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The number of home loans in Australia has fallen for the tenth time in the past year as the overall housing market softens.

Loans Need Call Protection to Get Bond Buyers as Market Shrinks

The leveraged-loan market needs to incorporate call protections to compete with high-yield, high- risk bonds and attract new investors as traditional lenders disappeared after the credit crunch, CreditSights Inc. says.

Home Mortgages

Automaker loans

The White House has announced it will provide government loans to General Motors and Chrysler LLC , funds that the two automakers said they desperately needed in the short term in order to survive.