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October 6, 2010
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BusinessWeek
October 21, 2010
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Mortgage Mess: Shredding the Dream The foreclosure crisis isn't just about lost documents. It's about trust - and a clash over who gets stuck with $1.1 trillion in losses. |
AskMen.com
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The Foreclosure Crisis With recent news that many financial service companies had been employing "robo-signers" to help foreclose on thousands of homes around the country, many banks voluntarily declared a moratorium on booting people from their residences. |
The Motley Fool
October 8, 2010
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Bank of America to Halt Foreclosures Bank of America will halt foreclosures in all 50 states. |
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December 21, 2010
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Rising Star Shorts: Bank of America and Lender Processing Services You may have been hearing about the various mortgage fraud scandals ripping through Wall Street and the economy. We've decided to put a little bit of capital into betting against two of the biggest apparent culprits. |
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February 4, 2011
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What's Next at Lender Processing Services? Lender Processing Services, a major provider of back-end support for the mortgage industry, reported a 5% rise in revenue for the fourth quarter. |
The Motley Fool
October 11, 2010
Andrew Bond |
Don't Underestimate the Fauxclosure Mess Foreclosure practices at major lenders will go under a microscope this week. |
The Motley Fool
October 5, 2010
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Robo-Signers Spell More Trouble for Banks A new fiasco exposes big mortgage lenders to fraud charges. |
BusinessWeek
November 10, 2010
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Mortgage Modifications Aren't Stopping Foreclosures Programs designed to keep owners in their homes are being upended by lost paperwork and procedural errors. |
BusinessWeek
October 28, 2010
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Teaching Lawyers How to Fight Foreclosures O. Max Gardner runs a select boot camp for defense attorneys to pass on his strategies. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2012
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Strategic Default: When is it Right for Homeowners? Are there circumstances in which a financial advisor should recommend strategic default? |
The Motley Fool
November 5, 2010
Andrew Bond |
Elections Could Affect Foreclosure Investigation The midterm elections produced some mixed news for banks that are being investigated in the robo-signer foreclosure mess. |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2011
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Lender Processing Services Shares Plunged: What You Need to Know Shares of mortgage processer Lender Processing Services are getting foreclosed on today, down by as much as 17%, after the Nevada attorney general sued the company. |
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March 19, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Homeowners Free-Riding on the Bank's Dime Foreclosed on, but still happily at home. |
This Old House
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11 Tips for Avoiding Foreclosure Worried you won't be able to make your mortgage payments? Protect your home and your investment with this expert advice |
BusinessWeek
October 14, 2010
Peter Coy |
Commentary: Mortgages Lost in the Cloud The foreclosure documentation mess isn't just a clerical problem. It erodes certainty about property rights - the key to capitalism. |
BusinessWeek
May 7, 2007
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Why This Slump Is Different Foreclosures are rising fast, investors are sweating, and lenders are now bending over backwards to keep bad loans alive. |
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February 15, 2008
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Can You Really Just Walk Away? Giving up on your mortgage and letting the bank foreclose on your property might seem easy, but how smart is it? |
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September 6, 2007
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The Mortgage Lenders' Dual Masters Whatever steps some lenders and loan service agents are willing to take to help troubled mortgage holders, the crush of delinquencies and foreclosures, along with radically tightened credit standards in the mortgage industry, will make for a slow recovery for the U.S. housing market. |
BusinessWeek
January 14, 2010
Zainab Fattah |
Dubai: The First Foreclosure Barclays' landmark case paves the way for other lenders to go after homeowners in default |
The Motley Fool
December 12, 2007
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Mitigating Mortgage Problems If the politicians' plan for saving borrowers won't help you, this might. Here are some things to try to get off the road to foreclosure. |
BusinessWeek
September 5, 2005
Foust & Grow |
Sharks In The Housing Pool Deed thieves, property flippers, equity strippers -- these con artists are duping banks and homeowners. The losses due to fraud could amount to more than $2 billion a year. |
BusinessWeek
June 25, 2007
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The Foreclosure "Rescue" Racket As soon as a lender raises the red flag, scammers descend. Here's how they wind up holding the deed. |
The Motley Fool
December 10, 2010
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What Foreclosuregate Means for Investors With tales of mortgage securitization "improprieties" and foreclosure fraud on the rise, investors may be wondering which companies will be affected. |
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October 19, 2010
Andrew Bond |
Foreclosure Battle Rages On Don't bet on a quick end to the foreclosure fiasco. |
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November 11, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
Fannie, Freddie: "Keep the House!" Are taxpayers subsidizing deadbeat homeowners? |
BusinessWeek
January 15, 2007
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Bankruptcy Boot Camp How one man is training an army of lawyers to fight predatory lenders. |
The Motley Fool
September 5, 2008
Morgan Housel |
By the Numbers: Mortgage Foreclosures Let's compare foreclosure data with last week's delinquencies data, provided by the Federal Reserve, to show how delinquencies have turned into foreclosures. |
The Motley Fool
May 18, 2011
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Housing's Catch-22 Things continue to go from bad to worse in the housing sector, and it looks like we may just crash straight through the double-dip floor and head right into the basement. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2010
Donald Jay Korn |
Real Estate Revisited Have real estate prices finally hit bottom? As far as home prices go, the data says they have. |
The Motley Fool
August 13, 2009
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3 Reasons Mortgage Modifications Are Failing Want a mortgage modification? Cross your fingers, and don't expect a lot of help from banks. |
The Motley Fool
June 15, 2007
David Lee Smith |
7 States With Delinquency Problems The Mortgage Bankers Association guides us to where housing problems are the most severe. Clearly, housing's widespread overall recovery isn't imminent. |
BusinessWeek
October 8, 2009
Theo Francis |
Washington Revives the Mortgage Cramdown As foreclosures continue to surge, congressional Democrats are pitching courtroom solutions to homeowners' woes. The Administration is wary. |
BusinessWeek
December 25, 2006
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The "Foreclosure Factories" Vise The predatory tactics of some mortgage servicers are squeezing homeowners. |
U.S. Banker
July 2009
Glen Fest |
Assuming an Old Remedy Maybe it's time lenders dust off an old idea -- the so-called simple assumption loan. |
The Motley Fool
October 14, 2010
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Wilmington Shares Plunged: What You Need to Know Shares of regional bank Wilmington Trust plunged as much as 10% in intraday trading, as foreclosure concerns hit U.S. financial stocks hard. |
BusinessWeek
October 29, 2007
Christopher Farrell |
Bankruptcy Reform Bites Back For consumers, debt relief is harder to come by. And that's adding to housing woes. |
U.S. Banker
May 2011
Babara A. Rehm |
Waiting and Hoping Is Bad Public Policy It won t be popular, but the Obama administration is going to have to bite some political bullets to deal with foreclosures and mortgage servicing. |
U.S. Banker
July 2010 |
Mandatory Education To prevent future stress in the housing market at the levels we see now, financial education should be required of anyone who receives a mortgage. |
The Motley Fool
March 3, 2010
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The 7 Words That Will Save America Most industrialized nations have laws allowing lenders to garnish wages and seize assets when borrowers default and the mortgaged property doesn't cover the loan balance. You borrow, you pay. |
This Old House
December 2007
Keith Pandolfi |
How to Escape Mortgage Disaster If you foresee trouble making you mortgage payments next year, don't panic - there are options out there to help you stay afloat |
U.S. Banker
April 2007
Holly Sraeel |
Tough Lessons for the Subprime Market...Again That New Century finds itself in this predicament should come as no surprise. The burning question? When will the other shoe(s) drop, and how painful will that be for the industry and investors? |
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October 19, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Beware of Mortgage Servicing Scams Don't lose your house because of a dastardly scam. |
BusinessWeek
October 1, 2009
Christopher Palmeri |
Short Sales: A Fraying Lifeline for Homeowners Lenders are reining in short sales aimed at helping troubled mortgage borrowers. |
BusinessWeek
June 4, 2009
Peter Coy |
Foreclosure: Now an Upscale Blight Rising job losses and falling home prices are dragging down people who never dreamed they would get in trouble. |
BusinessWeek
June 17, 2010
John Gittelsohn |
A New Fraud Fad: Illegal Short Sales of Houses During the boom, the game was to get houses appraised at more than they were worth. Now a low appraisal can aid a fraudulent sale. |
BusinessWeek
April 14, 2011
Kathleen M. Howley |
Delays in Short Sales Frustrate Home Buyers Short sales could accelerate the resolution of the housing crisis -- if the process is streamlined by the big federal mortgage lenders |
BusinessWeek
November 5, 2007
Nanette Byrnes |
These Tough Lending Laws Could Travel North Carolina's progressive protection laws for borrowers may become a nationwide model. |
Financial Advisor
September 2008
Gail Liberman |
Foreclosure Game Even though most experts expect overall home values to drop further, the time could be nearing for aggressive investors to pounce on residential real estate foreclosures. |
