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Low mortgage rates tough to get - 1 hour ago - Mortgage rates are at their lowest level in decades, but thousands of Bay Area 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 most 0133 : Contra Costa Times

Paulson Floats Idea Of Mortgage 'Utilities' - - In his final speech scheduled as Treasury secretary, Henry M. Paulson Jr. yesterday proposed replacing mortgage-finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with highly regulated utilities that would play a more limited role in making money 0133 : Washington Post

U.S. Banks Offer Mortgage Rates Below 5 as Fed Buys 0133 - 4 hours 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

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

Refinancing suddenly booms - 3 hours 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

Nation World briefs - 2 hours ago - WASHINGTON Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Wednesday called for abolishing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and replacing them with highly regulated utilities that would play a more narrow role in supporting the U.S. housing finance 0133 : Detroit News

Late Loan Payments Hit Record High - 5 hours 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

Treasury sees more big bank bailouts - 4 hours ago - The Treasury has quietly opened the door to more bailouts of major banks like Citigroup that the department deems too big to fail, exposing taxpayers to potentially large losses on the banks' souring loan portfolios. In a little-noticed 0133 : The Washington Times