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  • Further rise in FBT rate

    Scoop - The prescribed rate used to calculate fringe benefit tax on low-interest, employment-related loans will rise to 10.37%, up ... The revised rate will apply from 1 October 2007 and follows the latest Reserve Bank survey of first mortgage interest rates. ...
    2007-09-02 05:40:00
  • House won't sell? Don't cut price; try buy-down

    Seattle Times - ... has a house listed at $200,000, and lenders will lend 95 percent of that at 6.5 percent on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage to ... But some lenders calculate the buy-down amount on a 2/1 as 3 percent of the loan amount, which would increase the cost to $5 ...
    2007-08-31 05:56:00
  • Wall Street's Buyout Binge Unlikely To Revive Soon

    CNBC - There had been speculation Sony might delay the IPO because of market upheaval, as banks worldwide scrambled to calculate ... Another deal that could be at risk is the sale of H&R Block's subprime mortgage unit Option One Mortgage to Cerberus. Both ...
    2007-09-04 08:12:00
  • Firms and banks begin to shed subprime caution

    MSN UK News - There had been speculation it might delay the IPO because of market upheaval, as banks worldwide scrambled to calculate their ... U.S. mortgage lender Thornburg , which was forced to sell more than 35 percent of its assets and reduce borrowing to ...
    2007-09-04 09:02:00
  • Firms, banks begin to shed subprime caution

    Reuters - There had been speculation Sony might delay the IPO because of market upheaval, as banks worldwide scrambled to calculate ... U.S. mortgage lender Thornburg (TMA.N: Quote , Profile , Research ), which was forced to sell more than 35 percent of its ...
    2007-09-04 05:06:00
  • Extra money poses question

    National Post - Are you the type of person that is inclined to pay down your mortgage? Or are you a risk-taker who would invest in a long ... knowledge of what your marginal tax bracket is. Once you have your tax rate, you can weigh out your options and calculate ...
    2007-09-04 10:57:00
  • The Home Buying Process: Step by Step (Benton Evening News)

    (ARA) - Buying a home can be a very intimidating process, especially if you've never done it before. So the first thing you should do before you start is to figure out whether owning a home is right for you.
    2007-09-04 10:06:35
  • Further rise in FBT rate (Scoop.co.nz)

    The prescribed rate used to calculate fringe benefit tax on low-interest, employment-related loans will rise to 10.37%, up from the 9.79% rate announced for the previous quarter, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne announced today.
    2007-09-02 05:53:00
  • Suze Orman: Protect yourself from the wrong mortgage (Post-Bulletin)

    the past few months of mortgage delinquency rates and home foreclosures creeping ominously upward, a lot of attention has focused on the fact that many borrowers ended up with nontraditional mortgages they had little chance of affording once the all
    2007-09-01 06:28:03
  • The American Dream Is Just That (7 Letters) (New York Times)

    To the Editor:.
    2007-09-03 07:38:15
  • Extra money poses question (Vancouver Province)

    EDMONTON -- If you had an extra dollar, what would you do with it? What if it were an extra $10,000 or $100,000? Are you the type of person that is inclined to pay down your mortgage? Or are you a risk-taker who would invest in a long-shot penny stock? Would you top up your RRSPs?
    2007-09-04 12:28:52
  • Strong medicine prevents mortgage problems (The Star-Ledger)

    After the past few months of mortgage delinquency rates and home foreclosures creeping ominously upward, a lot of attention has focused on the fact that many borrowers ended up with nontraditional mortgages they had little chance of affording once the alluring introductory periods expired.
    2007-09-01 10:09:05
  • Hotlinks (Tiscali)

    There had been speculation it might delay the IPO because of market upheaval, as banks worldwide scrambled to calculate their exposure to mass defaults on subprime U.S. mortgages offered mainly to poor people.
    2007-09-04 10:15:16
  • Firms, banks begin to shed subprime caution (Reuters via Yahoo! India News)

    LONDON (Reuters) - Companies showed signs on Tuesday of shrugging off the caution that has enveloped the world economy since a credit crisis broke, while weaker U.S. economic data bolstered the likelihood of a Federal Reserve rate cut.
    2007-09-04 10:50:25
  • Primary Considers Offer for Symbion, Topping Agreed Bid From ...

    Bloomberg - Two subsequent aftershocks with magnitudes of 5.4 and 4.8 respectively were recorded in the region, Randy Baldwin, geophysicist at the National Earthquake Information Center said from Denver, Colorado. ``This is a very remote area,'' Baldwin ...
    2007-09-02 05:33:00