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	<title><![CDATA[Loan Modifications Not Helping Homeowners]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/03/loan-modifications-not-he_n_182872.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>WASHINGTON &amp;mdash; Though lenders are boosting their attempts to curb record-high home foreclosures, fewer than half of loan modifications made at the end of last year actually reduced borrowers' payments by more than 10 percent, data released Friday show.</p>

<p>The report, based on an analysis of nearly 35 million loans worth more than $6 trillion, was published by the federal Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Office of Thrift Supervision. It provides the most detailed and broad analysis...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2009-04-03T14:05:00-04:00</date_published>
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