home mortgages

How Does Discretionary Income Change Over a Lifetime?

Digg - Business & Finance  Mon, 10/31/2011 - 16:39

Where and how we spend our income fluctuates as we move through our lives. Different obligations, such as school loans, home mortgages, and children, required various amounts of resources.


 

House GOP asks business for advice on regulations

Newsvine - business  Wed, 01/05/2011 - 02:06

House Republicans are turning to their business allies as they move to scrap Obama administration programs and regulations as varied as controlling greenhouse gases, regulating the Internet and modifying home mortgages.


 

Madigan sues Countrywide, alleging discrimination

Newsvine - business  Tue, 06/29/2010 - 18:33

Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Countrywide, alleging the fallen mortgage industry giant discriminated against blacks and Latinos buying home mortgages in Illinois.


 

We Bought A Toxic Asset; You Can Watch It Die

Digg - Business & Finance  Fri, 03/12/2010 - 15:40

Remember those complicated bonds full of home mortgages? The ones that almost brought down the economy? A team of reporters with NPR's Planet Money used $1,000 of their own cash to buy a tiny piece of one — and plan to track it until it dies.


 

Plan for Consumer Protection Agency Sent to Hill

NYT > Business  Tue, 06/30/2009 - 09:54

The administration’s proposal for the new agency marks the first shot in a battle with financial institutions over how to regulate home mortgages, credit cards and other forms of lending.


 

Wells Fargo's Evergreen paying $40M in SEC accord

Newsvine - business  Mon, 06/08/2009 - 09:56

An investment fund owned by Wells Fargo & Co. is paying $40 million to settle federal charges that it inflated the value of a mutual fund that invested mainly in securities tied to home mortgages and only selectively told shareholders about the fund's problems.