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Canadian home sales climbed in February after a soft January and price gains picked up speed, confirming the country's housing market remains buoyant and a potential concern for bubble-wary policymakers. U.S. Fed Buys $6.4 Bln Mortgage Bonds, Sells None
The U.S. Federal Reserve bought $6.40 billion in agency mortgage-backed securities from March 8-14, compared with $6.85 billion in the previous week, the New York Federal Reserve said on Thursday. Earthquake Hits Japan: A Look At Some Of The Strongest In The Country's History[SLIDESHOW]
Japan's location in the Pacific makes it a prime candidate for strong earthquakes. A series of earthquakes rattled Japan Wednesday, only a few days after the one-year anniversary of the devastating magnitude-9. March 14, 2012 Japan Earthquake: Tokyo At Risk For Major Disaster In Near Future
Just days after the somber one-year anniversary of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that killed nearly 16,000 people in 2011, Japan was struck by two new earthquakes. On “The Good Wife”: Alicia Florrick Revisits Her Old House[SLIDESHOW]
Did you see the episode of the Julianna Margulies drama The Good Wife? I love that show-and her apartment on it, which I promise to feature soon. But in this episode, called "Long Way Home," Alicia's real estate agent tells her that the house they lost in the midst of her husband Peter's scandal is back on the market. She goes to see it during an Open House, so we get a glimpse of what her life used to be like. Foreclosure Filings Down While Home Default Notices Rise in February
The number of Americans receiving delinquency notices on their homes rose in February from January, while the backlog of homes in the foreclosure pipeline showed signs of starting to ease, a report said on Thursday. Mortgage Rates Follow Bond Yields Higher
Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing mortgage rates moving higher amid positive jobs data and increasing bond yields. Despite the increase, the average 30-year fixed rate mortgage has been below 4.00 percent for 15 consecutive weeks helping to keep homebuyer affordability high. Whistleblowers Reap Millions in U.S. $25 Billion Mortgage Settlement
Troubled homeowners are not the only ones set to get a financial lift from the U.S. government's $25 billion landmark mortgage settlement. Citigroup: Shares Fall After No. 3 Bank Flunks 'Stress Test'
Shares of Citigroup (NYSE: C) fell more than 4 percent Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said the No. 3 U.S. bank flunked a “stress test” of its financial viability. Will Premier Wen's Closing Remarks at NPC Affect China’s Property and Exchange Rate Policies
The comments from Premier Wen Jiabao at the close of the National People’s Congress on Wednesday have sparked interest in the outlook for China’s property and exchange rate policies and in the prospects for political reform according to Capital Economics.
