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  • Here are highlights from Thursday's Analyst Blog: - PR Inside

    Multifamily fundamentals are holding up in most markets across the U.S. Landlords are slightly raising rents while maintaining high occupancy levels. On a portfolio-wide basis, Apartment Investment & Management (NYSE: AIV), or AIMCO registered decent ...
    2008-05-16 03:02:00
  • BNZ Weekly By Chief Economist Tony Alexander - Scoop

    It has been another good week for exporters with the NZD falling to 77.6 cents following weaker than expected retailing numbers this morning. All the evidence shows that after four and a half years of raising then maintaining high interest rates the ...
    2008-05-15 06:05:00
  • Barclays keeps quiet on rights issue - Herald

    Barclays continues to keep investors guessing as to whether it will make a capital call despite yesterday writing down £1.7bn from the value of assets linked to the credit crunch. The bank irritated some analysts with a lack of detail about the ...
    2008-05-15 04:40:00
  • Refinancing puts your money to work - Herald News

    There are two primary reasons to refinance a mortgage: to get more desirable rate and terms, or to extract cash from the home’s equity. Rate-and-term refinancing pays off one loan with the proceeds from the new loan, using the same property as ...
    2008-05-15 05:30:00
  • Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Apartment Investment & Management ... - MSN MoneyCentral

    DEUTSCHE BANK AG NA O.N. ( DB ) Stock Quote , Chart , News , Add to Watchlist Get the most recent insight from Zacks Equity Research with the free Profit from the Pros newsletter: http://at.zacks.com/?id=4579 Here are highlights from Thursday's ...
    2008-05-16 04:07:00
  • The average Kiwi really is better off - Stuff

    People better off. We've recently been bombarded by tales of average Kiwi families battling with rising mortgages and sharply higher prices for food and petrol. But is it really the case that New Zealanders are worse off now than they were a few ...
    2008-05-16 03:41:00
  • At FHA, a Surprising Result Underpins a Big Change (Washington Post)

    DALLAS
    2008-05-16 01:22:06
  • World economy to grow 1.8% in 2008: UN (The Times of India)

    The US economists have said that the deepening credit crisis in major market economies triggered by the US-led slump in housing prices will pose risks to economic growth in both developed and developing countries.
    2008-05-16 01:42:15
  • Restaurants Staying Steady (WCBD-TV Charleston)

    New numbers are out showing a rise in the jobless rate in South Carolina. State officials say the unemployment rate went up two-tenths of one percentage points from March rising to 5.9 percent.
    2008-05-16 08:03:20
  • Mortgage rates lowest in month (Knoxville News Sentinel)

    WASHINGTON - Rates on 30-year mortgages edged down this week to their lowest point in a month, a spot of welcome news to would-be home buyers.
    2008-05-16 09:11:04
  • Kenneth Harney: FHA shifts to risk-based system of insurance (Arizona Daily Star)

    DALLAS — Which of these two have better credit scores on average — home buyers with higher or lower incomes?
    2008-05-17 12:23:47
  • New Insurance Could Reduce Borrowers' Costs (Washington Post)

    Last week, I described a proposal for a new type of mortgage insurance called mortgage payment insurance, or MPI.
    2008-05-16 01:21:26
  • Yvette Kantrow: The Wall Street Journal's "Really Personal" Finance (HuffingtonPost)

    No matter who you believe is at fault in the subprime crisis -- borrowers, lenders, Jimmy Cayne, Alan Greenspan -- it's clear that millions of...
    2008-05-16 01:33:20
  • The average Kiwi really is better off (Stuff)

    Many people may feel they are struggling as the cost of living rockets. But on a wide range of measures, the average Kiwi is better off
    2008-05-16 03:49:39
  • Solar flare-up (Bendigo Advertiser)

    ALTERNATIVE energy experts are appalled by this week’s Federal Budget decision to cut off solar system rebates for households earning $100,000 or more.
    2008-05-16 04:31:27