Mortgage Morass

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NACBA Issues Response to Obama Administration Plan To Sell Vacant and Abandoned Properties in Foreclosure

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Article: Senators Seek Information on Foreclosure Practices and Bankruptcy

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Article: White House Seeks to Shrink Foreclosure Glut

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Article: Mortgage Modification Scam Nets $3 Million

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Industry Blog Article: In Defense of Fannie and Freddie

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Blog Article: Mortgage Refi’s Surge on Lower Rates

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Article: July 2011 Foreclosures Drop 35 % in Year

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Foreclosure Sale Overturned by N.J. Appellate Court

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Bank of America’s Back-Door TARP

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Sometimes It’s Good To Be Underwater

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Atlantic Beach Dream House Turns Into Nightmare

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Article: Senators Seek Information on Foreclosure Practices and Bankruptcy

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Article: White House Seeks to Shrink Foreclosure Glut

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Article: Mortgage Modification Scam Nets $3 Million

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Industry Blog Article: In Defense of Fannie and Freddie

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Blog Article: Mortgage Refi’s Surge on Lower Rates

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Article: July 2011 Foreclosures Drop 35 % in Year

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Foreclosure Sale Overturned by N.J. Appellate Court

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Bank of America’s Back-Door TARP

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Sometimes It’s Good To Be Underwater

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Atlantic Beach Dream House Turns Into Nightmare

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Article: MERS Reduces Role in Foreclosures

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Article: Foreclosures Down in Most Metro Areas

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Editorial: Time To Stop Foreclosure Fraud

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Article: Short Sales, Long Waits Fuel Frustration

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Article: Life After Foreclosure

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Blog Article: MBA Urges Congress to Raise Loan Limits

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Fears About Bankruptcy Reform Never Came To Pass, Lawyer Says

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Equifax Report Finds Rise In Consumer Bankruptcies, Slowed Decline In Business Bankruptcies

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Low Foreclosures in Community Land Trusts, Lincoln Institute Research Finds

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Article: MERS Reduces Role in Foreclosures

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Article: Foreclosures Down in Most Metro Areas

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Editorial: Time To Stop Foreclosure Fraud

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Article: Short Sales, Long Waits Fuel Frustration

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Article: Life After Foreclosure

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Blog Article: MBA Urges Congress to Raise Loan Limits

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Article: Treasury Steps Up Aid to Homeowners

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Special Report: Robo Signers Are Back!

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Article: Negotiating Immunity for Banks

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Industry Blog Article: Servicers Hampered by Litigation

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Industry Blog Article: Mortgage Applications Jump 15% in July

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Article: Eight Banks Meet July 13th Deadline to Submit Plans for Mortgage Servicing

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Article: California May Join other States in Probing Wall Street in Mortgage Meltdown

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Article: Administration Tackles Housing Slump

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Article: Robo Signing Still Alive at Orlans

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Article: New Jersey Average 944 Days With No House Payments

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Article: Senate Judiciary Committee To Investigate Mortgage Servicers

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Article: Administration Helps Unemployed with Mortgage Morass

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Article: Foreclosed Homeowners May Request Review

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Article: AG Foreclosure Settlement Won’t Meet July 13th Deadline

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Article: B of A in $8.5 Billion Mortgage Settlement

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Article: Wrongful Foreclosures Rare but Devastating

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Article: Foreclosure Backlog Takes Longer to Process

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Article: Mortgage Foreclosures at One Per Day

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Article: Taking the Fear Out of Foreclosure

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Article: MERS Parent Creates Chief Risk Officer Position, Hires Industry Veteran

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Article: Existing Home Sales Drop 3.8% in May

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Article: HELOC Losses Loom Large for Bank of America

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Article: Backlog of Cases Give Foreclosure Reprieve

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Article: Government Stays Glued to Mortgages

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Article: ‘Zombie Notes’ Live To Haunt Deed Transfers

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Article: Law Firm Fisher And Shapiro Sued Over Foreclosure Cases

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Article: Mortgage Papers Raise Myrtle Beach Real Estate Fraud Claims

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Article: US Housing Starts Up in May

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Article: Fewer Foreclosures in May

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Filings Down in May: Masked Reality?

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Article: Bank of America Accused of Hindering Foreclosure Review

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Article: Real Estate Decline Causes Americans to Lose Trillions

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Article: Courts May Reshape Mortgage Industry

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Article: Homeowner Forecloses on Bank of America

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Blog article: Treasury Withholds HAMP Incentives to Big Three

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Article: Foreclosure Settlement Closer in Iowa

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Article: What To Do When Foreclosure Looms

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Article: Politics As Usual in Foreclosure Mess

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Article: Confusing Lawyer Fees Complicate Foreclosure Battles

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Home Prices at Lowest Since 2002

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Price Drops Spreading to Once Stable Cities

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“Show me the Paper” Cases Increasing

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Foreclosure Agreement between Regulators and Banks Slows Down

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Foreclosure Prices Fall Again: How Your State Stacks Up

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HAMP Disappoints Most Homeowners, Housing Counselors Say

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Knights of Columbus Targets BofA Foreclosure Actions in Suit

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PBS News Hour Video on Mortgage Woes and Housing Market

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Why Are Short Sales So Long?

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Q&A with Max Gardner: Educating Lawyers, Consumers On ‘Robo-Signing’ Case

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Durbin, Cohen And Others Introduce Legislation To Restore Fairness In Student Lending

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At Well-Paying Law Firms, a Low-Paid Corner

Academy Board Member, Samuel K. Crocker Appointed U.S. Trustee for Tennessee, Kentucky

Leahy Introduces Bill To Fight Creditor Fraud In Bankruptcy Courts

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Mortgage Bankers Association’s New CEO

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PBS News Hour Video on Mortgage Woes and Housing Market

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Mortgage Applications Up for Refi’s

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The End of the 30 Year Mortgage?

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Foreclosure Time Bomb Getting Worse

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Why Are Short Sales So Long?

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New Home Construction Plummets in April

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Bank’s Fine Print Requires Struggling Homeowners to Waive Rights

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Banks Offer $5 Billion to End Foreclosure Probe

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Bleak Housing Forecast Means Bleak Economic Times

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Underwater Homeowners More Willing to Walk Away

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Mortgage Crisis Limits Consumer Refinancing

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Merscorp Names Former CitiMortgage Chief Bill Beckmann as Chief Executive

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Judges See Little Improvement in Foreclosure Process

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Who Owns My Mortgage?

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Feds Sue Deutsche Bank for Mortgage Fraud

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Good News in Mortgage Delinquencies

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Foreclosure Starts Up 33 %

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Mortgage Monitor Report April 2011

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Tenants as Collateral Damage in a Foreclosure

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Distressed Property Assets

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JP Morgan Chase Settles Class Action SCRA Suit

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Michigan Appeals Court Reverses Foreclosure

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Michigan Court of Appeals Ruling Could Halt Some Foreclosures

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Mortgage Applications Drop 5.6% Week Ending Apr 22nd

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Foreclosing While Modifying; Dual Tracking-Good or Evil

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Eight Largest Mortgage Banks Ordered to review for SCRA Compliance

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Foreclosure Filings Lowest Since 2008

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New Home Construction Up 7.2% in March

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Foreclosures Drop 15.8% in California in 1st Quarter

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Favoring Cramdowns Over Mortgage Modifications

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Feds Starting to Settle on Foreclosure Penalties

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Banks Spend Big to Thwart Foreclosure Legislation

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Dark Days for Reverse Mortgages

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Harris Poll Shows 22% of Homeowners Have Trouble Paying Mortgage

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Liar Loans Lands Borrower in Jail

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Vacancy Rate Over 13%

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Title Company CEO Jailed for Fraud

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Mortgage Servicers Reluctantly Reduce Principal

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AARP Sues HUD Over reverse Mortgages

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Florida Leads Nation in Mortgage Fraud Prosecutions

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Mortgage Bankers Are Still Clueless

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New Home Sales at Record Low

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Foreclosure Scrutiny Could Rock Banks

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Second Deeds, HELOCs and Bankruptcy

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Property Taxes Tumble in Foreclosure Crisis

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Mobile Homes Hit Hard in Real Estate Market

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Filing Bankruptcy May Save your Home

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State AG’s Try to Fix Mortgage Servicing

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Why Second Mortgages Are Important In the Mortgage Settlement

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Strengthening Foreclosure Prevention

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Secretary U.S. Treasury Reducing Government Role in Mortgage Market

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Congressional Oversight Panel Final Report on TARP

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Domestic Terrorist Groups Move in on Foreclosed Homes. FBI and SWAT Take Action

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10 Regional Banks Swimming in Foreclosures

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Article on State AG,s and Servicers Settlement

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Proposed Legislation to Protect Military Borrowers

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MERS ‘Swallowing’ Loans

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Renters snared in foreclosure crisis as well

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U.S. House Panel Votes to Abolish Obama Foreclosure-Prevention Programs

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Attorneys General Draw a Bead on Banks’ Force-Placed Insurance Practices

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HSBC Joins Bank of America and Chase in Temporary Suspension of Foreclosures pending Review

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Regulators Near Agreement on Mortgage Risk Rules

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How Much Do I Really Owe on My Delinquent Mortgage? Three Answers Later

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MERS Transfers Upheld in Five States

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Restitution for Botched Foreclosures as High as $20 Billion

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Research Article on BAPCPA and Mortgage Morass

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MERS to Members-Don’t Foreclose in Our Name.

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Stricter Regulations In Sight for Mortgage Servicers

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Stricter R6 Biggest Problems with Mortgage Modsegulations In Sight for Mortgage Servicers

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Chase Apologizes For Mistakes with Military

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National Servicer Standards Forthcoming

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Mortgage Bankers report on Loan Application Statistics for First Week Of Feb 2011

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Mortgage Trends Towards Shorter Loans

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JPMorgan Chase aims to make amends with its military clients

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When a foreclosure still leaves a debt on the books

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FHFA Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report Third Quarter 2010

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Obama Administration to Wind Down Fannie and Freddie

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Nation’s Foreclosures Drop as Procedures Questioned

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Foreclosures, Mortgage Rates and Housing Prices

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MBA Names Top Commercial, MultiFamily Mortgage Servicers

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30% of Mortgages are Underwater

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Merscorp Lacks Right to Transfer Mortgages, Bankruptcy Judge Says

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JPMorgan Chase vows to fix mistakes on military members

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JPMorgan Chase grilled by Congress

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Military families, some at Fort Campbell, fighting foreclosure

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Homeowner associations step up foreclosure filings

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US judge temporarily delays loan document shredding

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Court’s stance on foreclosure case could have big impact

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S.222 Limiting Investor and Homeowner Loss in Foreclosure Act of 2010

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Democrats Want Bankruptcy Courts to Establish Mediation for Homeowners

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Beware of Foreclosing on the Military

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Taxpayers Not Banks pay for Mortgage Morass

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Thousands Remain in Homes with No Payments to Mortgage Holders

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U.S. Investigates Deutsche Bank in Foreclosure Case

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California Foreclosures Drop in Last Quarter 2010

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Churches Caught Up in Foreclosures

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Loan Modifications and Bankruptcy

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Bankruptcy Judge Delays Shredding of Loan Documents

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Refinancing Up, But Purchases Remain Low

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US judge temporarily delays loan document shredding

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US judge temporarily delays loan document shredding