Nearly Four in 10 Mortgages to Minorities Were Subprime in 2006 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Mortgage lending to minorities was down seven percent in 2006, according to a new analysis released today at the 3rd Annual Mortgage Lending Industry Emerging Markets and Diversity Conference outside Washington, D.C. The only exception was among African Americans, which showed an increase of 0.6 percent over the prior year.

Editorial: Apocalypse soon? (Arizona Daily Wildcat)
An explosion of bold loans aimed directly at consumers. Financial firms lending to customers with spotty or unknown credit records. Borrowers taking on a sizeable debt burden designed to finance an important future investment. The looming possibility of a massive debt disaster.

Housing market is strong (The Dickinson Press)
It's hard to think of folks in major metropolitan areas envying the likes of people in Dickinson. Given today's housing market, though, they may be seeing green.

The Longhorn economy (Austin American-Statesman)
The rapid growth is the result of the Longhorns' financial independence. Unlike other departments at the University of Texas, athletics gets to spend virtually everything it earns.

2007 Coldwell Banker(R) Home Price Comparison Index Reveals That $2.1 Million Separates Beverly Hills from Killeen, ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
PARSIPPANY, N.J.----"Location. Location. Location." The age-old adage that defines home prices equates to a $2.1 million difference between the nation's most expensive and affordable housing markets according to the 2007 Coldwell Banker?Home Price Comparison Index .