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	<title><![CDATA[Mortgage Re-Default Rates. Be Scared. Be Very Scared.]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-schwartz/mortgage-re-default-rates_b_149418.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Comptroller of the Currency <a href="http://www.occ.treas.gov/dugan.htm">John C. Dugan</a> spoke before the 3rd Annual National Housing Forum of the Treasury's <a href="http://www.ots.treas.gov/">Office of Thrift Supervision</a> today. He didn't waste any time getting to <a href="http://www.occ.treas.gov/ftp/release/2008-142a.pdf">the point</a>.</p>

<p>Dugan provided the bad news first. The third quarter<a href="http://www.occ.treas.gov/"> OCC</a> Mortgage Metrics report - on mortgages serviced by the largest banks and thrifts - reinforces the unnerving trends we already know about: declining credit quality, increasing delinquencies (especially for prime mortgages), increased foreclosures, and accelerating...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2009-01-08T05:12:00-05:00</date_published>
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