Posted Friday January 25, 2008, 11:05 am, Over one day old
Mortgage rates are falling today following the Fed's unscheduled cut of three-quarters of a percentage point in the federal funds rate.
Read Fed cut and mortgage rates (Links)
Posted Sunday January 13, 2008, 11:05 am, Over one day old
Bank of America announces it will buy Countrywide.
Read Don't panic about Countrywide (Links)
Posted Sunday January 13, 2008, 11:05 am, Over one day old
Will defaulting homeowners resort to arson to save their financial hides?
Read Arsons and the Toyotathon (Links)
Posted Wednesday January 9, 2008, 11:05 am, Over one day old
Countrywide gets caught "recreating" foreclosure notices in bankruptcy court.
Read The trouble with Countrywide (Links)
Posted Wednesday January 9, 2008, 11:05 am, Over one day old
This would be a good time to get a fixed-rate mortgage instead of an adjustable-rate loan.
Read An inevitable housing bust? (Links)
Posted Wednesday January 9, 2008, 11:05 am, Over one day old
The economy added a net 18,000 jobs in December, far below expectations. The unemployment rate rose to 5 percent. Mortgage rates fell this morning.
Read December payrolls fall flat (Links)
Posted Wednesday January 9, 2008, 11:05 am, Over one day old
Before I make predictions for 2008, let's look back at the predictions I made a year ago.
Read Predictions for 2008 (Links)
Posted Wednesday January 9, 2008, 11:05 am, Over one day old
Here are questions and comments that readers have e-mailed in the last couple of weeks.
Read Opening the mailbag (Links)
Posted Friday December 7, 2007, 9:54 am, Over one day old
The bottom line for mortgage rates is that the 30-year fixed has gone up about an eighth of a percentage point in a day.
Read Jobs report mixed (Links)
Posted Thursday December 6, 2007, 11:04 am, Over one day old
Details are coming out about the Paulson Plan to freeze the introductory rates on some subprime mortgages.
Read Rate freeze--the big picture (Links)