Archive for October, 2010

St Louis Finance: United States Losing Competitiveness In The World

Friday, October 29th, 2010


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St Louis Finance News: The United States Losing More Competitiveness
News Press Hot Line: 314-334-0210 | Floyd Tapia


More gloomy financial news for America. According to the Global Competitiveness Report for 2010-2011, released by the World Economic Forum, the United States (more…)

St Louis Lending Community: Double Dipping On The Way

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010


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St Louis Finance News: Clear Capital Predicts Double Dip Coming
News Press Hot Line: 314-334-0210 | Floyd Tapia


Momentary good news has home prices gaining 5.7 percent over three months ending in August, according to real estate data provider Clear Capital. But analysts (more…)

St Louis Mortgage: Some Homeowners Given Refunds While Others Received Loans

Monday, October 25th, 2010


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St Louis Finance: And So It Goes… the Government Giveth and Taketh Away
News Press Hot Line: 314-334-0210 | Floyd Tapia


When it rains it pours. According to a report from the Inspector General for Tax Administration, about 950,000 of the nearly 1.8 million Americans who claimed the (more…)

St Louis Home Loan: FHA Insurance Increase

Friday, October 22nd, 2010


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St Louis Finance News: As FHA Insurance Increases, How Long Will They Take To Work?
News Press Hot Line: 314-334-0210 | Floyd Tapia


In the month of August 2010, the Senate approved a bill that would allow the FHA to raise insurance premiums on the mortgages it backs. The changes took effect (more…)

St Louis Home Mortgage: National Trade Deficit Gap Drops

Thursday, October 21st, 2010


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St Louis Finance News: National Trade Deficit Drops
News Press Hot Line: 314-334-0210 | Floyd Tapia


Recent news covered a report from the Commerce Department saying the national trade deficit fell to $42.8 billion from $49.8 billion in June, below the forecast of a $47.3 billion gap (more…)

St Louis Finance: Title Insurance Premiums Are Down

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010


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St Louis Finance News: ALTA Says Title Insurance Premiums Down
News Press Hot Line: 314-334-0210 | Floyd Tapia


Recent financial news reports that according to a market share analysis done by the American Land Title Association (ALTA), title insurance premiums decreased (more…)

St Louis Mortgage: Delaying Foreclosures May Cost Lenders Money

Monday, October 18th, 2010


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St Louis Finance News: The Possibility of Foreclosure Delays May Cost Lenders
News Press Hot Line: 314-334-0210 | Floyd Tapia


Recent letters that have been sent to servicers announced that Fannie Mae will now review the compensatory fees due to servicers in cases where the (more…)

St Louis Mortgage: Delinquency Rates Remain High For HFA

Sunday, October 17th, 2010


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St Louis Finance News: Loan Delinquencies May Be Slowing For HFAs
News Press Hot Line: 314-334-0210 | Floyd Tapia


In the first quarter of 2010, state housing finance agencies’ (HFAs) delinquencies declined for the first time since overall performance of loans began to deteriorate in (more…)

St Louis Finance: Jobless Claims Going Down

Thursday, October 14th, 2010


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St Louis Finance News: Jobless Claims Seem To Be Going Down
News Press Hot Line: 314-334-0210 | Floyd Tapia


Brand new weekly report provided by the Labor Department reported that there were 472,000 initial jobless claims filed in the week ending August 28, (more…)

St Louis Commercial Lending: Delinquency Rates Seem To Be Mixed

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010


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St Louis Commercial Financing News: Commercial Delinquencies Are Mixed
News Press Hot Line: 314-334-0210 | Floyd Tapia


New findings by the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Commercial/Multifamily Delinquency Report said that delinquency rates were mixed in the second (more…)