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The Motley Fool December 4, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Three-Headed Hell-Hound Chokes on Block Cerberus Capital has gotten out of its deal to purchase the ailing mortgage unit of battered tax-prepper H&R Block. |
BusinessWeek April 24, 2006 Emily Thornton |
Cerberus To KKR: Eat Our Dust Stephen Feinberg's fast-growing hedge fund snatched GMAC. But it's a risky play. |
The Motley Fool May 3, 2007 Seth Jayson |
GM Squeezes Out Borrowers Huge losses on bad mortgages turn GMAC from a cuddly home lender to just another business. Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek December 11, 2006 Mara Der Hovanesian |
A Farewell To ARMs? Not Quite Yet New classes of lenders are jumping in to offer high-risk mortgages. |
U.S. Banker August 2001 Ted Cornwell |
Fears of Defaults Subprime loans are behind the fears. They have not been tested in a declining economy and analysts don't know what to expect. |
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005 David Welch |
GM Is Losing Traction A couple of years ago, General Motors Corp. finally seemed to be getting its act together. But its turnaround is threatened by sliding market share, high retiree costs, and the specter of a "junk" credit rating. |
The Motley Fool March 19, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Subprime Symptoms Starting to Spread? It seems that subprime mortgage difficulties have already started to spread. There will almost certainly be a more protracted softness for housing than we might have anticipated as recently as the final quarter of last year. |
BusinessWeek May 9, 2005 Brian Hindo |
GM's Ace in the Hole: Cash For all of the problems General Motors faces, liquidity isn't one of them. Reserves of at least $45 billion help the carmaker keep its credit rating above junk and give it some flexibility to maneuver. One of those moves could be selling off parts if the company. |
Financial Advisor July 2007 Eric L. Reiner |
Housing Sings The Blues Real estate woes bring both worry and opportunity to the financial sector. |
The Motley Fool January 5, 2009 Rich Duprey |
GMAC Steers Taxpayers Wrong Uncle Sam has given them an inch, what's to prevent GM from taking a mile? |
BusinessWeek August 4, 2003 David Welch |
For GM, Mortgages Are the Motor But how long can it rely on profits from its finance unit? |
BusinessWeek June 7, 2004 Dean Foust |
Look Out Below, Lenders The end of the mortgage boom is nigh -- and it could get ugly for banks and thrifts. |
The Motley Fool July 13, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
A Tale of Two Borrowers Unfortunately, many homeowners never consider that they may not really be able to afford the home they own. As painful as it is to give up your home, it's not worth risking financial ruin to stay in a home you can't pay for. |
BusinessWeek March 26, 2007 Mara Der Hovanesian et al. |
Making Sense Of The Mortgage Mess The economy should be able to withstand the downdraft in the mortgage market. |
The Motley Fool October 15, 2008 David Lee Smith |
GM and Chrysler Shouldn't Get Hitched Despite merger talks, the Big Three should not become the Big Two. |
Real Estate Portfolio Sep/Oct 2007 Dees Stribling |
Coming into Focus Mortgage REITs of all stripes tighten their lending practices to improve their outlook going forward. The subprime event may mark a permanent change in the business environment for mortgage REITs, as well as mortgage lenders and investors. |
The Motley Fool August 16, 2007 John Rosevear |
Buying a Home During the Storm Essentially, what's going on is that the mortgage industry -- along with Wall Street -- is rethinking the appropriate pricing for taking on the risk of a borrower with a less-than-prime credit history. |
The Motley Fool December 8, 2006 Mary Dalrymple |
Mortgage Power for Everyone Arm yourself with information before shopping for a home loan. |
The Motley Fool June 27, 2007 John Rosevear |
Is It Time to Buy a House Yet? The subprime mortgage mess has created a mixed blessing for potential homebuyers. |
U.S. Banker April 2007 Holly Sraeel |
Tough Lessons for the Subprime Market...Again That New Century finds itself in this predicament should come as no surprise. The burning question? When will the other shoe(s) drop, and how painful will that be for the industry and investors? |
The Motley Fool May 7, 2007 David Lee Smith |
A Growing Mess for GM With labor talks on the horizon, a 90% earnings drop may not be General Motors' biggest problem. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool October 30, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Everyone's Jumping Into the Bailout Line What started off as aid to the banks now appears to be accepting all comers. |
BusinessWeek March 19, 2007 Der Hovanesian & Goldstein |
Who Will Get Shredded? As the subprime business tanks, the pain is spreading to a wide swath of investors. |
The Motley Fool March 8, 2007 Nick Kapur |
Market Buzz: Opportunities in Subprime Lenders Why some in the subprime market may be better off than you think. However, as with the mortgage industry, it can get you into some pretty hairy situations. But the profits are there for those who can see through the panic. |
The Motley Fool October 30, 2008 Rich Duprey |
An Auto Merger Car Wreck Proposals to unite GM and Chrysler are overpriced flights of fancy. |
U.S. Banker May 2007 Lee Conrad |
Subprime Mortgages: As the Knot Unravels, A Question Lingers: Why? Consumers and companies following their self-interest are supposed to be guiding forces that drive a capitalist economy. The recent meltdown of the subprime-mortgage market, however, raises the question of whether all participants were headed in that direction. |
FDIC FYI February 7, 2002 |
Subprime Mortgage Lending Faces the Test of a Slowing Economy Entry by FDIC-insured institutions into subprime lending as a targeted line of business was largely a phenomenon of the 1990s. These lending programs are now being tested by recession, in most cases for the first time... |
The Motley Fool December 10, 2008 Rich Duprey |
Detroit's Dance With the Devil The bailout of the auto industry has ridden some rough road lately, and although a vote is possible in the House today, it's the nuts and bolts that may end up proving its undoing. |
The Motley Fool July 7, 2009 Morgan Housel |
The New Subprime All you have to do is drop the sub. |
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2005 Matt Hudgins |
Leaping Through The Lending Trough According to the normal rhythms of the real estate industry, the first years of this decade should have been a slow period for lenders. To the delight of the mortgage industry, it hasn't worked out that way. |
National Real Estate Investor February 4, 2004 From staff reports |
GMAC Tops Annual List of Loan Servicers With $213.7 billion in master and primary servicing, GMAC Commercial Holding Corp. tops the Mortgage Bankers Association's annual ranking of multifamily and commercial loan servicers at the end of 2003. |
The Motley Fool March 14, 2007 David Meier |
Quick Take: Subprime Scariness The process, not the outcome, is the scary part of the subprime disaster. Who's to blame? The mortgage lenders? The home sellers? The buyers themselves? (Whatever happened to caveat emptor?) |
The Motley Fool December 16, 2005 W.D. Crotty |
Citigroup Scraps GMAC Rumors The financial giant's CEO looks to the future while passing up a potential acquisition of GMAC. Citigroup shareholders must be relieved. |
The Motley Fool April 2, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Free Mortgage? Look Again Free offers are rarely simple acts of kindness. When you see a no-cost mortgage, ask your lender about what exactly is free. |
BusinessWeek October 24, 2005 David Welch |
Delphi: A Helluva Bargaining Chip General Motors bets ailing parts maker Delphi will win big labor savings - and it can follow suit. |
The Motley Fool June 8, 2005 David Meier |
What About GMAC? GM CEO Rick Wagoner needs to give GMAC some lifeboats. Do shareholders agree? |
The Motley Fool March 6, 2007 Emil Lee |
Cleaning Up in Subprime Loan World? This sector will turn volatile, so be careful when seeing if there's any value left. |
The Motley Fool April 22, 2005 Mike Cianciolo |
What Happened to GM? Let's examine what led to huge losses and offer suggestions on how to get back on the road to profitability. |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann |
Option Weighs Down H&R Block H&R Block's misguided venture into the subprime mortgage business cost the company almost $1 billion last year, and selling off the unit is proving difficult. |
The Motley Fool July 24, 2007 David Lee Smith |
GM's Divorce From Allison Gets a Flat The General Motors deal to arrange a leveraged buyout of its Allison Transmission division is delayed as the private equity group has trouble finding financing. Its one of many deals disrupted as investors grow increasingly wary of private equity deals. |
BusinessWeek April 12, 2004 Brian Grow |
Hola, Amigo! You're Approved As lenders look to keep lucrative mortgage-origination income flowing, they are often bending age-old credit rules to appeal to America's fast-growing immigrant population. |
The Motley Fool October 17, 2005 W.D. Crotty |
New Tune, Same Old GM A tentative deal to reduce costs may not help the auto maker much -- or its stock. |
The Motley Fool May 17, 2005 |
The Market's Quirky Way Why is it that some good news from a company will launch its stock price up, while other good news from it will have no effect at all? It largely depends on what investors have been expecting. Sometimes news isn't really news to most people. |
U.S. Banker August 2009 Glen Fest |
Brother, Can You Spare a Warehouse Line? While there are estimates that the warehouse business still has around 30 lenders providing services, a study found fewer than eight were taking new applications not tied to correspondent relationships. |
The Motley Fool March 21, 2007 Anders Bylund |
3 Stocks That Missed the Mark A peek at companies that over-promised and under-delivered. General Motors... OpenTV... James River Coal... |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2005 David Meier |
GM: A Crumbling Rock? The automaker's car business needs a major overhaul, and it may be too late. Investors, take note. |
Bank Systems & Technology June 1, 2005 Steven Marlin |
Driving Business Speed With Technology An interview with GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corp.'s executive vice president and CIO, whose development of proprietary applications include the first investor reporting Web site in the commercial mortgage industry, on his views about IT. |
The Motley Fool April 22, 2005 David Meier |
GMAC: The Golden Goose Should investors take a chance? |
Bank Technology News April 2006 John Adams |
Online Mortgage Delivery: Fannie And Freddie Await An E-boom GSE execs say innovation at all stages of the lending process and pressure from the waning refi boom spell imminent growth in the Web-enabled mortgage secondary market. |
The Motley Fool May 1, 2008 Christopher Barker |
GM Suffers a Broken Axle The auto maker reports a huge loss, but investors are encouraged anyway. |