Mortgage Applications Spike, Driven by Refinance Activity

| August 17, 2011

According to the Mortgage Bankers Associations Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending August 5, mortgage applications increased 21.7 percent from one week earlier. The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, increased 21.7 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. On an unadjusted basis, the Index increased [...]

Good result, significant customer growth and a higher level of customer activity

| August 17, 2011

In the first half of 2011, SpareBank 1 SR-Bank achieved a pre-tax profit of NOK 752 million, compared with NOK 814 million in the same period last year.  Return on equity after tax was 11.9% in the first half of 2011 (15.6%).  For Q2 2011 seen in isolation, the pre-tax profit amounted to NOK 416 [...]

Forty 1 North’s Midweek Getaways Special Launches

| August 17, 2011

NEWPORT, RI, Aug. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Now through September 30, 2011, Forty 1 North in historic Newport, Rhode Island is offering a new Midweek Getaways Special that makes getting away from it all to this yachting hot-spot easier than ever. Guests who book a stay on any Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday evening will receive [...]