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U.S. Banks Offer Mortgage Rates Below 5 as Fed Buys 0133 - 1 hour ago - Jan. 8 Bloomberg The largest U.S. banks are starting to offer fixed home loans below 5 percent after the government began buying mortgage securities to bolster the housing market. JPMorgan Chase Co. is advertising 30-year mortgages 0133 : Bloomberg

Late Loan Payments Hit Record High - 1 hour ago - Boston CBS AP Late payments on consumer loans in last year's third quarter hit the highest level since record-keeping began in 1980, the American Bankers Association said Wednesday. The association said delinquencies rose to a 0133 : WWJ Newsradio 950

Refinancing suddenly booms - 1 hour ago - Historically low interest rates recently have sparked a mortgage refinance boom in Hawai'i that is helping homeowners and lenders during difficult economic times. The national average interest on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage last week 0133 : Honolulu Advertiser

ICICI cuts home, auto loan rates 50 bps - 1/1/2009 - The bank s decision came after rate cuts by public sector banks and some of its major private sector rivals like HDFC and HDFC Bank earlier this month. ICICI Bank said it has reduced its floating reference rate FRR for home loans and auto 0133 : Business Standard

Mortgage rates are low, but loans difficult to get - 1/5/2009 - Mortgage rates are at their lowest level in decades, but thousands of Silicon Valley residents are discovering that qualifying for a loan is tougher than it has been in years. Banks are reluctant to lend at favorable rates to all but the 0133 : San Jose Mercury News

Still-frozen credit? Blame it on recession - 6 hours ago - Unless you've lost your job in the last 12 months, the recessionary symptom that affected you most directly was the knotting of America's credit market. Even people with good credit ratings had a more difficult time securing home and auto 0133 : Reading Eagle

What 2009 holds for banking Low yields, high fees - 3 hours ago - Banks went through the wringer in 2008, and consumers will need to be careful not to get squeezed this year as the lenders try to rebuild their bottom line. Loans are harder to get. Interest yields on accounts are at record lows. Fees are 0133 : AZCentral.com

Homebuilders push housing aid plan - 3 hours ago - With lawmakers angling to pass an economic recovery package by the middle of next month, desperate homebuilders from around the country flew to Washington to spend Wednesday pushing a 150 billion plan to revive the housing market. The 0133 : Columbia Missourian