Mortgage Rescue Options - Wall Street Journal
NECNMortgage Rescue OptionsWall Street Journal - 13 hours ago… mortgages who are now losing their houses actually have positive equity on their first mortgage. The problem is, they also have second-lien mortgages. …Asian stocks firm in the wake of Wall Street rally Channel News AsiaUS stocks up after nail-biting week New Zealand Heraldall 49 news articles

House tightens lending rules - Henderson Gleaner
House tightens lending rulesHenderson Gleaner, KY - Mar 22, 2008… mortgages will come under the regulation of the state Department of Financial Institutions, just as banks and second-mortgage lenders already are. …

Treasuries Fall as Stocks, Mortgage Purchase Ease Haven Appeal - Bloomberg
AMERICAN.COM: A Magazine of Ideas, OnlineTreasuries Fall as Stocks, Mortgage Purchase Ease Haven AppealBloomberg - 2 hours agoUS stocks rallied for a second day after JPMorgan agreed to quadruple its takeover offer for Bear Stearns, valuing the firm at about $2 billion. …Treasuries Fall as Stocks, Mortgage Purchase Ease Haven Appeal BloombergShort-Term Funding Remains Tight Wall Street JournalFed Auction Can't Help Wall Street Journalall 20 news articles

Japan’s Land Prices Climb For Second Straight Year (Nasdaq)
(RTTNews) - Japan’s land prices rose for the second consecutive year in 2007, led by a boom in the real-estate sector, a government report said Monday.

Morgan Stanley Posts Better-Than-Expected First Quarter Earnings (Financial Planning.com)
Morgan Stanley exceeded analysts’ expectations Wednesday in the firm’s first-quarter earnings report ending Feb. 29. The New York-based investment bank did, however, see its second straight quarterly loss, due primarily to $2.3 billion in write-downs, including $1.2 billion in mortgage-backed securities.