The loan blog

Taiwan securities firms seeking loans for margin financing, others …Forbes, NY -27 minutes agoTAIPEI (XFN-ASIA) – Eight Taiwan securities houses are seeking a total of over 25 bln twd in loans from banks in order to provide margin financing for … More: continued here

ABC News Backlog of US leveraged loans begins to clearFinancial News Online US, UK -28 minutes agoBankers are expecting $125bn (€88bn) of $300bn backlogged leveraged loans in the US to come to market this month as confidence slowly returns. …Banks sell $9.4B in loans for First Data – reportCNNMoney.comComing Week: Bond BingeTheStreet.comCentral banks pour in cash as [...]

Can These Mortgages Be Saved?The Ledger, FL -14 hours agoThe company said it has saved 39582 mortgages from foreclosure so far this year. But according to Countrywide’s own data, it currently services almost nine … More: continued here

Weekly Home Loan Report: 1-7 October, 2007Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand -3 hours agoWestpac has cut its 3 and 5 year rates to 8.75 per cent and 8.60 per cent respectively and Wizard Home Loans has launched a Spring special on two-year fixed …Mortgages cause sleepless nightsStuff.co.nzall 17 news articles More: continued here

TIM HUNTER: Finance firms forced to work for moneyStuff.co.nz, New Zealand -22 minutes agoThis company uses the cash to buy loans from Capital & Merchant Finance, thus improving Capital & Merchant's short-term liquidity. … More: continued here

SBI may reduce home loan ratesTimes of India, India -1 hour agoThe repo rate is the interest rate at which RBI offers short-term loans to banks. Any cut in the repo rate will lead to lowering of the variable home loan… More: continued here

Seattle Post Intelligencer High-Priced Student Loans Spell TroubleThe Associated Press -1 hour agoThe near doubling in the cost of a college degree the past decade has produced an explosion in high-priced student loans that could haunt the US economy for …Student loan law spells changes for lendersThe Wichita Eagleall 87 news articles More: continued here

Galloping aheadBusiness Standard, India -47 minutes agoEven Sonthalia feels that the markets should consolidate and be range bound in the short term. Sandeep Sabharwal, while agreeing to it goes on to add that … More: continued here

Mortgages cause sleepless nightsStuff.co.nz, New Zealand -14 minutes agoThe poll found home loan interest rates were a concern for 68 per cent of those with mortgages. The survey of social attitudes asked those with home loans … More: continued here

ABC News Nobel Winner Brings Promise of Small LoansABC News -1 hour agoNobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus is now bringing his belief in the revolutionary power of small loans to some of America's toughest neighborhoods. …Nobel Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus Starts Grameen AmericaABC Newsall 5 news articles More: continued here