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UK Housing Aid Is UrgedWall Street Journal -1 hour agoAmong a number of proposals, the group urged the government to boost the availability of mortgages by allowing investors to swap mortgage-backed securities …Govt 'must act' on property marketPolitics.co.ukHousing market 'needs more help'BBC News'Revive home market with measures'The Press Associationguardian.co.uk - UK Expressall 18 news [...]

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Lehman to offload property loansFT Alphaville, UK -48 minutes agoLehman Brothers, trying to shore up its balance sheet, has settled on a structure that will allow it to offload billions of dollars in real-estate loans…Lehman may shed property loansTurkish Daily News (subscription)Lehman Follows Good Bank/Bad Bank to RedemptionSeeking AlphaUPDATE 1-$469 mln in mortgage bonds in danger-LehmanReutersTelegraph.co.uk - Reutersall [...]

Detroit Lobbies Dems for Retooling LoansBarron’s -1 hour agoThe auto makers this fall will ask Washington for another $25 billion in low-cost loans, to mass-produce more fuel-efficient vehicles (including models …

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Japan's Regional Banks Dodge Subprime, Face Bad-Loans (Update1)Bloomberg -1 hour agoBad-loan cost ratios may rise by about 50 percent, HSBC Holdings Plc predicts. “We have to be very, very cautious about regional banks,'' said Yuichi …Shinginko tied to shady loan practices'5 middlemen got kickbacks …The Daily Yomiuriall 70 news articles

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Putting BIDZ.com Shares on SaleBarron’s -1 hour ago… with makeshift private-placement memoranda that described pawn-brokering as "high-yield short-term non-recourse consumer loans secured by tangible …

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Lack of loans for tuition puts students in bindPittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA -1 hour agoLike many students throughout the country, Kelley, 21, a senior majoring in biology and history of art from Beaver Falls, had to change her student loan…

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Money Market Disruption to Continue `for Some Time,' BIS SaysBloomberg -2 hours agoThe premium banks charge for lending short-term cash may approach the record levels set last year, based on trading in the forward markets, where financial …Derivatives Trades on Exchanges Fell 13% in Quarter, BIS SaysBloombergall 33 news articles

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UAE consumer loans up 46pcGulf Daily News, Bahrain -2 hours agoDUBAI: Consumer loans in the UAE surged 46 per cent in the year to June to 54.03 billion UAE dirhams ($14.71bn), central bank data showed yesterday, …

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Is now the time to switch mortgages?NEWS.com.au, Australia -2 hours agoBy Michael Lund September 01, 2008 12:00am ANYONE with a mortgage is hoping the Reserve Bank of Australia will drop interest rates at its meeting tomorrow. …Beginners' Guide To: MortgagesIndependentAre You Eligible For The Best Mortgage Deals?Motley Fool UKAbbey launches low fee mortgage rangeMortgage SolutionsIndependentall [...]

KTB confident of hitting B100bn state loan targetBangkok Post, Thailand -34 minutes agoKrung Thai Bank expects to meet its 100-billion-baht loan target to government agencies this year, despite concerns about heightened political risk and …

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