-06-03 09:03:00