Topic: Home Financing

The Obama administration on Tuesday will launch its most ambitious effort at reducing mortgage balances for homeowners who owe more than their...
You can't force someone to buy a house.. . But as a society, we've long tried to make homeownership an offer you couldn't refuse.. . And since the...
Barclays this week followed similar moves from HSBC, Nationwide Building Society and Santander in launching a range of discounted mortgage rates ...

As Pay Falls, Borrowers Lose Ground

LENDERS scrutinize all elements of a mortgage application, but one factor remains critical: the debt-to-income ratio, or the percentage of a...

Government To Launch Broader Mortgage Aid

NewsCore) The Obama administration wil - The Obama administration will launch Tuesday its most ambitious effort at reducing mortgage balances for...

A Market Frozen By Fear

You have to wonder sometimes what they're smoking over there at the National Association of Realtors. . . On Tuesday, the self-proclaimed ''voice...
When I search for [mortgage rates] in Google, I am presented with dozens of Google AdWords ads on the search page. But what is interesting is that...
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google...

Thursday links: secret sauces

Is the "cult of equity" dead and buried? (FT Alphaville). . A look at recent AAII sentiment numbers. (Charts Gone Wild, Bespoke). . What the MOVE...

Reader Mailbag: Dream House

What's inside? Here are the questions answered in today's reader mailbag, boiled down to five word summaries. Click on the number to jump straight...