Headline News Archive
2009
March
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- Homebuyers forced to learn the old rules. At the height of the housing boom, many borrowers had to stretch to afford a house, in some cases agreeing to spend half their monthly
- Eager to strike racist property covenants. SOUTH GATE, Calif. - Hector De La Torre, the son of Mexican immigrants, was dismayed when he discovered a piece of paper in his property
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- A big boost for buyers seeking jumbo loans. New money is about to flow into a part of the real estate market that has been squeezed hard by the credit crisis: mortgages too
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- Countrywide's 'special' loan program. Executives at Countrywide Financial, one of the biggest names of the housing boom, routinely violated internal company policies to provide below-market rates on home loans
- How will the Fed's actions affect you?. The Federal Reserve yesterday renewed its commitment to encouraging consumer lending by announcing steps aimed at helping push down interest rates. Here are answers to
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- Mortgage fraud up as credit tightens. Mortgage fraud jumped by 26 percent last year even though fewer loans were issued nationwide, and Maryland ranked among the top five states with the most
- Se extiende por el país el fraude hipotecario. La industria hipotecaria, que está realizando un escrutinio mucho más cuidadoso luego de una verdadera inundación de impagos, reportó un número ré
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- Tax law changes for 2008 tax year. Economic stimulus payments are not taxable, and they are not reported on 2008 tax returns. However, the stimulus payment does affect whether a taxpayer can claim
- Who is getting the low mortgage rates?. So who's actually getting some? I mean those beautiful fixed-rate mortgages advertised at 5.5 percent or less. Maybe, in a virtual world, an avatar can drop
- Roommates can mean paying the mortgage. Faced with the risk of losing her home and car, Laura Rogers reluctantly chose to give up something else: her privacy. In mid-December she began
- Moneybloggers share the wealth. It's often said that talking about money is the last taboo. But our cash coyness appears to be disappearing along with the growth of personal
- Thoughts on walking away from your home loan. If you’re among the millions of people who will not qualify for the Obama administration’s program to help troubled homeowners, you’re probably
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- More mortgages eligible for financing. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have published the rules governing their upcoming mass refinancing campaigns, and they're more favorable for borrowers than indicated at first
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- Despite housing help, foreclosures rose. Foreclosure filings in February jumped nearly 6% from January, despite foreclosure moratoriums and prevention programs around the country, according to a report out Thursday. Foreclosure filings
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- Sin techo un niño en cada cincuenta. Uno de cada 50 niños estadounidenses sufre la falta de vivienda, según un nuevo informe que asegura que la mayoría de los estados
09
- Oversight of bank bailouts criticized. Congressional investigators are criticizing the Obama administration for failing to police deals in which banks participating in the $700 billion federal bailout lent billions of dollars
- Money stimulates discussion of program's goals. As tens of billions of dollars in stimulus funds begin to flow across the country, states and federal agencies are gripped by disputes over whether
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- Regulatory reform sought after securities fraud. In both multi-billion dollar cases, there were common warning signs. Bernard L. Madoff and R. Allen Stanford promised customers safe, consistent returns that were higher
- Some FHA mortgages go bad from get-go. The last time the housing market was this bad, Congress set up the Federal Housing Administration to insure Depression-era mortgages that lenders wouldn't otherwise make.
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- Restrict wealthy homeowner tax perks?. The cluster of special federal tax benefits and subsidies for homeowners has long seemed politically untouchable. Those include deductions for mortgage interest, local property taxes
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- Más personas demoran el pago de sus hipotecas. La cantidad de personas que demoran en pagar sus hipotecas aumentó en un 53 por ciento en el cuarto trimestre del 2008 en comparación con el
- ¿Comprar o alquilar? Qué hacer en tiempos de crisis. Hace sólo seis meses, en momentos que el precio de la vivienda bajaban significativamente, la decisión de comprar o alquilar era clara para
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- Citigroup to cut mortgage payments for jobless. Citigroup Inc. said Tuesday that it will lower mortgage payments for some homeowners to an average of $500 a month for three months as part of
- U.S. likely to keep the reins on Fannie and Freddie. Despite assurances that the takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would be temporary, the giant mortgage companies will most likely never fully return to
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- Siete días para cuidar tu dinero. La Semana de Protección al Consumidor dura poco, pero te convierte en un consumidor más precavido durante todo el año. De acuerdo
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