Rules for Mortgage Servicers Are Criticized as Ineffective
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Hopes back in January that the troubled foreclosure process could be fixed with decisive and simple actions have disappeared with the ice and slush.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Louisville Housing Partnership dedicates new subdivision
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The partnership is developing the housing with part of $5.1 million in federal neighborhood-stabilization funds it received. The subdivision had been in foreclosure before the partnership took it over.
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The partnership is developing the housing with part of $5.1 million in federal neighborhood-stabilization funds it received. The subdivision had been in foreclosure before the partnership took it over.
Article: Fannie Mae brings back REO buyer incentives | Inman News
Fannie Mae brings back REO buyer incentives | Inman News
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Article: Bailouts for banks, free markets for us David Weidner's Writing on the Wall - MarketWatch
Bailouts for banks, free markets for us David Weidner's Writing on the Wall - MarketWatch
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Article: Schneiderman Says Foreclosure Deal Shouldn’t Block State Probes - Businessweek
Schneiderman Says Foreclosure Deal Shouldn't Block State Probes - Businessweek
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Monday, April 11, 2011
Article: WGBH News: One Woman's Foreclosure Fight: Is Victory In Sight?
WGBH News: One Woman's Foreclosure Fight: Is Victory In Sight?
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New Rules for Mortgage Servicers Face Early Criticism
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Federal banking regulators have not officially imposed their new rules for the top mortgage servicers, but criticism is already being heard. A wide coalition of consumer and housing groups is denouncing the legal agreements, which are likely to be published within a few days.
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Federal banking regulators have not officially imposed their new rules for the top mortgage servicers, but criticism is already being heard. A wide coalition of consumer and housing groups is denouncing the legal agreements, which are likely to be published within a few days.
Mortgage aid offered in Kentucky, Indiana
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Unspent money from the $700 billion federal bank bailout passed more than two years ago will soon go toward mortgage assistance for struggling homeowners in Kentucky, Indiana and 16 other states.
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Unspent money from the $700 billion federal bank bailout passed more than two years ago will soon go toward mortgage assistance for struggling homeowners in Kentucky, Indiana and 16 other states.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
How to Wreck Your Credit Score
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Don't underestimate the harm that even one missed mortgage payment can do to your credit score—especially if you had good credit to begin with.
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Don't underestimate the harm that even one missed mortgage payment can do to your credit score—especially if you had good credit to begin with.
Key rules on credit scores are changing for lenders
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The promise of a free credit score may no longer be a bait-and-switch marketing ploy.
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The promise of a free credit score may no longer be a bait-and-switch marketing ploy.
Homebuyer credits are tripping up tax returns
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If you took advantage of the $7,500 first-time homebuyer credit two years ago, you had better remember to include your first repayment of that loan on your 2010 tax return due April 18.
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If you took advantage of the $7,500 first-time homebuyer credit two years ago, you had better remember to include your first repayment of that loan on your 2010 tax return due April 18.
The Upside of Foreclosure
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It’s 3 p.m., time for a makeshift happy hour in the parking lot of Value Place, an extended-stay motel here in town and a haven for those who have been foreclosed upon. No background check is required; no credit card needed. It’s the housing equivalent of a throwaway cellphone. “And that,” says Elliot Abrams, Room 318, “is why it’s the bomb.”
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It’s 3 p.m., time for a makeshift happy hour in the parking lot of Value Place, an extended-stay motel here in town and a haven for those who have been foreclosed upon. No background check is required; no credit card needed. It’s the housing equivalent of a throwaway cellphone. “And that,” says Elliot Abrams, Room 318, “is why it’s the bomb.”
Banks Are Off the Hook Again
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Americans know that banks have mistreated borrowers in many ways in foreclosure cases. Among other things, they habitually filed false court documents. There were investigations. We’ve been waiting for federal and state regulators to crack down.
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Americans know that banks have mistreated borrowers in many ways in foreclosure cases. Among other things, they habitually filed false court documents. There were investigations. We’ve been waiting for federal and state regulators to crack down.
Real Estate Funds Defy Housing’s Gravity
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THE housing market may be facing a prolonged dip in prices, but for real estate mutual funds the problem is very different: prices that have climbed so much that they may not be sustainable.
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THE housing market may be facing a prolonged dip in prices, but for real estate mutual funds the problem is very different: prices that have climbed so much that they may not be sustainable.
Spraying to Make Yards Green ... but With Paint, Not Water
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There used to be two kinds of homeowners in this scorching city, those with dazzling green lawns irrigated by sprinklers and those with more natural backyard expanses of rocks, cactuses and desert flora, which required no watering at all.
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There used to be two kinds of homeowners in this scorching city, those with dazzling green lawns irrigated by sprinklers and those with more natural backyard expanses of rocks, cactuses and desert flora, which required no watering at all.
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