2008 Feb 11
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Two Changes in Tax Code May Benefit Some Homeowners - There are two small changes in the tax code this year that may benefit
some homeowners. The first change deals with the deduction of
premiums for......
2008 Feb 08
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Cash-Out Refi's Declining in Both Numbers and Amounts - In spite of declining house prices and tightening credit, Americans
are continuing to pull cash out of their homes according
to Freddie Mac's Cas......
2008 Feb 07
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"Foreclosure Avalanche" Prompts Servicer Survey - In a conference call/press conference on Thursday, the Conference of
State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) released its first report
on loss mitigation e......
2008 Feb 06
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Mortgage Rates Reclaim Last Week's Declines - It was nice while it lasted but mortgage
rates last week reversed a four week downward trend and made up much
of the ground they lost a week earl......
2008 Feb 04
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Many Mortgage Delinquents Still Unaware There Is Help - Freddie Mac has released a survey done in cooperation with Roper
Public Affairs and Media, a leading international market research firm
that show......
2008 Jan 30
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Mortgage Rates Still Falling Hitting Four Year Low - Mortgage interest rates for the week ended January 24
continued to fall and long term rates hit their lowest levels since the
spring of 2004 acco......
2007 Dec 13
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House Committee Votes On Another Bit of Foreclosure Relief - The U.S. House Judiciary signed off on Wednesday on a bill designed to
help certain bankrupt homeowners stay in those homes.
The highly controver......
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Two Surveys Show Big Rate Moves In Opposite Directions - The two mortgage interest rate surveys upon which we
report each week showed big changes for long term rates during the week
ended December 6 and......
2007 Dec 10
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Rate Freeze Faces Many Hurdles - Plenty of people, including Matthew Graham, MortgageNewsDaily's op-ed
columnist, are talking about the practical realities of freezing a
mortgage......
2007 Dec 07
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Up In ARMs - The Mortgage Bailout - "Grumble, grumble, grumble," echoed loudly today across America after
The President, along with members of the Treasury, unveiled a "plan" to
hel......
2007 Dec 06
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Bush's Subprime Rescue Plan Coincides With Sobering Delinquency Report - Several hours before President Bush announced the details of his
administrations plans to assist homeowners who are facing foreclosure the
Mortga......
2007 Dec 04
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Treasury Secretary Outlines Foreclosure Rescue Plan - Most of the mortgage bigwigs were in Washington, DC
on Monday, attending the National Housing Forum sponsored by the U.S.
Office of Thrift Superv......
2007 Dec 03
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Don't Be Afraid of the Big Bad Housing Market - If you don't have a TV, a radio, or a newspaper, you may have missed
all of the negative press surrounding the mortgage and
housing markets. The ......
2007 Nov 30
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Treasury Department May Broker A Deal For Subprime Borrowers - MSNBC, Reuters, and The Wall Street Journal were reporting early
Friday that the United States Treasury is about to
announce a plan to help some ......
2007 Nov 13
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E-Trade Suffers Subprime Wrath - It has long since passed the point where the downgrade of a company's
credit rating or an announcement of reduced earnings because of problems
wi......
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PMI Insurers May Owe Thanks To Piggy-Back Mortgages - It is one of the small ironies of the subprime crisis
that the very competition that private mortgage insurers thought was
ruining their bottom l......
2007 Nov 12
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Lending Survey Indicates Tightened Standards, Lower Demand - The Federal Reserve has released the October 2007 Senior Loan
Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices which addresses
changes in the sup......
2007 Nov 07
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Mortgage Rates Back To May 2007 Levels - Mortgage rates fell last week to their lowest point
in nearly six months according to the results of Freddie Mac's Primary
Mortgage Market Survey......
2007 Nov 05
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HR 3915 Addresses Many Aspects of Predatory and Other Mortgage Lending - Sides are quickly being drawn over a pending bill before the House of
Representatives which, if passed, will put in place some
stringent new stan......
2007 Nov 02
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NY Attorney General Files Appraiser Fraud Suit Against First American - On November 1, New York State Attorney General Andrew M.
Cuomo announced that he is bringing suit
against one of the largest real estate appraisa......