Foreclosures at the high end increase – San Jose Mercury News

February 5th, 2012

The housing crisis, which first devastated borrowers who purchased lower-cost homes with subprime loans, has caught up with people whose wealth helped them hang onto their houses longer. Throughout affluent communities in the Bay Area …
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Hockey, Swan shadow-boxing on home loan costs – News.com.au

February 5th, 2012

Reserve Bank of Australia expected to cut interest rates Labor says mortgage rates are cheaper under them Opposition reckons families paid $700 less under Libs A FRESH row has erupted over home loan interest rates as Labor and the Coalition trade blows …

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Banks to take a hit on US home loans – Financial Times

February 5th, 2012

Investors in US home mortgage securities will be forced to write down a “substantial” amount of principal – up to $40bn – for distressed borrowers as part of a national settlement against leading US banks to resolve allegations of widespread …
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