 Construction and Maintenance News | US sub-prime woes deepen as FBI questions home builder The Australian, Australia - THE crisis in the US sub-prime mortgage market intensified when shares in Beazer Homes - the ninth-largest US home builder - fell sharply following news ... Beazer shares sink amid federal probe |
 Earthtimes.org | Housing slump's a drag, but don't mention recession Brisbane Times, Australia - Mr Bernanke conceded that delinquent mortgage payments "have climbed sharply in recent months," but he defended the regulators who oversee lending, ... Bernanke: mortgage woes not spreading US STOCKS-Wall St drops as Bernanke, data weigh US STOCKS-Futures drop; worries about Iran, Bernanke |
| Queensland leads again in nation's mortgage sales Queensland Business Review, Australia - Once again Queensland is leading the nation for the best first quarter mortgage sales, says Mark Turnbull of Horizon Home Loans. ... |
| Call for government action in NZ housing Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - It echoes a study by interest.co.nz which shows that last month it took 73.5 per cent of the average take-home pay to afford a standard mortgage payment on ... |
| Dorchester Pacific buys into St Laurence Ninemsn, Australia - Dorchester helped fund the purchase by issuing 4.77m new shares to St Laurence owner, St Laurence Mortgage Holdings, that will give the latter 13 percent of ... |