Finance & Mortgage
Freddie Mac offering cash incentives to home buyers and real estate agents in 23 States
CFPB’s updated mortgage tool will help users explore HMDA more easily
Mortgage applications for new homes increase significantly in January
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Gov. Gavin Newsom Expedites Temporary Housing For Residents In Areas Struck By LA Wildfires
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Pasadena Native Lost Her House To LA Wildfires One Day After Paying Off Her Mortgage: 'It's Gone'
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How The Mircale Malibu Mansion And Pacific Palisades Home Survived The Devastating LA Fires
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What Happens To Your Mortgage And Property Tax When You Lose Your Home In A Natural Disaster?
Comcast Corp's proposed $45.2 billion takeover of Time Warner Cable Inc would combine the country's top two cable providers into a colossus that could reshape the U.S. pay TV and broadband industry if it clears regulatory hurdles. Foreclosures for 2013 lowest in six years
Foreclosure filings hit their lowest since 2007 last year, as did the number of completed foreclosures, according to the CoreLogic Market National Foreclosure Report. IRS Says Michael Jackson Estate Owes $505 Million in Taxes and $107 Million in Penalties
The Michael Jackson Estate has been hit with tax fraud allegations by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which accuses the late king of Pop’s executors of undervaluing assets after the legendary singer’s death in 2009, according to several reports. US economy added disappointing 113,000 jobs in January
The economy added a disappointing 113,000 jobs last month, marking the second straight month of weak gains for the labor market. Japan's unions ask for wage hikes on back of Abenomics stimulus
A trade union has demanded Japan's largest steelmaker, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp (5401.T), hike basic wages for the first time in 14 years and share the profits generated by the government's "Abenomics" stimulus policies. Jobs data improves, but weak exports may hurt growth
The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, in a boost to the labor market outlook and the broader economy. Is myRA for me?
President Obama's proposal for myRA, a new retirement savings vehicle, took up only a few moments of Tuesday's State of the Union address, prompting more questions than answers. European Banks Have $3 Trillion of Exposure to Emerging Markets
European banks have loaned in excess of $3 trillion to emerging markets, more than four times U.S. lenders and putting them at greater risk if financial market turmoil in countries such as Turkey, Brazil, India and South Africa intensifies. Shares Steadier as Emerging Market Sell-off Eases
World shares steadied after falling to a near four-month low on Tuesday as a bounce in battered emerging market currencies and a positive start for Wall Street helped lift some of the recent gloom. Fed Poised for $10 billion Taper as Bernanke Bids Adieu
Turmoil in emerging markets and a month of disappointing job growth at home are unlikely to deter the Federal Reserve from trimming its bond-buying stimulus on Wednesday, as Ben Bernanke wraps up his last policy meeting at the helm of the U.S. central bank.
