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4.5-percent mortgages? Feds mull it over - 6 hours ago - WASHINGTON - December 4, 2008 The Treasury Department is developing a plan to try to reduce mortgage rates on home loans to 4.5 percent on typical mortgages by expanding its purchases of mortgage backed securities, sources familiar with 0133 : WPVI

30-year mortgage rates drop to 5.53 percent, lowest level 0133 - 4 hours ago - WASHINGTON Rates on 30-year mortgages plunged this week to the lowest level since January after the government launched a sweeping new effort to aid the U.S. housing market. Mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac reported today that average 0133 : San Jose Mercury News

Bernanke More Action Needed to Cut Foreclosures - 2 hours ago - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke called on the government Thursday to ramp up efforts to stem soaring home foreclosures, which are feeding into the country's deep economic troubles. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks on 0133 : ABC News

Lloyds and HBOS woo small firms as Queen's Speech targets 0133 - 1 day ago - Two high street banks have announced new small business-friendly measures on the day the government said it plans to punish banks for not treating their customers fairly. Just hours before the Queen delivered her annual address at the State 0133 : Business Zone

Countrywide to refund 11.5M to NC borrowers - 1 hour ago - Two subsidiaries of Countrywide Financial Corp. have agreed to repay more than 11 million to nearly 5,000 North Carolina borrowers who were overcharged on their mortgages, the state banking commissioner said Thursday. Countrywide Home 0133 : Forbes

CDOs a thing of the past MBS market needs fix-Fed - 1 hour ago - WASHINGTON, Dec 4 Reuters - The market for mortgage securities will return to health only once the contracts and disclosure of those investments are standardized, a senior Federal Reserve Board official said on Thursday. I believe that 0133 : Reuters

Government plans interest sops to ease home loans - 11/27/2008 - The proposal will also include providing loans at below market rates to real estate developers. But the loan disbursed under this will come with a number of conditions like an upper ceiling on selling price of flats and individual homes. 0133 : Business Standard

FDIC's Bair warns investors fighting loan changes - 2 hours ago - WASHINGTON Investors in mortgage securities who are challenging home loan modification programs aimed at avoiding foreclosures could provoke a backlash from Congress, the head of the FDIC said Thursday. Sheila Bair, the chairman of the 0133 : Miami Herald