Mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may not even exist in their current forms after a revamp of the U.S. housing finance system, Assistant Treasury Secretary Michael Barr said on Tuesday. Moreover, “private gains…
The number of applications for mortgage loans fell last week as demand for refinancing loans weakened.
The total loan applications index fell 8.9% on a seasonally adjusted basis from a week earlier, with applications for refinancing loans slipping 10.8%, the Mortgage Bankers Association said. These figures include an adjustment to account for the Labor Day holiday.
Applications for…
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Mortgage Applications Drop on Weaker Demand for Refinancing originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:10:00.
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Investor Wilbur Ross will buy Ireland’s troubled Education Savings Bank as part of a consortium with private equity outfit Carlyle and Dublin-based Cardinal Group.
The consortium will close the deal for the bank, which has about $15 billion in deposits, as soon as next week, Ross told CNBC.
The consortium will “buy the bank and pour capital into it”, CNBC reported.
The Irish bank…
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Wilbur Ross, Carlyle Will Buy Ireland’s Education Savings Bank originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 15 Sep 2010 07:49:00.
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Many aspects of the financial crisis are still with us. But when it comes to one of the most profound economic impacts of the 2008 meltdown — the downright seizure of credit markets — things could hardly be more different now…
International bankers are hammering out the Basel III agreement, which will require banks to keep more capital in reserve relative to what they invest. It’s a good idea, and one that would cushion the financial system from the…