CREDIT CRIMP UNLIKELY DUE TO BANKS’ BAD LOANS
The proliferation of bad real estate loans plaguing New England banks is unlikely to result in a general clampdown on credit that might push the region toward recession, according to several bank economists and other observers. Although banks are rapidly rediscovering fiscal conservatism on loans

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Big bailout: Where things stand - CNNMoney.com

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Big bailout: Where things stand CNNMoney.com - 7 hours ago The cost: While the proposal calls for the purchase of as much as $700 billion of bad loans, it's unknown what taxpayers will ultimately pay for the bailout … Video: Bush: Economy at 'A Pivotal Moment' AssociatedPress Treasury Seeks Authority to Buy Mortgages Unchecked by Courts Bloomberg US Congress gets $700 bln financial bailout plan Swissinfo CNN - Forbes all 1,270 news articles

White House lays out radical financial bailout plan (Chicago Tribune)
Struggling to stave off financial catastrophe, the Bush administration on Friday laid out a radical bailout plan with a jawdropping price tag — a takeover of a half-trillion dollars or more in worthless mortgages and other bad debt held by tottering institutions.

US Treasury takes on the house in high-stakes game - guardian.co.uk

Council on Foreign Relations

US Treasury takes on the house in high-stakes game guardian.co.uk, UK - 7 hours ago They then tightened the supply of credit to American homes, in a desperate attempt to repair their balance sheets, pushing house prices down still further. … Painful lessons as US credit crisis lurches Toronto Star Henry Paulson buries US toxic debt Times Online Massive bailout for Wall Street Independent Chicago Tribune - Times Online all 320 news articles

US authorities study plan to rid banks of bad assets (AFP via Yahoo! News)
US officials from the Treasury, Federal Reserve and Congress met Thursday to discuss a “comprehensive approach” to rid financial institutions of bad assets at the root of the current credit crisis, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said.

Realty Q&A: How to get a U.S. mortgage without a U.S. credit record (Market Watch)
I am living in Ohio, having recently shifted to the U.S., and am employed at a  university hospital. I want to get a mortgage to buy a house, but I have no credit history in this country. Can you tell me how I can get loan?

10 things you should know - Straits Times

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10 things you should know Straits Times, Singapore - 5 hours ago The hope is that by helping banks get rid of bad mortgage debt, the government can avert a total meltdown of stock and credit markets around the world and … The pain on Main Street CNNMoney.com all 201 news articles

But Struggle Looms Over Details - Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal

But Struggle Looms Over Details Wall Street Journal - 5 hours ago The crisis has worsened over the past two weeks as credit downgrades, bad investments and falling stock prices have felled financial institutions such as … Feds respond to financial crisis with massive intervention San Jose Mercury News Obama and McCain Are Slow Off the Mark on Financial Crisis U.S. News & World Report Feds to pick up bad mortgages Inman.com Bangkok Post - MSNBC all 628 news articles

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Best Syndication

Bad Credit Personal Loans: Settles Down Your Life Best Syndication, CA - 12 hours ago Bad credit personal loans give you a chance of doing anything. You can go out for a luxury holiday trip, buy a car, modify or improve your home, …

Q&A about mortgage giants Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac - Los Angeles Times

Center For American Progress

Q&A about mortgage giants Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Los Angeles Times, CA - Sep 8, 2008 As more of the loans they had backed went bad, they were no longer able to raise money from private sources. If the government hadn't stepped in, … Drano it's not MarketWatch Intervention May Create New Problems Wheeling Intelligencer The Tuesday Ten: Fannie and Freddie Fallout The Emory Wheel The Tennessean - New York Times all 110 news articles

Paulson's plan: So far, so good - CNNMoney.com

Washington Post

Paulson's plan: So far, so good CNNMoney.com - 11 hours ago Banks stuffed with bad loans remain unwilling to extend credit, and joblessness is on the rise. The US has lost private-sector jobs in each of the past … Video: Paulson:'We Had No Choice' CBS Foreign banks forced Fannie rescue The Australian Ka-boom! It's a Fan & Fred shot worth $200 billion Houston Chronicle Contra Costa Times - Telegraph.co.uk all 3,670 news articles

takeover may not change home prices much - San Francisco Chronicle

BBC News

takeover may not change home prices much San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - 17 hours ago (09-08) 18:23 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — The government's seizure of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Sunday might ease home loan rates, … Video: Investors, Industry Pleased With Govt. Takeover AssociatedPress Mortgage industry welcomes federal fix Arizona Republic Comment by Mark Goldman Real Estate Lecturer, San Diego State University Atlanta Journal Constitution - AFP all 5,384 news articles

White House credit union has high rate of bad loans
WASHINGTON — The White House Federal Credit Union has a bad-loan record worse than 83 percent of similar institutions, which could prove embarrassing in light of President Bush’s criticism of congressmen who overdrew their accounts at the House Bank. According to a report released yesterday under

Publication: The Boston Globe

Loans grow harder to get: Subprime lenders’ woes bad news for those without good credit, experts say.
Byline: Sara Kennedy Apr. 12–MANATEE — With so many subprime lenders going bankrupt or closing, it’s become harder to get loans for those with less-than-perfect credit, local mortgage brokers say. They still have options but it’s a little harder to place the loans, they may have to come up with

Publication: Bradenton Herald (Bradenton, FL)

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Wall Street Journal

takeover may not change home prices much San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - 5 hours ago (09-08) 18:23 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — The government's seizure of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Sunday might ease home loan rates, … Video: CEO Praises Bailout Of Mortgage Giants kcratv Mortgage industry welcomes federal fix Arizona Republic Q&A about mortgage giants Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Los Angeles Times AFP - The Australian all 8,812 news articles

Read the fine print to avoid credit card woes - Economic Times

Read the fine print to avoid credit card woes Economic Times, India - 1 hour ago As big banks continue to post multimillion-dollar writedowns to cover mortgage loan losses and other bad investments, credit-card holders are increasingly …

Expect a long, costly convalescence - Globe and Mail

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Expect a long, costly convalescence Globe and Mail, Canada - 13 hours ago Don't be shocked if President Obama or President McCain sets up a taxpayer-funded corporation to absorb billions of dollars worth of bad loans. … Drano it's not MarketWatch Freddie, Fannie: Fuel for the bank stock rally CNNMoney.com Fannie and Freddie: US Government Takes Control Seeking Alpha Wilkes Barre Times-Leader - Times Online all 155 news articles

White House credit union has high rate of bad loans
WASHINGTON — The White House Federal Credit Union has a bad-loan record worse than 83 percent of similar institutions, which could prove embarrassing in light of President Bush’s criticism of congressmen who overdrew their accounts at the House Bank. According to a report released yesterday under

Publication: The Boston Globe

Plastic Surgery Loans For bad credit people - Search By Headlines (press release)

Plastic Surgery Loans For bad credit people Search By Headlines (press release), NV - 23 hours ago The entry of online lenders in the financial market has overshadowed all the shortcomings that existed when only traditional lenders were there bad credit …

Bad credit history can undermine loan attempt
A poor credit record is like a pit of quicksand. Climbing out is possible, but requires determination and ingenuity. Depending on the borrower’s situation, a lender’s response to mortgage hunters with a history of credit problems can be anything from a slammed door to a long conversation that

Publication: Chicago Sun-Times

ELECTRONIC INVESTOR - Barron’s

ELECTRONIC INVESTOR Barron’s - Sep 7, 2008 "It doesn't matter whether you have bad credit or good credit; everyone is being painted with the same subprime brush," says FirstAgain president and …

Buyers with shakiest credit get worst loans
Here’s a recipe for unhappy home ownership: Get a mortgage with an interest rate of 10.5 percent or more. Find out the mortgage has a pre-payment penalty, meaning that if you refinance you’ll have to pay a hefty fee. Have such a shaky financial situation that you’re not sure how you’ll make the

Publication: Chicago Sun-Times

Fannie-Freddie takeover: so far, so good - CNNMoney.com

Irish Independent

Fannie-Freddie takeover: so far, so good CNNMoney.com - 4 hours ago Banks stuffed with bad loans remain unwilling to extend credit, and joblessness is on the rise. The US has lost private-sector jobs in each of the past … 'Frannie' bailout heavy with irony The Age The ABCs of GSEs and SOEs Asia Times Online Debt Deflation Turning Economic Democracy Into a Financial Oligarchy The Market Oracle New York Magazine - RGE Monitor all 470 news articles

A fifth of home loans head for negative equity - guardian.co.uk

A fifth of home loans head for negative equity guardian.co.uk, UK - Sep 6, 2008 That is before losses on other parts of their loan books, such as personal and corporate loans and credit cards, where bad debts are also rising. …

Loans grow harder to get: Subprime lenders’ woes bad news for those without good credit, experts say.
Byline: Sara Kennedy Apr. 12–MANATEE — With so many subprime lenders going bankrupt or closing, it’s become harder to get loans for those with less-than-perfect credit, local mortgage brokers say. They still have options but it’s a little harder to place the loans, they may have to come up with

Publication: Bradenton Herald (Bradenton, FL)

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New York Times

Expect a long, costly convalescence Globe and Mail, Canada - 8 hours ago Don't be shocked if President Obama or President McCain sets up a taxpayer-funded corporation to absorb billions of dollars worth of bad loans. … Freddie, Fannie: Fuel for the bank stock rally CNNMoney.com Alistair Darling must follow US lead Times Online Tuesday Newspaper Review - Irish Business News and International … FinFacts Ireland OpEdNews - RightSide Advisors all 420 news articles

White House downplays credit union loan defaults
WASHINGTON The White House on Wednesday sought to control political damage over an embarrassing disclosure that White House employees rang up $304,000 in loan losses at their credit union in the three years since President Bush took office. In a long, boisterous media briefing, spokesman Marlin

Publication: Chicago Sun-Times

U.S. Takeover Of Fannie, Freddie Still Doesn’t End Troubled Saga (Investor’s Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
No, the government didn’t nationalize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as some critics have suggested. It just bought back a very big mistake — at pennies on the dollar.

9% of U.S. mortgages in distress (San Diego Union-Tribune)
WASHINGTON – The source of trouble in the mortgage market has shifted from subprime loans made to borrowers with bad credit to homeowners who had solid credit but took out exotic loans with ballooning monthly payments.

Buyers with shakiest credit get worst loans
Here’s a recipe for unhappy home ownership: Get a mortgage with an interest rate of 10.5 percent or more. Find out the mortgage has a pre-payment penalty, meaning that if you refinance you’ll have to pay a hefty fee. Have such a shaky financial situation that you’re not sure how you’ll make the

Publication: Chicago Sun-Times

Plastic Surgery Loans For bad credit people - Search By Headlines (press release)

Plastic Surgery Loans For bad credit people Search By Headlines (press release), NV - 18 hours ago The entry of online lenders in the financial market has overshadowed all the shortcomings that existed when only traditional lenders were there bad credit …

HSBC losses widen in U.S. credit market Bank sets aside $3.4 billion for bad loans
Julia Werdigier The New York Times Media Group International Herald Tribune 11-15-2007 HSBC losses widen in U.S. credit market Bank sets aside $3.4 billion for bad loans Byline: Julia Werdigier The New York Times Media Group Edition: 5 Section: FINANCE/BUSINESS LONDON — HSBC Holdings warned

Publication: International Herald Tribune

CNN Student News Transcript: September 9, 2008 (CNN.com)
September 9, 2008

UPDATE: Bailout Brings Lower Mortgage Rates, But Not Housing Rebound - CNNMoney.com

AFP

UPDATE: Bailout Brings Lower Mortgage Rates, But Not Housing Rebound CNNMoney.com - 22 hours ago Any relaxation of lending standards could boost housing in the short-term, but taxpayers would be left holding the bag if the loans go bad. … Takeover of Fannie, Freddie expected to have mild impact on Dallas … Dallas Morning News World stocks soar on US mortgage bailout AFP all 65 news articles

Q&A about mortgage giants Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac - Los Angeles Times

Aljazeera.net

Q&A about mortgage giants Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Los Angeles Times, CA - 17 hours ago As more of the loans they had backed went bad, they were no longer able to raise money from private sources. If the government hadn't stepped in, … Feds take control of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac San Francisco Chronicle The Tuesday Ten: Fannie and Freddie Fallout The Emory Wheel Financial Stocks: Is It Safe Yet? BusinessWeek The Tennessean - New York Times all 127 news articles

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NECN

US Auto Industry Prepares For Congressional Push On Loan Plan CNNMoney.com - 7 hours ago But mounting debt, a steep decline in sales and tightened credit markets have crippled the ability of the Big Three to obtain loans at reasonable rates. … Auto Executives to Seek Government Help Wall Street Journal Big Three seek undeserved bailout Charleston Post Courier all 236 news articles

Anatomy of a bank failure: Why Integrity fell - Atlanta Journal Constitution

Times Online

Anatomy of a bank failure: Why Integrity fell Atlanta Journal Constitution,  USA - 7 hours ago … estate developers and home builders that went bad along with sinking house prices. Residential and commercial development loans made up about 80 percent … Silver State Bank in Nevada is shut The Associated Press all 377 news articles

WEATHER FOR STROUDSBURG: (Pocono Record)
Top auto executives including General Motors Corp. Chief Executive Rick Wagoner will launch a lobbying push this week for billions in government loans to help beleaguered auto makers and their suppliers.

Most U.S. stocks rise on Fannie, Freddie bailout (MarketWatch via Yahoo! Finance)
U.S. stocks rise, rallying after the government’s weekend seizure of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but initial gains are tempered.

U.S. Takeover Of Fannie, Freddie Still Doesn’t End Troubled Saga (Investor’s Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
No, the government didn’t nationalize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as some critics have suggested. It just bought back a very big mistake — at pennies on the dollar.

ELECTRONIC INVESTOR - Barron’s

ELECTRONIC INVESTOR Barron’s - Sep 7, 2008 "It doesn't matter whether you have bad credit or good credit; everyone is being painted with the same subprime brush," says FirstAgain president and …

WaMu Placed on Probation - Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal

WaMu Placed on Probation Wall Street Journal - 11 hours ago WaMu also has $62 billion in home equity loans, another area suffering from high delinquencies, and it faces additional pressures in credit card lending, … WaMu's woes claim CEO Killinger Seattle Post Intelligencer Washington Mutual removes CEO Kerry Killinger Houston Chronicle Comment by Christopher Whalen Managing Director, Institutional Risk Analytics Bloomberg - Bloomberg all 629 news articles

Buyers with shakiest credit get worst loans
Here’s a recipe for unhappy home ownership: Get a mortgage with an interest rate of 10.5 percent or more. Find out the mortgage has a pre-payment penalty, meaning that if you refinance you’ll have to pay a hefty fee. Have such a shaky financial situation that you’re not sure how you’ll make the

Publication: Chicago Sun-Times

CNN Student News Transcript: September 9, 2008 (CNN.com)
September 9, 2008

9% of U.S. mortgages in distress (San Diego Union-Tribune)
WASHINGTON – The source of trouble in the mortgage market has shifted from subprime loans made to borrowers with bad credit to homeowners who had solid credit but took out exotic loans with ballooning monthly payments.

Pearlstein: Government Takes Control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (Washington Post)
Washington Post columnist Steven Pearlstein will be online to discuss the federal bailout plan for the mortgage finance giants.

State governments keep watch on take over of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (WKTV Utica)
The federal government has thrown a lifeline to housing giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, but have not said what that bailout will cost. The White House is calling it the “right move at the right time” to avoid a major housing collapse. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae owned or backed more than 2/3 of the nation’s home loans, and they’ve lost $14 billion in the last year alone.

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Consequences of credit crunch are far-reaching, likely to linger Wall Street Journal - Sep 2, 2008 Even if these loans go bad, they would infect some fairly healthy bodies. Only 0.78% of Bank of Ireland's loans are in arrears. At AIB, the proportion is …

Colliding views on the economy show up in stock and credit markets (Wichita Falls Times Record News)
NEW YORK (AP) — Stock investors in recent weeks have been more willing to brush off a drumbeat of negative housing and inflation news that has cast a pall over their credit-market comrades. Who’s getting it right?

Some struggling homeowners find way to dodge foreclosure - USA Today

Some struggling homeowners find way to dodge foreclosure USA Today - 22 hours ago Lenders are willing to work out modifications, he says, because, "You can't carry too many bad loans. "If people can sit down, and we can look at them as …

En Route to a Bailout They Don't Deserve - Washington Post

En Route to a Bailout They Don't Deserve Washington Post, United States - Sep 2, 2008 That's why the best of a set of bad options might be for the government to step in and provide the Big Three with low-interest long-term loans, …

BEHIND THE MESS AT WESTINGHOUSE The grand old electric company from Pittsburgh is shorting out on bad loans made by its credit subsidiary. The crisis may deepen before it gets better. - November 4, 1991
(FORTUNE Magazine) - HOW DID A BIG DOG like Westinghouse end up getting wagged by its tail? The Pittsburgh electrical equipment giant managed despite the recession to post modest third-quarter operating profits in all its major businesses — except one. And trouble in that one, the company’s

Publication: Fortune

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US housing keeps teetering - Globe and Mail

BBC News

US housing keeps teetering Globe and Mail, Canada - 9 hours ago There was some positive housing data yesterday, but nobody cared because investors and financial markets are bracing for bad news ahead. … Housing Crisis Truth – How We Got Here and Why It Won’t Be Over … The Cutting Edge all 853 news articles

Treasuries Climb; Report May Show Home Sales Near 10-Year Low - Bloomberg

Treasuries Climb; Report May Show Home Sales Near 10-Year Low Bloomberg - Aug 25, 2008 Losses and writedowns on securities related to home loans to people with poor credit now exceed $500 billion at financial institutions worldwide, …

Dollar Rises to Six-Month High on Bets Global Economy Slowing (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 26 (Bloomberg) — The dollar rose to a six-month high against the euro on evidence the greenback will be the main beneficiary from a global economic slowdown as German business confidence dropped in August more than forecast.

CREDIT CRIMP UNLIKELY DUE TO BANKS’ BAD LOANS
The proliferation of bad real estate loans plaguing New England banks is unlikely to result in a general clampdown on credit that might push the region toward recession, according to several bank economists and other observers. Although banks are rapidly rediscovering fiscal conservatism on loans

Publication: The Boston Globe

Loans grow harder to get: Subprime lenders’ woes bad news for those without good credit, experts say.
Byline: Sara Kennedy Apr. 12–MANATEE — With so many subprime lenders going bankrupt or closing, it’s become harder to get loans for those with less-than-perfect credit, local mortgage brokers say. They still have options but it’s a little harder to place the loans, they may have to come up with

Publication: Bradenton Herald (Bradenton, FL)

Bad Credit Loans Offer Viable Solution to the Widening Credit Crisis (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
As the credit crisis widens to include all categories of finance, Bad Credit Loans from www.loansbadcredit.org.uk offer consumers a viable solution.

Japan's Stocks Fall on Bad-Loan Concern, Real Estate Failures - Bloomberg

AFP

Japan's Stocks Fall on Bad-Loan Concern, Real Estate Failures Bloomberg - 9 hours ago 26 (Bloomberg) — Japan's stocks dropped the most in a week, led by financial companies, after HSBC Holdings Plc said real estate failures will increase bad … Asian Stocks Fall on Credit Concerns, Earnings; Banks Decline Bloomberg Japan's Shares Fall as Credit Concerns Reemerge, Sebon Fails Bloomberg Fukuoka Financial Leads Japan Banks Lower on Rating (Update1) Bloomberg all 45 news articles

Check Your Credit or It Could Cost You (KFDA-TV Amarillo)
More and more children’s identities are being stolen… By their parents. It’s shocking but true. Before some kids are even old enough to go to school, they’ve bought boats, houses and cars…

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Homeowner Loans When Credit Problems Become An Obstacle - Best Syndication

Best Syndication

Homeowner Loans When Credit Problems Become An Obstacle Best Syndication, CA - 5 hours ago Homeowner loans are known for having a significantly higher approval ratio than other loans when the applicant has a bad credit score. … Essentials For Purchasing A Country House Best Syndication all 4 news articles

Hard-pressed consumers refuse to read from the script - Financial Times

Hard-pressed consumers refuse to read from the script Financial Times, UK - 8 hours ago When consumers borrow money, the ranking of different debt – from student loans, to auto loans, to credit cards, to mortgages – is largely up to the … Private financiers now in the spotlight Arizona Republic all 4 news articles

Solving the state’s housing dilemma (Sunday Business Post)
The government is being pushed from all sides to act on the stagnant property market, but there is a risk that any moves could just make things worse.

In the U.S., banks see more lending pain to come (International Herald Tribune)
Lenders in the United States are cutting back drastically on credit to individuals, making mortgages and consumer loans tougher to get and more expensive.

Students working harder to find loans, experts say - South Coast Today

Students working harder to find loans, experts say South Coast Today, MA - 20 hours ago It is grad students with bad credit who could suffer the most as private lenders drop from the market. PLUS loans are only available to students without an …

Lyons: Crushed by easy credit - Milford Daily News

Lyons: Crushed by easy credit Milford Daily News,  USA - 21 hours ago Refinance with an adjustable-rate mortgage, pull some cash equity out of your house, pay off a couple of credit cards and then repay the home loan with …

Could Peter Crook, chief executive of Provident Financial, redeem … - Times Online

Times Online

Could Peter Crook, chief executive of Provident Financial, redeem … Times Online, UK - 2 hours ago By mid-2006 he had introduced Provident's first credit-scoring system. He made home credit loans available on plastic cards so that customers could buy …

Banks cut back on home-equity credit lines - Richmond Times Dispatch

Banks cut back on home-equity credit lines Richmond Times Dispatch, VA - 20 hours ago People with great credit can't get them any more. Loan limits are being frozen or reduced across the board on credit cards, home-equity loans and all lines …

Home Equity Frenzy Was a Bank Ad Come True (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
Home equity loans, once seen as the borrowing of last resort, have grown a thousandfold since banks began spending billions of dollars to advertise them.

US Indians turn to ethnic banks for loans (HT via Yahoo! India News)
Indian immigrants in the US now have a much better chance of realising their American dream. More and more banks run by Indians are opening in North America to cater to the new Indian immigrant, who finds it tough to get loans from mainstream American banks, which are struggling due to the sub-prime mortgage crisis. At least seven Indian-American ethnic banks have opened in the past three years; …

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Bank investors redefine bad news - International Herald Tribune

Reuters

Bank investors redefine bad news International Herald Tribune, France - Jul 22, 2008 Delinquencies on auto, credit cards, and home equity loans have worsened across the industry. Even affluent people with sterling credit scores are falling … Credit-card firms replace regionals as top fear MarketWatch Wachovia, other US banks post dismal results The Australian Wachovia, other US banks post dismal results guardian.co.uk all 88 news articles

House OKs rescue for homeowners, Freddie, Fannie (San Francisco Chronicle)
Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at helping 400,000 strapped homeowners avoid foreclosure and preventing the collapse of troubled mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The 272-152 vote reflected a congressional push to…

House passes housing market rescue bill (Billings Gazette)
WASHINGTON - Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at helping 400,000 strapped homeowners avoid foreclosure and supporting troubled mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

TCF results a reminder credit crisis not yet gone - Minneapolis Star Tribune