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Shahien Nasiripour

Mortgage Bankers Post Huge Profits... Again

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Junk Fees, Mortgages, Mortgage Bankers Association, Profits, Guy Cecala, Inside Mortgage Finance, Home Buying, Financial Crisis, Refinancing, Home Ownership, Home Mortgage, Business News

Independent mortgage lenders may have hit their high point of the year as they booked an average profit of nearly $1,400 on each loan originated durin...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Despite Housing Slump, Mortgage Lenders Making Record Profits From Fees

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Mortgage Brokers, Mortgage Lenders, Mortgage Crisis, Lending Crisis, Mortgages, Mortgage Bankers Association, Consumers Union, Bailout Bandits, Bailout, Guy Cecala, Inside Mortgage Finance, Financial Crisis, Banks, Consumers, Business News

Never ones to let an opportunity go unexploited, mortgage lenders are taking advantage of a market fueled by low interest rates and massive government...

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Robocalls Banned By Government? Not So Much

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Ben Protess | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Investigative Fund, Fcc, Donotcall.gov, Courtesy Calls, Consumer, Newspaper Association of America, Election Calls, Campaigns, Robocalls, Washington D.C., Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Robocall Rules, Political Campaigns, Consumer Bankers Association, Regulation, Do Not Call List, Phone Calls, Mortgage Bankers Association, Campaign Calls, Federal Communications Commission, Telephone, Ftc, Consumers, Politics News

It's dinnertime, the phone rings and it might be someone important. Instead, you hear a recorded voice: "Congratulations! You've been pre-approved for...

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McClatchy: What Rebound? Foreclosures Rise As Jobs, Income Drop

McClatchy Newspapers | Kevin G. Hall | Posted 09.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Mortgage Bankers Association, Florida, Banks, Late Mortgage Payments, Foreclosure, Economic Crisis, California, Economy, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Numbers reported Thursday by the Mortgage Bankers Association show clearly that rising job losses are worsening the nation's housing t...

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Arthur Delaney

Rep. Suzanne Kosmas Skips Hearing For Fundraiser

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Transparency, Suzanne Kosmas, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Mortgage Bankers Association, Party Crasher, Politics News

The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing Wednesday about the Obama administration's proposed new Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Th...

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Why Are Bankers Still Being Treated As Beltway Royalty?

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Credit Card Bill, American Banking Association, Mortgage Bankers Association, Chrysler Bankruptcy, Chrysler Banks, Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights, Chrysler, Bankers, Credit Card Rates, Credit Cards, Financial Services Roundtable, Cramdown, Senate Cramdowns, Dick Durbin, Carolyn Maloney, Transparency, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

How do the same banks that have repeatedly come to Washington over the last eight months asking for billions to rescue them from their catastrophic mistakes, somehow still "own the place"?

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"We were trained to mislead borrowers"

Adam Lioz | Posted 04.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bankruptcy, Subprime Mortgages, Mortgage, Brave New Films, Progressive Future, Housing Crisis, Cram Down, Judicial Modification, Obama Housing Plan, Mortgage Bankers Association, Politics News
Adam Lioz

One every 13 seconds. That's how many families are losing their homes to foreclosure. More than 8 million families are at risk. And, this is no...

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Five Reasons Why I Think the Housing Bust Ends in 2008

Jim Randel | Posted 07.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Mortgage Bankers Association, Housing Bust, Housing Crisis, Business News
Jim Randel

Consumer confidence, albeit presently at a 16-year low, will rise with a new administration. The fact is that housing prices go up when people think they will go up, and vice versa.

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Mortgage Brokers Association Struggling To Pay Its Own Mortgage

Washington Post | Jeffrey Birnbaum | Posted 04.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Mortgage Crisis, Mortgage Bankers Association, Subprime Mortgage Market, Subprime Mortgages, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Business News

A year ago, the Mortgage Bankers Association was thrilled to sign a contract to buy a fancy new headquarters building in downtown Washington. Interest...

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Florida Leads Nation In Mortgage Fraud

AP | Alan Zibel | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Mortgage Fraud, Mortgage Bankers Association, Florida Fraud, Florida, Florida Mortgage Fraud, Business News

Florida led the nation in mortgage fraud in 2007, a dubious distinction it's had two years running. The competition to be first in fraud is getting s...

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U.S. Mortgage Applications Sink To Year's Lowest Level

AP | Lynn Adler | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Mortgage Bankers Association, Mortgage Applications, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Mba, Housing Sales, Loan Requests, Mortgages, Business News

U.S. mortgage applications sank last week to the lowest level since the end of last year despite falling borrowing costs, an industry trade group said...

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