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Study predicts one in eight recent ARMs holders will default.

First American Real Estate Solutions, a unit of title insurer First American Corporation, released a study of households that originated Adustable Rate Mortgages (ARMs) in 2004 and 2005. The Wall Street Journal reports that …

Rapid increase in home equity loans appears to be over

Rising interest rates (prime has climbed from 4% to 7.5% in three years) appear to have convinced many home owners to forego revolving home equity loans, which often base their interest rates on prime.

Federal Reserve …