The loan blog

Having another crack at online mortgagesThe Financial Standard, Australia -1 hour agoCountless online mortgage companies have come and gone. The big banks with active direct mortgage sales arms report that the contribution those businesses …

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Shanghai banks end-Sept outstanding loans up 14.9 pct yr-on-yrForbes, NY -19 minutes agoSHANGHAI (XFN-ASIA) – Foreign and domestic banks in Shanghai reported outstanding loans of 2.09 trln yuan at the end of September, up 14.9 pct from a year …

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The Asian Banker (subscription)

Moody's changes Standard Bank's rating outlook to negativeThe Asian Banker (subscription), Singapore -1 hour agoMoody's recognises that, although RSB reported very strong positive liquidity gaps for short-term maturity periods as of end-1H 2007, most of the loans with …

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Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Affluent senior citizens tapping reverse mortgages for extra cashPittsburgh Post Gazette, PA -18 minutes agoBy Tim Grant, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Reverse mortgages have been a popular tool for cash-strapped retirees, but wealthier folks are finding ways to use …

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Consumer loan rates being hit hardest by credit cruxIrish Independent, Ireland -24 minutes agoThe cost of large loans to Irish companies is also understood to have risen significantly. The ECB figures show Eurozone short-term corporate loan rates up …

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Bristol & West Mortgages help first time buyers get startedEasier, UK -3 hours agoThe number of first time buyers taking out mortgages in June 2007 has dropped by 4000 on June last year, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders. …BofA takes to the street fests: Display publicizes no-fee mortgagesTrading Markets (press release)all 7 news articles

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Long fixed-rate mortgages – is there a demand?Reuters UK, UK -10 hours agoChancellor Alistair Darling said in the pre-budget report that measures to help lenders provide more fixed mortgages of 10 years or more would be brought …Lenders to get help wooing consumers into long-term fixed-rate …Times OnlineMore fixed-rate mortgages encouraged by governmentMyFinances.co.ukPBR: Darling to incentivise lenders [...]

로젠그렌 보스턴 연준 총재, '부동산, 금융시장과 경제' 연설(원문)뉴스핌, South Korea -12 minutes agoThis is borne out by the fact that the duration of subprime loans was relatively short, suggesting that borrowers were able to refinance into another …

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Revised package for long-term coop. creditHindu, India -1 hour ago… in non-farm loans of cooperatives in the ratio 85:9:6, Dr. Dasgupta said. On the revival package of over Rs. 14000 crore for the short-term cooperative …‘Co-op credit revival package by Nov-end’Hindu Business Lineall 6 news articles

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Murray irrigators want water loansNorth Queensland Register, Australia -14 minutes agoSAMI chairman Ian Zadow said while Exceptional Circumstances packages helped provide short-term relief, a more long-term solution was needed. …

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