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Wells Fargo recovery gains strength - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Wells Fargo recovery gains strength Minneapolis Star Tribune ... saw strength in mortgage banking, commercial loans and investment banking. Wells Fargo, which is less dependent on investment banking than other megabanks, is the first relatively traditional large bank to report earnings, with Minneapolis-based US ... and more »

Life Insurance Firms Look to Increase Lending While Maintaining Stringent ... - National Real Estate Investor

Life Insurance Firms Look to Increase Lending While Maintaining Stringent ... National Real Estate Investor ... according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Life insurance companies will be as aggressive as they were in 2011, says Larry Stephenson, an executive vice president in commercial real estate banking firm NorthMarq's Minneapolis office. ... and more »

How Stuck Are America's Homeowners, Really? - The Atlantic Cities

The Atlantic Cities

How Stuck Are America's Homeowners, Really? The Atlantic Cities The study, by Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis economist Sam Schulhofer-Wohl, finds that owners of underwater homes are not as trapped by their circumstances as has been widely supposed. In fact, the paper argues that they are somewhat more likely ...

Why You Should Run, Not Walk to Get a Mortgage - LoanSafe

Why You Should Run, Not Walk to Get a Mortgage LoanSafe by Alex Ferreras on January 13, 2012 in Real Estate (Source: Jim Buchta Star Tribune, Minneapolis) – By most measures, mortgage rates fell to record lows this week – well below 4 percent for a 30 year fixed-rate mortgage. ... and more »

Billionaire Paulson Persisting With Property as Prices Rebound: Mortgages - Bloomberg

Bloomberg

Billionaire Paulson Persisting With Property as Prices Rebound: Mortgages Bloomberg ... mortgage bonds, Morgan Stanley estimated in a November report. Wall Street's reluctance to carry inventories also means that investors who want to sell may need to accept discounts, said Jason Callan, head of structured products at Minneapolis- ... and more »

Ex-strippers, mortgage fraud and the North Side - Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog)

Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog)

Ex-strippers, mortgage fraud and the North Side Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog) Those with long memories may recall the north Minneapolis real estate debacle from 1995 to 1998, when property flippers relied on fraudulent documents to pump mortgages through lenders and left the North Side with hundreds of homeowners owing more than ... and more »

Tampa gets a shot across the bow from protesters bound for GOP convention - Examiner.com

Tampa gets a shot across the bow from protesters bound for GOP convention Examiner.com A broad-based coalition http://www.marchonthernc.com of groups protesting everything from Union woes to Gender Inequality to war, the FBI, Military Madness, to mortgage foreclosures, to our many sins against the environment, including, SDS (Students ... and more »

New flood plain map generates deluge of questions [Star Tribune, Minneapolis] - Insurance News Net (press release)

New flood plain map generates deluge of questions [Star Tribune, Minneapolis] Insurance News Net (press release) By Jim Adams, Star Tribune, Minneapolis Jan. 15 --Scores of Farmington homeowners and a few in neighboring communities received letters from their mortgage lenders around Christmas with some surprising news: For the first time, despite their relatively ... and more »

Dayton bonding plan benefits higher ed, downtowns - Pioneer Press

Dayton bonding plan benefits higher ed, downtowns Pioneer Press That includes the money for regional civic centers, as well as $25 million to rehab Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis. Dayton said he learned a thing or two about job creation from his father and uncles, and strong downtowns are key to economic growth. ... and more »