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Crucial Voters Disapprove Of Obama's Handling Of Housing Crisis: Poll

The Huffington Post | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.16.2012

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Independent voters in several battleground states are sour on President Barack Obama's handling of the housing crisis, according to polling data relea...

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Fannie Mae's Approval of Mortgage Principal Reductions Gets the Silent Treatment

Anna Cuevas | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Principal Reduction, Save Your Home, Hamp, Loan Modifications, Home Affordable Modification Program, Citibank, Fannie Mae, Foreclosure, Edward Demarco Fhfa, Fhfa, Money News

Edward DeMarco, Acting Director of the FHFA, indicated that additional analysis would have to be performed to determine the long-term benefits of principal reductions.

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IMF Lends Support to Loan Modifications Including Principle Reductions

Anna Cuevas | Posted 04.30.2012

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The IMF's public approval of mortgage reductions, as well as reform in the financial sector, is intended to provide support to the economy and reignite a healthy increase in lending, which will spur economic and job growth.

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Whistleblower: BofA Kept Homeowners Out Of Government Program

Reuters | Posted 05.07.2012

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By Jessica Dye NEW YORK, March 7 (Reuters) - Bank of America NA prevented homeowners from receiving mortgage-loan modifications unde...

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Obama Administration Lets Banks Out Of Doghouse For Bad Mortgage Servicing

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 03.02.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration announced Friday that as part of a recent $25 billion settlement with big banks, the government will release mo...

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Banks Paying Homeowners To Sell Houses, Avoid Foreclosure

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 02.07.2012

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Some struggling homeowners are getting paid by banks to sell their houses and stave off foreclosure. Many banks, including JPMorgan Chase, are off...

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HAMP Homeowner Help Still Coming Too Slowly

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Gongloff | Posted 02.06.2012

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The Obama administration continues to make halting gains in its efforts to help struggling homeowners, according to a new self-assessment released tod...

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The Federal Reserve Discourages Foreclosures

Anna Cuevas | Posted 03.10.2012

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It took a while -- years, in fact -- but the Federal Reserve is finally stepping into the foreclosure crisis.

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Administration Shames Banks For Poor Performance In Anti-Foreclosure Program

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 12.07.2011

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The Obama administration chided two of the nation's biggest banks Wednesday for failing to improve their performance in the administration's signature...

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Fed-Up Judge: 'Somewhere, Someone Has To Stand Up'

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.15.2011

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Georgia Judge Dennis Blackmon is fed up with bailed-out banks refusing to help strapped homeowners. "Sometimes, only the courts of law stand to pr...

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Are the Banks Still Coming for Your House?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Foreclosures, Latinos, Latino, Foreclosure Crisis, Housing Market, Housing, Migdia Chinea, Economy, Economic Crisis, Bank of America, Hispanic, Homeowners, Hispanics, Foreclosure Fraud, Big Banks, Housing Crisis, Home Foreclosures, Countrywide Financial, Anonymous (Street Meat), Hamp, Home Affordable Modification Program, Banks, Timothy Geithner, Foreclosure, Home Foreclosure, Kafkaesque, Latino Voices News

Depending on whom you ask, the housing crisis is over, still going on, or entering a new and far more sinister phase.

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White House Doubles Down On Mortgage Modification Spin

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 12.18.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Obama said in 2009 that his flagship anti-foreclosure scheme would "enable as many as 3 to 4 million homeowners to modify the ...

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Anti-Foreclosure Plan Sees Third Straight Month Of Dwindling New Modifications

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 12.05.2011

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WASHINGTON -- For the third consecutive month, the Obama administration's signature housing help plan posted the lowest numbers of preliminary mortgag...

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WATCH: Obama Administration Launches Sad Anti-Foreclosure PSA

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.14.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration on Wednesday unveiled a new TV advertisement for its anti-foreclosure programs. The spot shows stone-faced ...

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Medication for Middle-Class Mortgage Mania

Adam Levin | Posted 11.02.2011

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These are extraordinary times and extraordinary times require public and private sector utilization of extraordinary measures to solve societal issues like the housing crisis. This issue cannot be properly addressed piecemeal.

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Mortgage Modifications In Obama Program Dwindle Further As Administration Tut-Tuts Banks

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.01.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration announced more disappointing numbers for its signature anti-foreclosure initiative and said Thursday that it wo...

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'Secret' Fed Loans Reveal Divide Between 'Wall Street Aristocracy' And Ordinary Americans

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.24.2011

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If you've not yet read the recent piece by Bradley Keoun and Phil Kuntz of Bloomberg News, "Wall Street Aristocracy Got $1.2 Trillion in Fed’s Secre...

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Seniors Face Foreclosure After Making Mortgage Payment Too Early

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 10.22.2011

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A senior couple in Pasco County, Florida is facing the prospect of foreclosure. But the reason doesn't have to do with missed mortgage payments. This ...

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This Day In TARP Triumphalism

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.18.2011

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It's been a while since we've heard that trumpet voluntary from the Treasury Department, signaling the sending of another press release celebrating the fact that "TARP worked!" But this week, the horns sounded.

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New Mortgage Modifications Slow To Trickle Under Obama Anti-Foreclosure Program

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 10.09.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Fewer homeowners entered preliminary mortgage modifications under the Obama administration's signature foreclosure prevention initiative...

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Obama Administration Makes Anti-Foreclosure Program More Generous For Jobless

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 09.06.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration announced Thursday that its signature anti-foreclosure program and the Federal Housing Administration would be ...

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BofA Loses Bid To Dimiss Mortgage Lawsuit

Posted 09.06.2011

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NEW YORK (Jonathan Stempel) - Bank of America Corp lost its bid to dismiss a lawsuit accusing it of reneging on promises to help borrowers modify ...

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Treasury Punishes Three Banks For Poor Mortgage Servicing

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 08.09.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Treasury Department will temporarily withhold payments to the nation's three largest mortgage companies for failing to comply with t...

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Bipartisan Group Of Senators Targets Mortgage Servicers

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 07.13.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Unimpressed by the recent efforts of state and federal regulators to rein in the mortgage servicing industry, a bipartisan group of sena...

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Leading House Dem Explains Vote To End Obama Admin's Foreclosure Program

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.30.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Eighteen Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives sided with Republicans in a symbolic vote to terminate the Obama administration'...

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