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Ally mortgage unit files bankruptcy

Diane Alter – Fourth Estate Cooperative Reporter Midvale, Utah, United States (4E) – Ally Financial ResCap mortgage on Monday filed for prepackaged bankruptcy protection. The bank, owned by taxpayers, said the filing will allow the bank to take another step to repay the U.S. treasury. Ally’s ResCap unit operates under the GMAC Mortgage brand. At [...]

Stocks slide Wednesday following Tuesday’s big gains

Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter New York City, NY, United States (AHN) – U.S. stocks took a breather Wednesday from Tuesday’s big gains and once again focused on problems in Europe’s economy. In mid-morning trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 30 points, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index slumped 2 points, and the [...]

In land of no loans, consumer debt mounts

The Media Line Staff Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (The Media Line) – When Reem Muhammad sought a personal loan to pay off some lingering debts, a Saudi bank offered 100,000 riyals ($26,667). The price tag? Repayment of the loan, plus 33,000 riyals. “I took the loan and repaid it, but I never knew what the 33,000 [...]

Dubai is back – or not

The Media Line Staff Dubai, United Arab Emirates David Rosenberg (The Medi – Is Dubai back? That’s the question economists and government officials ask about once every six months, only to be disappointed. But this time, at least, the stock market seems to be answering yes. Dubai’s shares have rallied 30 percent so far this [...]

Mortgage rates for 30-year loans rise to 3.95 percent

Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Rates for 30-year fixed mortgages rose for the first time in four weeks as sales of previously owned homes climbed to the highest level since May 2010. The average rate for a 30-year fixed loan increased to 3.95 percent in the week [...]

Romney and Gingrich get mean heading into Florida caucus

Tom Ramstack – AHN News Legal Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The upcoming Republican caucuses in Florida are turning into a two-man race between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, according to the latest polls. At the same time, Florida’s former governor warned that the campaign rhetoric is becoming so mean that it overlooks [...]

Mortgage payments show rise in delinquencies

Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter New York, NY, United States (AHN) – More homeowners are having a hard time making their mortgage payments. According to credit reporting agency TransUnion, the rate at which mortgage holders were late with their payments by 60 days or more rose in the June-to-September period for the first time [...]

Thousands of Greeks strike to protest new round of cuts

Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Athens, Greece (AHN) – Thousands of restive Greek workers struck on Wednesday to protest the new round of budget cuts that Prime Minister George Papandreou approved to qualify for another tranche of bailout funds. The 24-hour industrial action paralyzed the Athens International Airport and other forms of public transportation as [...]

Cavs owner Dan Gilbert on list of richest Americans

John Nestor – AHN Sports Correspondent Cleveland, OH, United States (AHN Sports) – Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert can only hope his basketball team has as much success in the NBA as he has had in business of late. The founder of Quicken Loans, Gilbert was on Forbes Magazine’s list of the 400 wealthiest Americans. [...]

Mideast faces shortfall of affordable homes

The Media Line Staff Cairo, Egypt David Rosenberg – The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) faces a shortfall of some 3.6 million units of affordable housing over the next five years unless the region’s governments and property developers make a combined effort to solve the problem, warns a report by the global real estate [...]

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