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UK home loan affordability hits new low

Home loan payments for new borrowers in the UK reached their lowest level in the second half of last year, according to recent research published by Halifax.

CRR cut by RBI: No change in home, auto loan EMIs

There is no respite to home, auto and corporate loan borrowers in terms of their EMIs but with RBI reducing the CRR, banks will have more money to lend.

Video: What's next for home prices, interest rates

Doug Duncan, chief economist for Fannie Mae, tells Jack Otter where he sees home prices, foreclosure rates, and other components of the housing market headed in 2012.

House prices move on in January

Halifax says January saw a 0.6% rise in house prices, but the three-month and year-on-year figures showed a 0.9% and 1.8% decline respectively House prices in England and Wales rose by 0.6% in January, according to Halifax, but the lender said low interest rates has led to little movement in prices for eight months. The average price of a home fell by 0.9% over a rolling three-month period as ...

Greater Sacramento Bancorp 2011 Net Income More Than Triples 2010 Income

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For the full year of 2011 Greater Sacramento Bancorp (OTC: GSCB.OB) (GSB), parent company of Bank of Sacramento (BOS), reported Net Income of $2,338,000 ...

Wells Fargo profit jumps on loan growth

(Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co on Tuesday beat Wall Street estimates with a 20 percent increase in fourth-quarter profit, boosted by continued loan growth and improving credit quality. The improvement at the fourth-largest U.S. bank contrasted with an 11 percent decline in profit at Citigroup Inc, which saw its capital markets business battered by the European debt crisis. ...

First Person: Refinancing My Mortgage for the Right Reasons

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