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Mortgage rates trending higher

Mortgage rates moved higher this week after spending a month within a hair or two of 4.5%, the latest surveys showed. The 30-year fixed-rate loan was at 4.6% in the closely watched Freddie Mac tally, up from 4.51% a week…

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S. Florida seniors targeted in mortgage fraud, officials say

Three South Florida mortgage loan officers and a Pennsylvania title agent face federal criminal charges in connection with an elaborate $2.5 million reverse mortgage scheme, the first case of its kind to be prosecuted in federal Southern District Court, officials said Wednesday.

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Federal Bank Regulators Scrutinizing Mortgage Lawsuits Against Banks, Opening New Worry For Investors, Bankers

WASHINGTON — Federal bank regulators are scrutinizing more than 150 home loan-related lawsuits directed at lenders and mortgage companies, a top official at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation plans to say Thursday, underscoring the threat the largest U.S. banks face from faulty and improper mortgage and foreclosure practices.

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Federal Bank Regulators Scrutinizing Mortgage Lawsuits Against Banks, Opening New Worry For Investors, Bankers

Primary Prosecutors of Mortgage Fraud? Pension Funds And Plaintiffs’ Lawyers

Just when you think you’re caught up on all the troubles Bank of America is having with mortgage-related fraud, there’s another story. A group of bondholders calling themselves Walnut Place challenged the bank’s most recent settlement with bondholders for $8.5 billion.Susan Kapner in The Financial Times, July  5, 2011:“…The Walnut Place investors said that as many as two-thirds of the loans in …

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Central Bank launches home loan scheme for DDA flats allottees

New Delhi, Jul 5: State-run lender Central Bank of India today announced that it has launched a special scheme for financing flats to the allottee in the recently held draw of DDA Housing Scheme 2010.

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Bank sued over home loan modifications

It seemed Maria Campusano’s financial problems were behind her when the mortgage on her Victorian home in a Massachusetts mill town was chopped by hundreds of dollars a month. She soon learned that her troubles had just begun.

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Top three-year fixed home loan rates

Top three-year fixed home loan rates, as at July 5.

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Fidelity Financial Group Beverly Hills, Featured Mortgage Violation Audit Firm Displays the Proven Benefits of its …

Fidelity Financial Group Beverly Hills and Secure Audit Group, America’s leading real estate finance and mortgage loan audit experts, were recently featured in CNBC showcasing the advantages consumers have in loss mitigation transactions using mortgage compliance analysis reports.

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How To Get A Mortgage With So-So Credit

Getting a mortgage can be tough these days — even people with near-perfect credit have been rejected for loans. But for some lucky borrowers, things aren’t as bad as the doom-and-gloom crowd says.

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Mortgage fraud tips up; banks scramble

Reports of likely mortgage fraud increased sharply during the first quarter as big banks took another look at loan documents questioned by mortgage insurers and investors, according to the Treasury Department bureau that tracks such reports.

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