August 31, 2011, 4:59 PM EDT By Donal Griffin and Jody Shenn (Updates with bank spokesman’s comment on talks with potential buyer in fifth paragraph.) Aug. 31 (Bloomberg) — Bank of America Corp., the largest U.S. lender, plans to sell or shut its correspondent-mortgage unit as Chief Executive Officer Brian T. Moynihan seeks to stop [...]
Bank of America Corp. has put another giant piece of the Countrywide mortgage empire on the auction block — the correspondent lending arm, which buys closed home loans from mortgage bankers, commercial banks and other loan originators. A spokesman said Wednesday that the Charlotte, N.C., bank is in serious talks with a buyer for the correspondent business. But if [...]
Brendan McDermid / Reuters Subprime mortgage borrowers, it appears, are more creditworthy than Uncle Sam. Standard Poor’s, the ratings agency that recently downgraded the credit of the United States, is giving a higher rating to a group of subprime mortgage loans – yup, just like the type that lead to the financial crisis – than [...]
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Economy Published August 31, 2011 | Reuters Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet Applications for U.S. home mortgages tumbled last week as demand for refinancing sagged for the second week in a row, an industry group said on Wednesday. The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seasonally adjusted index of mortgage application activity, which includes both [...]
August 31, 2011, 11:40 AM EDT By Zeke Faux and Jody Shenn (Updates with subprime bond yields in 12th paragraph.) Aug. 31 (Bloomberg) — Standard Poor’s is giving a higher rating to securities backed by subprime home loans, the same type of investments that led to the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, than [...]
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Mortgage approvals rose to a 14-month peak in July, the Bank of England reported, a rise economists pinned on better deals for buyers. Lenders approved 49,239 mortgage loans, the most since May 2010, although still well below pre-crisis levels. “The latest rise in mortgage lending may be a response to the increasingly competitive mortgage interest [...]