Rally ends; Dow falls 283 - Baltimore Sun
NEW YORK - Wall Street abruptly ended an earnings-driven rally and closed sharply lower yesterday after a steeper-than-expected decline in existing-home sales and worries about the financial sector chilled the market’s recent optimism. The major …
Home loans double for entry buyers (Busselton-Dunsborough Mail)
THE mortgage debt of first-home buyers has more than doubled in the past decade. The snapshot of social trends paints a stark picture of the growing pressures facing hundreds of thousands of people who have recently taken out their first home loan.