Sink, Scott Tout Plans To Create Jobs
TAMPA, Fla. — If gubernatorial candidates Rick Scott and Alex Sink agree on anything, it is that jobs – specifically, how to bring new ones to Florida – is the No. 1 issue in their race.

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Millions face mortgages drought
Around four million loans would have been rejected if the Financial Services Authority’s radical plans had been in place since 2005.

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Fitch cuts Ireland; morale plummets amid loan fears
Fitch cut Ireland’s credit rating on Wednesday and consumer morale slumped as the cost of cleaning up its banks hit home and the financial regulator warned of more bad news as the country’s property market continues to unravel.

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Historic lows in mortgage rates fail to motivate buyers, owners
Historic lows in mortgage rates fail to motivate buyers, owners

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Family ties bonded Barrow banker to lenders that closed
Family ties bonded Barrow banker to lenders that closed

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Report: Nearly 1/3 of Americans ‘Highly Unlikely’ to Qualify for a Mortgage
Roughly 30% of American consumers have credit scores that are so bad they wouldn’t be able to get a mortgage today, even if they managed to scrounge together a down payment of 20%. The estimates come from the Zillow Mortgage Marketplace, which analyzed some 25,000 loan quotes and purchase requests from early September and announced [...]

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CT Bank Profits, Bad Loans Both Up
More Connecticut banks are seeing profit growth — up 55 percent in the second quarter over the year ago period — but their loan portfolios can’t seem to shake the recession, data shows.

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