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19 Mar, 2026, 07.20 AM IST
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13 Feb, 2026, 04.19 PM IST
Difficult to define freebie, high time 'accepted and legal' answers found: CEC KumarChief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar has stated that defining freebies is challenging and the Election Commission's hands are tied as th...
07 Jan, 2025, 06.18 PM IST
Major Chinese banks cut deposits rates, paving the way for mortgage rate cutsThree sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday that major state banks would cut deposit rates as they prepare to lower inte...
01 Sep, 2023, 08.01 AM IST
JM Financial, Indostar in talks to merge mortgage businessesNon-bank lenders JM Financial and Indostar on Monday announced that they are in "preliminary discussions" to merge their respective mortgag...
24 Apr, 2023, 08.40 PM IST
Canadian home buyers return to fixed-rate loans as economy wobblesBorrowers are also increasingly eschewing the popular five-year fixed mortgage term in favour of two- or three-year loans, to guard against...
12 Aug, 2022, 04.55 PM IST
RBI proposes new rules for mortgage securitisationThe central bank would explore measures such as loan contract standards.
05 Apr, 2019, 08.39 AM IST
- Housing finance companies definitely look quite attractive: Varun Goel
" Housing finance companies definitely look quite attractive. The housing, the mortgage rates have already beginning to come. "
13 Feb, 2013, 04.18 PM IST
- Amendments to SARFAESI Act to clear recovery processes: BA Prabhakar, Bank of India
In an interview with ET Now, BA Prabhakar, ED, Bank of India, gives his views on the amendments made in the SARFAESI Act.
14 Oct, 2011, 02.53 PM IST
- Bullish on Gruh Finance: Seshadri Bharathan
ET Now spoke to Seshadri Bharathan, MD & CEO, KSEMA Fincon Ltd, on his views on Gruh Finance.
05 Jul, 2010, 01.31 PM IST
- Goldman planned to profit from bust: Senate probe
Goldman Sachs developed a strategy to profit from the housing meltdown and reaped billions at the expense of clients, a Senate investigatio...
27 Apr, 2010, 03.59 AM IST
- Obama's housing plan not enough to fix problems
President-elect Barack Obama is inheriting the worst housing recession in a generation, and the proposals he outlined on the campaign trail...
06 Nov, 2008, 05.01 AM IST
- Realtors say existing US home sales rose in July
Sales of existing homes rose 3.1 percent in July, easily beating Wall Street's expectations, as buyers snapped up deeply discounted propert...
25 Aug, 2008, 08.20 PM IST
- RBI expands definition of 'wilful default'
The Reserve Bank has expanded the definition of wilful defaulters by including companies that try to dispose of mortgaged properties withou...
24 Jun, 2008, 08.15 PM IST
- Worldwide contagion proves Bernanke
Federal Reserve chairman Ben S Bernanke was wrong. So were US treasury secretary Henry Paulson and Merrill Lynch CEO Stanley O’Neal.
11 Aug, 2007, 01.34 AM IST
- I-banking gains to prop Merrill net
Merrill Lynch, the world’s biggest brokerage, may report record first-quarter earnings as revenue from share sales and advising on takeover...
19 Apr, 2007, 12.00 AM IST
- Banks pick up where Fed left off, restricting access to credit
Banks are picking up the baton from the Federal Reserve, restricting access to credit months after chairman Ben S. Bernanke stopped raising...
21 Mar, 2007, 03.25 AM IST