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U.S. mortgage activity edges up even as rates head higher

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. mortgage application activity rebounded from its lowest level since January despite interest rates on 30-year fixed-rate home loans hitting their highest levels in over 2-1/2 years, Mortgage Bankers Association data released on Wednesday showed.

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OPEC, U.S. begin ‘cat and mouse’ oil game as producers pounce on hedges

LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – As far as one of the world’s biggest commodities traders, Glencore’s chief Ivan Glasenberg, is concerned, the oil market will be at the mercy of “a cat and mouse game” between OPEC and its U.S. shale rivals in the coming year. A 16 percent price rally over the past week has delivered U.S. frackers a golden opportunity to hedge – or sell forward – their production for 2017 and beyond, to shore up their coffers against …

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U.S. mortgage rates rise to highest levels in over two years: MBA

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Interest rates on U.S. fixed-rate mortgages rose to their highest levels in more than two years, sending weekly home loan application activity to its weakest since early January, Mortgage Bankers Association data released on Wednesday showed.

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Wells Fargo agrees to $50 million settlement over homeowner fees

Wells Fargo & Co has agreed to pay $50 million to settle a racketeering lawsuit accusing it of overcharging hundreds of thousands of homeowners for appraisals ordered after they defaulted on their mortgage loans. The proposed settlement, which requires court approval, was disclosed in a filing on Friday in an Oakland, California federal court. Wells Fargo's settlement of the lawsuit comes as the bank is still recoiling from a scandal over sales targets that drove employees

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New York’s Plaza Hotel to go on sale next month: Bloomberg

(Reuters) – New York's Plaza Hotel is set to go on sale in an auction next month, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. David and Simon Reuben hold the mortgage on the five-star hotel and scheduled a foreclosure auction for April 26, Bloomberg said, citing a source. For sale are the Plaza's hotel rooms, its restaurants and retail space.

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