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The Motley Fool
July 18, 2011
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Are These Former Heroes Going to Zero? Mortgage insurers -- the companies that made it possible to put less than 20% down to buy a home -- have become victims of the housing bust. |
The Motley Fool
October 14, 2010
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PMI Group Shares Popped: What You Need to Know Shares of mortgage insurer PMI Group jumped more than 10% in intraday trading on big volume. |
The Motley Fool
May 9, 2011
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Mortgage Losses Weigh Down Genworth's Profits Genworth feels the pain. |
The Motley Fool
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Radian Group Shares Popped: What You Need to Know Shares of mortgage insurer Radian Group jumped more than 10% in intraday trading on big volume. |
The Motley Fool
October 19, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
MGIC Investment Shares Popped: What You Need to Know Shares of mortgage insurer MGIC Investment jumped more than 10% in intraday trading, as the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings. |
The Motley Fool
October 8, 2010
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PMI Group Shares Popped: What You Need to Know Shares of mortgage insurer PMI Group jumped more than 10% in intraday trading today. |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
2011 Could Have Been Worse for MBIA As a key player in the mortgage-bond insurance industry, MBIA suffered greatly during the housing crash. |
The Motley Fool
April 27, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
This Will Bring On the Real Recovery Now, some positive signs in mortgage financing are bolstering the argument that for real estate, the worst is truly over. |
The Motley Fool
March 22, 2004
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Do You Believe in Magic? MGIC's share price is growing while net income shrinks. |
The Motley Fool
February 28, 2011
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Why Getting a Mortgage Will Never Be the Same Lots of changes are happening to the mortgage market. |
BusinessWeek
March 1, 2004
Robert Barker |
GE's Insurance Offspring: A Good Risk? General Electric plans to sell 30% of Genworth Financial in an initial public offering. |
IndustryWeek
November 1, 2005
Michael K. Evans |
Evans On The Economy -- Ignore The Bubble Babble Despite what the alarmists contend, U.S. housing prices will continue to rise in 2006 and 2007. |
The Motley Fool
June 19, 2009
Matt Koppenheffer |
The Next Housing Crisis Is Brewing Is the government sponsoring the next leg down for the housing market? If so, what should investors be doing? |
The Motley Fool
September 19, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Not the Time for Countrywide The news certainly isn't all bad at mortgage giant Countrywide these days. It is a solid company that will likely emerge stronger from the current crisis, but it will take time. |
BusinessWeek
October 13, 2003
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S. Housing: Still Solid, but Creaking a Little Key first-time homebuyers look at steeper prices and mortgage rates. |
The Motley Fool
July 25, 2008
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The Last Straw for Suffering Homeowners A spike in mortgage rates threatens any chance of a housing recovery. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2009
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Let's Stop the Housing Crisis Once and for All It's hard to believe how easily it all could have been prevented. By simply following an old-fashioned standard for taking out a mortgage loan |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2010
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Shiller: The Housing Recovery Could Be on Shaky Ground Yale professor Robert Shiller gives his opinion on the current state of the housing market. |
BusinessWeek
June 25, 2009
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Housing's Tentative Gains In a tricky balancing act meant to support the nascent housing recovery, the Fed suggests it might spend more to keep interest rates low, while trying to soothe investors' inflation fears. |
The Motley Fool
February 15, 2007
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Fogging the Mirror in Mortgage Lending The housing industry is getting bogged down in the aftermath of subprime loans. Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek
September 17, 2009
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How Real Is the Rally in Real Estate Bonds? Companies are jumping back into mortgage securities, but they may regret their moves. |
BusinessWeek
January 15, 2007
James Mehring |
Housing: The Best Indicators Of A Rebound According to some housing indicators, there is some light at the end of the tunnel for homebuilders, but that cautious optimism comes with caveats. |
BusinessWeek
January 17, 2005
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U.S.: The Walls Won't Come Tumbling Down Mortgage rates in 2005 will remain low enough to keep housing affordable. |
The Motley Fool
June 23, 2011
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Banks Say No Thanks to Reverse Mortgages Should you do likewise? |
The Motley Fool
December 2, 2011
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Housing Crisis Still Haunts Regions Regions Financial's fourth straight quarterly profit fails to satisfy the Street. |
BusinessWeek
July 14, 2003
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U.S.: The Skittish Bond Market Won't Shake Housing -- for Now Rates must rise more than a point to hurt. But it's another story for refis. |
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May 12, 2011
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Bank of America's Rosy Housing Outlook Bank of America, already burned by its upbeat home price forecasts, continues to count on more improvement than others see. |
The Motley Fool
February 29, 2008
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A Wild Week for Fannie and Freddie Analyst downgrades. Worse-than-expected earnings. The lifting of federal loan limits. Put it all together, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have experienced one of the most tumultuous weeks in their history. |
The Motley Fool
December 6, 2011
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Slow Jobs Market? Blame Housing The key to getting the economy back on track is deleveraging -- paying off debt accumulated during the bubble years. For households, the vast majority of that debt is in the form of mortgages. |
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January 2011
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Short-Term Gain, Long-Term Pain The Fed s plan to buy $600 billion of Treasury bonds might boost demand for loans, but this latest round of quantitative easing could hamper bank profitability and continue to restrain the economic recovery. |
The Motley Fool
October 12, 2007
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Where's the Consumer Credit Crunch? Housing may be slowing, but borrowing is moving full speed ahead. Last month, figures for both revolving credit, such as credit card debt, and non-revolving debt, like car and student loans, rose. |
BusinessWeek
July 19, 2004
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Is A Housing Bubble About To Burst? As rising rates in the U.S. send mortgage payments higher, demand may cool. |
FDIC FYI
April 11, 2002 |
Economic Conditions and Emerging Risks in Banking The report describes recent signs of a consumer-led recovery in the U.S. economy that may have begun in the first quarter... |
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July 2, 2007
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Home Sales: Optimism May Be Misplaced But there are reasons to be skeptical about the latest mortgage activity figures while other housing data show no signs of improvement. |
The Motley Fool
September 2, 2004
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Homebuying With Good Credit, Little Cash Will this newfangled kind of mortgage help you buy a house? |
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July 9, 2007
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Housing's New Risks For The Economy Mortgage rates are up, credit is tighter, and home prices are falling faster. |
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February 27, 2006
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How To Ride A Housing Bubble Golden West specializes in exotic mortgages - and in surviving downturns. |
The Motley Fool
February 15, 2011
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Life After Fannie and Freddie: Canada Edition A modest proposal, modeled after our neighbors to the north. |
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July 28, 2009
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This Is Killing Housing Prices And it ain't letting up anytime soon. As home prices crater, the incentive to give your home back to the bank -- even if you can afford the monthly payments -- grows by the day. |
The Motley Fool
April 21, 2010
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Is the Housing ATM Reopening? Many seniors will be glad to hear what a number of lending institutions are saying about reverse mortgages. They are getting less expensive. |
BusinessWeek
August 21, 2006
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Why Housing Looks A Little Rickety Recent data indicate further weakening in the housing market is yet to come. |
The Motley Fool
October 28, 2008
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A Rising Trend That Could Hurt Banks Investors have yet to pay much attention to the potential losses on other forms of bank lending, including credit card loans. But they should. |
BusinessWeek
November 5, 2007
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The Housing Bust's Latest Blow New research shows the recent jump in the rate of homeownership was tied largely to loose lending. |
The Motley Fool
April 17, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Wells Fargo Dodges the Housing Bullet San Francisco-based Wells Fargo has performed remarkably well amid one of the nuttiest banking markets in decades. |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
A Jumbo Problem for Housing Limits on loans by Congress will hurt hard-hit high-end housing markets. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2005 |
Mutual Fund Monitor The real costs of a housing bubble. |
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July 2007
Eric L. Reiner |
Housing Sings The Blues Real estate woes bring both worry and opportunity to the financial sector. |
