In January, as attackers hammered bank sites with DDoS attacks, the availabilityrate of websites at U.S. financial institutions actually rose to 97.21% from 94.86% in the fall, when the first phase of the ongoing attacks was in full force, according to a report from BankInfoSecurity.com.
JetBlue, which switched to a new points program in November 2009, saw an increase of 7.1 percentage points to a healthy 86.4% availability success rate.
The NAR also has supported a Senate bill that would offer subprime borrowers an alternative by expanding availability of fixed-rate loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration.