(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-15 00:16 UK house asking prices up 6.1 pct yy in Feb – Rightmove
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-15 00:16 UK house asking prices up 6.1 pct yy in Feb – Rightmove
LONDON, Feb 15 (Reuters) – Asking prices for houses in England and Wales are 6.1 percent higher than a year ago after the biggest monthly increase since April 2007, property website Rightmove said on Monday. The average asking price nationwide in February was a non-seasonally adjusted 229,398 pounds ($359,800), up 3.2 percent since January. London prices were up 5 percent on the month to a …
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-11 10:09 England, Wales repossession orders fall 42 pct yy in Q4
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-11 10:09 England, Wales repossession orders fall 42 pct yy in Q4
LONDON, Feb 12 (Reuters) – Courts in England and Wales issued 42 percent fewer mortgage possession orders in the final quarter of 2009 compared with a year earlier, and 21 percent fewer company winding-up petitions, the Ministry of Justice said on Thursday. There were 16,928 orders for home repossession according to seasonally adjusted data in the October to December period, 15 percent lower …
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-08 14:16 UPDATE 1-Canada housing starts rise 5.8 pct in January
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-08 14:16 UPDATE 1-Canada housing starts rise 5.8 pct in January
TORONTO, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Canadian housing starts rose by a larger-than-expected 5.8 percent in January, with gains in both single and multiple family homes, offering further proof of housing’s strength in an otherwise tepid economy. Housing starts rose to a seasonally adjusted rate of 186,300 units from an upwardly revised 176,100 units in December, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp said on …
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-08 11:00 EU extends Dutch Fortis probe, clears recap for now
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-08 11:00 EU extends Dutch Fortis probe, clears recap for now
BRUSSELS, Feb 8 (Reuters) – EU regulators extended on Monday an in-depth investigation into state aid granted to Fortis Bank Nederland and temporarily approved a 6.9 billion euro ($9.4 billion) recapitalisation to finance its merger with ABN AMRO. The European Commission, competition watchdog of the 27-country European Union, said it would assess the combined effect of all the aid and the …
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Border crimes stay in fedsâ focus
Border crimes stay in fedsâ focus
TUCSON — A pair of hot criminal issues — immigration and mortgage fraud — have to be constantly watched so they don’t boil over, U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona Dennis Burke said.
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-03 20:03 BRIEF-Moody’s cuts rts on GCCF 2006-GG7 CMBS, var on RWN
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-03 20:03 BRIEF-Moody’s cuts rts on GCCF 2006-GG7 CMBS, var on RWN
Feb 3 (Reuters) – Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp. Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-GG7:
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Forget Your Kids! Focus on Your Own Future
Forget Your Kids! Focus on Your Own Future
There are other ways to help your children.
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-03 21:03 DIARY – Today in Washington – Feb. 4
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-03 21:03 DIARY – Today in Washington – Feb. 4
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Fed’s Kohn: Banks must focus on interest-rate risk
Fed’s Kohn: Banks must focus on interest-rate risk
Banks will need to pay special attention to their interest-rate risk exposure in the coming months, since the financial crisis and the emergency measures it engendered have resulted in “uncharted waters for monetary policy and the financial markets,” says Donald Kohn, vice chairman of the Fed.
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-01-26 08:20 Spain Nov mortgage lending falls close to 10% y/y
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-01-26 08:20 Spain Nov mortgage lending falls close to 10% y/y
MADRID, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Spanish home mortgage lending fell 9.9 percent year-on-year in November, the National Statistics Institute said on Tuesday, as banks continued to restrict credit in a tough recession. November mortgage lending totalled 6 billion euros ($8.5 billion), while the average value of total mortgages approved during the month was 11.7 percent lower than a year earlier. Spain’s …
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