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Blackstone's mortgage fund slashes dividend as slump in office puts it under pressure
The impact of a still-weak market for office real estate is felt by Blackstone's huge mortgage fund.
Daniel Geiger
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Bond giant PIMCO sees another wave of bank failures coming as commercial mortgage trouble mounts
A high concentration of commercial real estate loans will cause more banks to fail, Pimco's John Mu…
Filip De Mott
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'Seriously underwater' mortgages are on the rise throughout the US, with Southern states seeing the biggest jump
The percentage of seriously underwater mortgages - those with a balance 25% higher than the value o…
Yuheng Zhan
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How the Canadian mortgage model could help unfreeze the housing market
Allowing people to keep cheap mortgage rates when they move home could boost listings and transacti…
Theron Mohamed
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Canada's unprecedented housing crisis could be a warning sign for the US
As in the US, demand for housing in Canada is far outstripping supply. High interest rates and spec…
Eliza Relman
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HENRYs are turning to a little-known and risky type of mortgage as home prices soar
Interest-only mortgages offer lower monthly payments, initially. But they also carry risks.
Eliza Relman
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The 'Wizard of Wharton' says stocks are on solid ground - and house prices are shaking off mortgage pain
Jeremy Siegel says a brighter earnings outlook, and the prospect of no more interest-rate hikes unt…
Theron Mohamed
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Have a home loan? Take a term insurance policy to guarantee peace of mind
Any individual who is looking to take on a loan needs to factor in ways to mitigate the risks that …
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I would never get married without a prenup — even though mine didn't protect me during my divorce
Her prenup didn't protect her when she got divorced, but she still thinks they're important and wou…
Laura Wheatman Hill
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A kind of mortgage that helped cause the 2008 housing crash is surging in popularity. Here's why it's different this time.
The previous housing crash was triggered, in part, by adjustable rate mortgages. Experts say the mo…
Alcynna Lloyd
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People are impersonating homeowners to take out mortgages and steal the money. Here are the best ways to stop it happening to you.
Absentee homeowners are most at risk, and should take steps to protect themselves, mortgage-fraud e…
Joshua Zitser
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A kind of mortgage that helped cause the housing crash is surging in popularity. Here's why it's different this time.
The 2008 housing crash was triggered, in part, by adjustable rate mortgages. Experts say the mortga…
Alcynna Lloyd
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The vicious cycle of homeowners insurance: It's increasingly expensive to protect homes in the disaster-prone areas that need it most
As disaster risks grow in vulnerable areas, insurers are pulling back from offering the kinds of co…
Dan Latu
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I work at Better.com. 900 of my coworkers got laid off on Zoom — and those of us who didn't are terrified.
"Since the layoffs, everyone has been on edge," a Better.com employee told Insider. "We're all look…
Fortesa Latifi
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More unmarried couples are buying houses together. A lawyer explains how to protect yourself in the event of a split.
More unmarried couples are buying homes together, but who gets the house if they split? A lawyer ad…
Kelly Burch
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Meet the 'last-resort' mortgage lenders rising from the ashes of the financial crisis to help underqualified borrowers buy a home
"There are more self-employed business owners since the onset of the pandemic, and their needs are …
Alcynna Lloyd,Dan Latu
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Suburbia is standing up to Wall Street investors who are scooping up houses, 'bullying people out with cash offers,' and making the neighborhood 'shabbier'
Homeowners are creating rules to keep big rental investors from buying up all the houses, WSJ repor…
Jason Lalljee,Alcynna Lloyd
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Americans aren't likely to lose their homes if the real estate bubble bursts, 2 economists say
"If buyers can't afford to pay their mortgages, they can sell their homes, pay off their mortgages …
Alcynna Lloyd
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Gen Z and millennials are skipping rent and mortgage bills to pay off medical debt
They're also avoiding getting necessary medical treatments because they're already buried in doctor…
Jason Lalljee
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A US debt default could spike borrowing costs like credit cards and mortgages, and 'every family should be concerned' says a consumer watchdog
Democrats and Republicans remain locked in an impasse about raising the US' $31.4 trillion debt cei…