Home » Bail Out Plan Housing Lending You are currently browsing entries filed in: Bail Out Plan Housing Lending

The Daily Outrage: Bailed-out bank boosting some salaries by as … – The San Francisco Examiner

Daily Mail   The Daily Outrage: Bailed-out bank boosting some salaries by as … The San Francisco Examiner, California WHAT: Bailed-out Citigroup is increasing base salaries of thousands of managers by as much as 50 percent. WHY IT’S HAPPENING: In a contemptuously transparent scheme to bypass new federal restrictions on executive bonuses for taxpayer-aided companies, … [...]

  • email
  • LinkedIn
  • MySpace
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • del.icio.us
  • Digg
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Yahoo! Buzz
  • Print

Obama eyes tighter controls on banks, Wall Street – Yahoo! News

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is ready to roll out an overhaul of the intricate rules and systems that govern America’s troubled financial institutions, proposing the most ambitious revision since the Great Depression. Continue Tags: Bail+Out, Banks

  • email
  • LinkedIn
  • MySpace
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • del.icio.us
  • Digg
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Yahoo! Buzz
  • Print

Foreclosures rise with unemployment | Geithner says more time is … – Examiner.com

Foreclosures rise with unemployment | Geithner says more time is … – Examiner.com Examiner.com Foreclosures rise with unemployment | Geithner says more time is … Examiner.com Foreclosures and job losses continue to dominate headlines nationwide. During the first quarter of 2009, the percentage of borrowers behind on their mortgage, or in foreclosure, doubled from a [...]

  • email
  • LinkedIn
  • MySpace
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • del.icio.us
  • Digg
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Yahoo! Buzz
  • Print

Stocks edge higher as investors look to banks – The Associated Press

Stocks edge higher as investors look to banks – The Associated Press Globe and Mail Stocks edge higher as investors look to banks The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Investors are showing little reaction to word that 10 of nation’s largest banks can repay $68 billion in bailout money. Stocks are moderately higher but [...]

  • email
  • LinkedIn
  • MySpace
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • del.icio.us
  • Digg
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Yahoo! Buzz
  • Print

Bank stocks feel pressure of capital raises; Moody’s confirms negative – Chicago Tribune

NEW YORK (AP) — Financial stocks came under pressure Tuesday as several big banks scrambled to raise capital to help repay government bailout funds. A negative outlook on the sector from Moody’s also weighed on stocks. The moves came as the banks Read Full Article

  • email
  • LinkedIn
  • MySpace
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • del.icio.us
  • Digg
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Yahoo! Buzz
  • Print

Obama needs a Plan B to arrest foreclosures – or else – New York Daily News

Obama needs a Plan B to arrest foreclosures – or elseNew York Daily News, NYThe key threat is the still mounting foreclosure crisis, which appears set to overwhelm the Obama Administration's plan to stem it. The administration's economic successes, including the fiscal stimulus and bank stress tests, will be for naught unless … Continue…

  • email
  • LinkedIn
  • MySpace
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • del.icio.us
  • Digg
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Yahoo! Buzz
  • Print

WaMu’s bad loans are $29 billion windfall for JPMorgan Chase – Seattle Times

JPMorgan Chase stands to reap a $29 billion windfall, thanks to an accounting rule that lets the second-biggest U.S. bank transform bad loans it purchased from Washington Mutual into income. Wells Fargo, Bank of America and PNC Financial Services Read Full Article

  • email
  • LinkedIn
  • MySpace
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • del.icio.us
  • Digg
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Yahoo! Buzz
  • Print

Median home prices up slightly in April – San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Area home sales delivered a smidgen of good news in April – but it came laden with the caveat that it’s too soon to declare a turn-around in the beleaguered real estate market. 45sgx35cr5 While home prices plunged compared with the same time last year, the median sales price for existing homes in the [...]

  • email
  • LinkedIn
  • MySpace
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • del.icio.us
  • Digg
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Yahoo! Buzz
  • Print

UPDATE 1-BofA seeks to repay $45 billion by year-end — FT – Forbes

NEW YORK, May 20 (Reuters) – Bank of America Corp wants to pay back $45 billion in bail-out funds by the end of the year, accelerated by a program to raise capital, the Financial Times reported on its website late on Wednesday. The largest U.S. bank Read More.. NEW YORK, May 20 (Reuters) – Bank [...]

  • email
  • LinkedIn
  • MySpace
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • del.icio.us
  • Digg
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Yahoo! Buzz
  • Print

Housing-Rescue Plan Adds ‘Short Sales’ – WSJ.com

The government will pay mortgage-servicing companies up to $1,000 and borrowers up to $1,500 for successful short sales or “deeds in lieu” transactions. It will also spend up to $1,000 to help defray the cost of getting holders of second mortgages to release their liens so these transactions can be completed. Short sales have accounted [...]

  • email
  • LinkedIn
  • MySpace
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • del.icio.us
  • Digg
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Yahoo! Buzz
  • Print