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BusinessWeek October 15, 2007 Dawn Kopecki |
Subprime Woes At Cerberus Cerberus bit off a big hunk of risky loans when it bought GMAC.  |
BusinessWeek August 4, 2003 David Welch |
For GM, Mortgages Are the Motor But how long can it rely on profits from its finance unit?  |
BusinessWeek April 24, 2006 Emily Thornton |
Cerberus To KKR: Eat Our Dust Stephen Feinberg's fast-growing hedge fund snatched GMAC. But it's a risky play.  |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann |
Option Weighs Down H&R Block H&R Block's misguided venture into the subprime mortgage business cost the company almost $1 billion last year, and selling off the unit is proving difficult.  |
The Motley Fool April 20, 2007 Nathan Parmelee |
Quick Take: H&R Block Unloads Subprime Business H&R Block is up nearly 4% today, simply for selling its subprime mortgage business, Option One Mortgage.  |
The Motley Fool January 10, 2011 Sean Williams |
This Is the Worst Stock in the S&P 500 Increased regulations, erratic cash flows, and a housing bubble spell doom for financial service company H&R Block.  |
The Motley Fool October 18, 2010 April Taylor |
H&R Block Shares Plunged: What You Need to Know H&R Block shares are down 11.5% in trading today, with more than three times the volume of an average day.  |
The Motley Fool June 21, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann |
H&R Block's Taxing Supbrime Exposure H&R Block looks to put its subprime woes behind it. But as it stands currently, smaller rival Jackson Hewitt is a purer play on tax services, with plenty of real estate to cover and with new store branches.  |
The Motley Fool May 3, 2007 Seth Jayson |
GM Squeezes Out Borrowers Huge losses on bad mortgages turn GMAC from a cuddly home lender to just another business. Investors, take note.  |
The Motley Fool August 25, 2004 Nathan Slaughter |
H&R Block Files One Away Declining mortgage margins sink the tax-preparation specialist's first quarter.  |
The Motley Fool February 25, 2004 W.D. Crotty |
H&R Block: Good or Great? H&R Block offers timely advice, but does it offer value?  |
The Motley Fool August 23, 2011 Zeeshan Siddique |
Volume Growth Fails to Elevate H&R Block H&R's profits adversely impacted by regulations stopping tax-refund loans.  |
The Motley Fool December 1, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann |
Lending Isn't Helping at H&R Block The tax specialist has been a value trap for more than four years now, but perhaps the decision to consider divesting the mortgage business is the catalyst it needs to get growth moving in the right direction again.  |
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005 David Welch |
GM Is Losing Traction A couple of years ago, General Motors Corp. finally seemed to be getting its act together. But its turnaround is threatened by sliding market share, high retiree costs, and the specter of a "junk" credit rating.  |
BusinessWeek December 11, 2006 Mara Der Hovanesian |
A Farewell To ARMs? Not Quite Yet New classes of lenders are jumping in to offer high-risk mortgages.  |
The Motley Fool March 14, 2011 Zeeshan Siddique |
H&R Block Upbeat Despite Third-Quarter Losses Despite a net loss, the company has lots of positive things to look forward to.  |
The Motley Fool June 12, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann |
The H&R Block Time Warp Shares of H&R Block are trading at almost the same price they were at in 2002. But is the stock a buy?  |
The Motley Fool February 14, 2005 Richard Gibbons |
One Cheap Stock The shares seem unreasonably cheap, despite major challenges for the company. H&R Block's price presents investors with the opportunity to buy into a great company at a discount to intrinsic value.  |
BusinessWeek January 10, 2005 Dean Foust |
The Mortgage Biz Has Lost Its Fizz Goodbye, refi boom. Hello, sinking profits and industry consolidation. The roots of the industry's problems are no mystery. Mortgage activity has fallen off sharply since the Fed began hiking rates last spring.  |
The Motley Fool September 7, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann |
H&R's Blockhead Diversification The stock looks reasonably valued but some core businesses are struggling to grow.  |
BusinessWeek January 9, 2006 Justin Hibbard |
So Many Lenders, So Few Takers As housing slumps, the roof is falling in on the overbuilt mortgage industry.  |
The Motley Fool February 26, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann |
Did Berkshire Throw In the Towel on H&R Block? Berkshire recently trimmed its H&R Block holding, but that doesn't make it a sell.  |
The Motley Fool January 15, 2004 Alyce Lomax |
H&R Block Party? With competitive pressure building, H&R's not celebrating yet.  |
BusinessWeek March 26, 2007 Mara Der Hovanesian |
Option One's Dwindling Options No formal bids have been announced for Option One and prospects look bleak.  |
The Motley Fool October 30, 2008 Rich Duprey |
An Auto Merger Car Wreck Proposals to unite GM and Chrysler are overpriced flights of fancy.  |
The Motley Fool November 24, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Block in Blue The tax prep specialist H&R Block finds itself in familiar territory for its latest fiscal second quarter. It's in the red for the period, losing $0.52 a share as revenues fell by 5% to hit $539 million.  |
The Motley Fool June 10, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Chip Off the Old H&R Block The tax prep specialist announces its seasonally strongest quarter.  |
The Motley Fool December 12, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Early Christmas for Mortgage Borrowers There's some good news on the mortgage front for a change. Lending has not come to a grinding halt. In fact, for those who have good credit and qualify for standard fixed-rate loans, mortgages have actually gotten more affordable.  |
BusinessWeek June 7, 2004 Dean Foust |
Look Out Below, Lenders The end of the mortgage boom is nigh -- and it could get ugly for banks and thrifts.  |
The Motley Fool August 12, 2004 |
Understanding Mortgage Brokers For many people, the best way to get a mortgage is through a broker.  |
BusinessWeek May 9, 2005 Brian Hindo |
GM's Ace in the Hole: Cash For all of the problems General Motors faces, liquidity isn't one of them. Reserves of at least $45 billion help the carmaker keep its credit rating above junk and give it some flexibility to maneuver. One of those moves could be selling off parts if the company.  |
The Motley Fool February 28, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Why Getting a Mortgage Will Never Be the Same Lots of changes are happening to the mortgage market.  |
U.S. Banker July 2008 Paul Muolo |
The Year of Living Dangerously: Banks Cope with Fallout Subprime-origination volumes were hammered last year after concerns about delinquencies, credit quality and declining home values ravished the market.  |
The Motley Fool November 3, 2010 April Taylor |
Jackson Hewitt Tax Services Shares Popped: What You Need to Know Last month, Jackson Hewitt competitor H&R Block announced that it may not be able to provide consumers tax refund loans as it has in years past because of a disagreement with HSBC.  |
The Motley Fool August 2, 2006 Selena Maranjian |
Mortgage Traps Look before you leap into a mortgage -- here are some red flags to watch out for.  |
The Motley Fool January 28, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Refinancing Catch-22 Mortgage refinancing is available ... for those who need it least.  |
BusinessWeek October 2, 2006 Mara Der Hovanesian |
Bad Blood Over Bad Loans Mortgage defaults are rising. Wall Street thinks banks should mop up the mess.  |
BusinessWeek September 11, 2006 |
Residential Options ARMs Lending Table A table illustrates residential options ARM lending.  |
The Motley Fool July 26, 2006 |
How Much House Can You Afford? When getting a mortgage, don't bite off more than you can chew.  |
The Motley Fool March 14, 2007 David Meier |
Quick Take: Subprime Scariness The process, not the outcome, is the scary part of the subprime disaster. Who's to blame? The mortgage lenders? The home sellers? The buyers themselves? (Whatever happened to caveat emptor?)  |
The Motley Fool September 24, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
A Jumbo Opportunity Interest rates on jumbo mortgages rose nearly half a percentage point in August, even as regular mortgage rates were mostly coming down. Is it time to raise the jumbo loan amount minimum?  |
The Motley Fool December 8, 2006 Mary Dalrymple |
Mortgage Power for Everyone Arm yourself with information before shopping for a home loan.  |
U.S. Banker May 2009 Alan Kline |
Will Dismal 2008 Give Way to a Banner 2009? Will historically low mortgage interest rates draw buyers back into the home market?  |
BusinessWeek October 29, 2009 Henry et al. |
Credit Creaks into Gear With a big boost from the feds, investors again like securities backed by assets like car loans -- but it'll take years for lending to flow freely.  |
U.S. Banker April 2002 Paul Muolo |
2001 Great, But Not Perfect Residential loan volumes hit amazing records in 2001, but the picture wasn't so cheery on the servicing side...  |
BusinessWeek July 19, 2004 Christopher Palmeri |
Lenders Switch On Their Back-Up Systems After one of the nation's largest mortgage lenders announced earnings 17% below expectations, investors wondered if the nation's three-year-long mortgage bonanza might end not with a soft landing but with an earnings-pummeling thud.  |
The Motley Fool March 26, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Here Come the Mortgage Regulators With subprime lending continuing to plummet, House and Senate hearings run the risk of further retarding a recovery in housing.  |
The Motley Fool July 14, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Curtains for the American Dream? How trouble with Fannie and Freddie could affect your ability to get a mortgage.  |
Bank Technology News October 2009 John Adams |
IT Cleanup in the Home Equity Aisle Two risky strategies of the past -- high-cost home equity loans made without tax and insurance escrow accounts, and the use of tech platforms siloed between different types of real estate lending -- are coming back to bite mortgage lenders via tough new regulations.  |
The Motley Fool March 9, 2007 Emil Lee |
Shedding Some Light on Subprime Lenders An interview with the CEO of a website that provides marketing leads to mortgage companies offers a peek into the subprime world and where that market is headed. Investors, take note.  |