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  • Citigroup raises $1.9 bn with Indian sale AFP - Fri, Feb 24, 2012 12:01 GMT
    Citigroup raises $1.9 bn with Indian sale

    Customers use ATM's at a Citibank branch in New York, 2008. US banking giant Citigroup, looking to raise capital, said it had sold its nearly 10 percent stake in India's biggest mortgage lender for $1.9 ...

  • Feb 24 (Reuters) - Shinhan Mortgage Second International Limited * Moody's downgrades swap rating in Shinhan Mortgage Second International Limited RMBS

  • Citigroup raises about $2.1 bn with Indian sale AFP - Fri, Feb 24, 2012 06:14 GMT
    Citigroup raises $1.9 bn with Indian sale

    File photo of the Citigroup building in New York. US banking giant Citigroup said Friday it had sold its entire 9.85-percent stake in India's biggest mortgage lender Housing Development Finance Corp (HDFC)....

  • JPMorgan, Citi, BofA sued for $949 mln by Sealink Reuters - UK Focus - Wed, Feb 22, 2012 16:14 GMT

    NEW YORK, Feb 22 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co.,Citigroup Inc., Bank of America Corp. and more than a half dozenother major banks are being hit with a new lawsuit over $949million in residential mortgage-backed ...

  • UPDATE 1-Britons' financial fears ease as inflation dips Reuters - UK Focus - Mon, Feb 20, 2012 13:14 GMT

    * Britons least pessimistic about finances since Apr2010-Markit * Employers' pay intentions at highest since spring2009-CIPD * House prices, gross mortgage lending up in January (Adds mortgage, house price ...

  • UPDATE 3-Bank of Ireland seen on the turn after profit fall Reuters - UK Focus - Mon, Feb 20, 2012 10:44 GMT

    * Underlying 2011 operating profit 411 mln euros vs 1 bln in2010 * Impairments up 4 pct, mortgage arrears expected to peak in2012 * Staff cut by 7 pct, deposits growth outstrips peers * Shares up 7.1 pct ...

  • CORRECTED-UPDATE 2-Bank of Ireland seen on the turn after profit fall Reuters - UK Focus - Mon, Feb 20, 2012 09:24 GMT

    (Corrects net interest margin fall to 13 percentage points, not10 in paragraph 3) * Underlying 2011 operating profit 411 mln euros vs 1 bln in2010 * Impairments up 4 pct, mortgage arrears expected to peak ...

  • UPDATE 2-Bank of Ireland seen on the turn after profit fall Reuters - UK Focus - Mon, Feb 20, 2012 09:14 GMT

    * Underlying 2011 operating profit 411 mln euros vs 1 bln in2010 * Impairments up 4 pct, mortgage arrears expected to peak in2012 * Staff cut by 7 pct, deposits growth outstrips peers * Shares up 6.4 pct ...

  • UPDATE 1-Bank of Ireland seen on the turn after 60 pct profit fall Reuters - UK Focus - Mon, Feb 20, 2012 07:10 GMT

    * Underlying 2011 operating profit 411 mln euros vs 1 bln in2010 * Impairments up 4 pct, mortgage arrears expected to peak in2012 * Staff cut by 7 pct, deposits growth outstrips peers DUBLIN, Feb 20 (Reuters) ...

  • UPDATE 1-Irish mortgage arrears grow sharply in Q4 Reuters - UK Focus - Fri, Feb 17, 2012 12:50 GMT

    * Nearly one in seven home loans not being fully repaid * Rate of deterioration increases * Analysts waiting for results of new insolvency rules (Adds details, analyst quotes) DUBLIN, Feb 17 (Reuters) ...

  • Irish mortgage arrears worsen in Q4 Reuters - UK Focus - Fri, Feb 17, 2012 11:20 GMT

    DUBLIN, Feb 17 (Reuters) - The number of Irishresidential mortgages in arrears or restructured due tofinancial distress rose 8.4 percent in the fourth quarter of2011 from the previous three months, data ...

  • BRIEF-Moody's:February credit insight newsletter publication is released Reuters - UK Focus - Wed, Feb 15, 2012 13:05 GMT

    Feb 15 (Reuters) - European residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS)), asset-backedsecurities (ABS) and covered bonds. * Moody's February Credit Insight Newsletter Publication is Released

  • U.S. stock index futures signal higher Wall St open Reuters - UK Focus - Wed, Feb 15, 2012 09:53 GMT

    * U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open forequities on Wall Street on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq 100 rising 0.5 to0.6 percent. * The Mortgage Bankers Association ...

  • UPDATE 1-Irish Life suspends UK loan book sale -source Reuters - UK Focus - Tue, Feb 14, 2012 18:46 GMT

    * Delay as govt agrees plan with EU/IMF for Irish Life * Govt says restructuring plan to be prepared by end-Feb * Sale of 500 million-euro subprime mortgage book scrapped (Adds govt plan, source on IL&P ...

  • Irish Life suspends UK loan book sale-source Reuters - UK Focus - Tue, Feb 14, 2012 09:04 GMT

    * Delay as govt agrees plan with EU/IMF for Irish Life * Sale of 500 million-euro subprime mortgage book scrapped DUBLIN, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Irish Life & Permanent(IL&P) has suspended the sale process ...

  • Lenders Warned As 95% Mortgages Return Sky News - Sun, Feb 12, 2012 17:11 GMT
    Lenders Warned As 95% Mortgages Return

    Low-deposit mortgage deals are back on offer for first-time buyers after the financial crisis left many struggling to get on the property ladder.But there is concern that a surge in 95% loans could lead ...

  • Lenders Warned As 95% Mortgages Return Sky News - Sat, Feb 11, 2012 09:12 GMT
    Lenders Warned As 95% Mortgages Return

    Low-deposit mortgage deals are back on offer for first-time buyers after the financial crisis left many struggling to get on the property ladder.But there is concern that a surge in 95% loans could lead ...

  • Lenders Warned As 95% Mortgages Return Sky News - Sat, Feb 11, 2012 01:29 GMT
    Lenders Warned As 95% Mortgages Return

    Low deposit mortgage deals are back on offer for first time buyers after the financial crisis left them struggling to get on the property ladder.But there is concern that a surge in 95% loans could lead ...

  • UK home repossessions set to rise in 2012 -CML Reuters - UK Focus - Thu, Feb 9, 2012 09:56 GMT

    LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - British mortgagerepossessions hit their lowest since 2007 last year but areexpected to rise in 2012 due to increasing unemployment, theCouncil of Mortgage Lenders said on Thursday. ...

  • UPDATE 2-NY Fed sells $6.2 bln in mortgage bonds to Goldman Reuters - UK Focus - Wed, Feb 8, 2012 18:57 GMT

    * Second major Maiden Lane II sale in three weeks * Allows Fed bank to recoup balance of $19.5 bln loan * Bonds were acquired in 2008 bailout of AIG (Adds Fed bank statement; background on portfolio) NEW ...

  • UPDATE 1-NY Fed sells $6.2 bln in mortgage bonds to Goldman Reuters - UK Focus - Wed, Feb 8, 2012 18:14 GMT

    (Adds others in auction, background) NEW YORK, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve Bankof New York sold $6.2 billion worth of residentialmortgage-backed securities to Goldman Sachs Group Inc,its second ...

  • Feb 08 (Reuters) - Irish residential mortgage-backedsecurities (RMBS) * Moody's:Proposed debt forgiveness legislation creditnegative for Irish RMBS

  • NY Fed taps 5 banks to bid for AIG bonds -WSJ Reuters - UK Focus - Tue, Feb 7, 2012 01:34 GMT

    Feb 6 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve Bank of New Yorkhas invited five banks to bid for mortgage bonds of insurerAmerican International Group, the Wall Street Journalreported. The five banks selected were ...

  • Feb 03 (Reuters) - Kazakh Mortgage Backed Securities 2007-1 * Moody's downgrades notes issued by Kazakh Mortgage Backed Securities 2007-1 B.V. followingremoval of indexation to US Dollar

  • BRIEF-Moody's:EMEA RMBS performance deteriorated in H2 2011 Reuters - UK Focus - Fri, Feb 3, 2012 11:20 GMT

    Feb 03 (Reuters) - Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) residential mortgage-backedsecurities (RMBS) * Moody's : EMEA RMBS performance deteriorated in H2 2011

  • UPDATE 3-Ex-Credit Suisse traders charged in subprime case Reuters - UK Focus - Wed, Feb 1, 2012 20:56 GMT

    * 3 ex-Credit Suisse traders charged with criminal offense * Probe into writedowns on mortgage derivatives * Falsified books as US real estate market slumped * U.S. SEC also files civil charges (Adds criminal ...

  • CORRECTED-UPDATE 2-Credit Suisse traders plead guilty Reuters - UK Focus - Wed, Feb 1, 2012 20:20 GMT

    (Corrects spelling of Serageldin in paragraphs 3, 4, 9 and 10) * Two guilty pleas by former Credit Suisse traders * Two others face civil charges by U.S. SEC * Probe into writedowns on mortgage derivatives ...

  • UPDATE 2-Credit Suisse traders plead guilty Reuters - UK Focus - Wed, Feb 1, 2012 19:59 GMT

    * Two guilty pleas by former Credit Suisse traders * Two others face civil charges by U.S. SEC * Probe into writedowns on mortgage derivatives * Falsified books as US real estate market slumped (Adds quotes ...

  • UPDATE 1-U.S. says Credit Suisse traders falsified subprime books Reuters - UK Focus - Wed, Feb 1, 2012 17:53 GMT

    * Two guilty pleas by former Credit Suisse traders * Part of U.S. probe into writedowns mortgage derivatives (Adds details of conduct, Higgs quotes) NEW YORK, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Several former CreditSuisse ...

  • BRIEF-Moody's cuts rtgs of Irish RMBS by Lansdowne Mortgage Securities 1 Reuters - UK Focus - Wed, Feb 1, 2012 13:29 GMT

    Feb 01 (Reuters) - Lansdowne Mortgage Securities No. 1 p.l.c * Moody's downgrades ratings of Irish Non-Conforming RMBS issued by Lansdowne MortgageSecurities 1

  • Jan 31 (Reuters) - Mercurio Mortgage Finance Srl * Moody's Investors Service assigned definitive ratings toItalian RMBS notes issued by Mercurio Mortgage Finance Srl

  • CORRECTED-Online mortgages boom despite housing bust Reuters - UK Focus - Mon, Jan 30, 2012 15:10 GMT

    (Corrects the spelling of RoundPoint Mortgage president fromNick Flores to Nick Florez throughout) Jan 23 (Reuters) - With mortgage rates at historiclows and consumers' power through social media at an ...

  • Persistent trade failure problem gets partial fix Reuters - UK Focus - Mon, Jan 30, 2012 14:44 GMT

    Jan 30 (Reuters) - Big banks and trading firms that fail tosettle certain mortgage-security trades will have to pay apenalty starting Wednesday as part of an effort to fix apersistent problem that adds ...

  • UPDATE 3-U.S. subpoenas financial firms in expanded probe Reuters - UK Focus - Fri, Jan 27, 2012 22:32 GMT

    * Holder does not name firms subpoenaed, says more to follow * New working group to probe repackaging of home loans * Mortgage settlement deal will not conflict, Donovan says * Skeptics say working group ...

  • GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks dip as US GDP falls short; euro rises Reuters - UK Focus - Fri, Jan 27, 2012 22:03 GMT

    * Stocks, oil fall after U.S. GDP misses mark * U.S. mortgage plan, Facebook IPO news stem losses * Euro jumps on hopes Greece, creditors near deal * Fitch downgrades Italy, Spain, Belgium * Gold set for ...

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