Mortgage rates drifted downward for the third consecutive week according to the results of Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey for the week ended November 20. All of the rates tracked by the survey are now below the averages of one year ago…(read more)

Economic worries and concern about an automaker bailout hammered equity markets on Wednesday, sending the S&P 500 to its lowest since 2003 . The bulk of the selloff came after the Federal Reserve released pessimistic growth forecasts and expressed…(read more)

The asset-backed securities market appears to be promising for the TARP program, said TARP co-ordinator Neel Kashkari in a speech on Wednesday. Targeting the ABS market will help bring down interest rates on automobile purchases, student loans and credit…(read more)

U.S. housing starts and building permits each fell to record lows in October, which economists say is bad news in the short term. However, the quicker housing activity declines, the quicker excess inventory will be cleared off the market and the housing…(read more)