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		<title>Mortgage Rates Fall for 11th Week in a Row</title>
		<link>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2010/09/02/mortgage-rates-fall-for-11th-week-in-a-row/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freddie Max</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Freddie Mac]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Freddie Mac announced today that the average 30-year mortgage rates dropped once again to a new record low of 4.32% with an average 0.7 point for the week ending September 2nd. In the previous period, the average was 4.36%, and the year-ago average was 5.08%. &#8220;The 12-month price growth of core personal expenditures remained at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Loan Applications Rise</title>
		<link>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2010/09/01/home-loan-applications-rise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freddie Max</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage Application Report]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Home loan applications increased 2.7% last week as more American consumers took advantage of the lowest rates in decades to lower their mortgage payments.   The Mortgage Bankers Association said Wednesday the increase was led by a 2.8% increase in refinance applications. The number of home mortgages taken out to purchase a home rose 1.8 %. Mortgage refinance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the Streamline the Best Loan for Refinancing?</title>
		<link>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2010/08/27/is-the-streamline-the-best-loan-for-refinancing/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2010/08/27/is-the-streamline-the-best-loan-for-refinancing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frances Mae</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Published Articles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Streamline refinancing helps borrowers who are struggling with home equity, credit and income qualifications get approved for a low rate refinance.  Homeowners may qualify even if they are over 100% loan to value because there is no appraisal required.   The streamline refinance is great for borrowers that are having problems qualifying for a refinance because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lead Planet Reports Increasing Volume for Mortgage Leads Online</title>
		<link>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2010/08/26/lead-planet-reports-increasing-volume-for-mortgage-leads-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Miller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lead Generation News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage Lead News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mortgage marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Lead Planet, a mortgage lead generation company from California published their monthly mortgage lead survey and it indicates that many homeowners are still searching for refinancing with record-low home loan rates. The survey reported that 12.5 % increase in the overall number of mortgage loan leads generated and a 16.7 % increase in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Mortgage Rates Fall to Record Lows Again</title>
		<link>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2010/08/23/home-mortgage-rates-fall-to-record-lows-again/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2010/08/23/home-mortgage-rates-fall-to-record-lows-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freddie Max</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Freddie Mac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Freddie Mac, mortgage rates dropped this week to more record lows amid concerns about the state of the U.S. economy.  Home mortgage rates on 30-year fixed-rate home loans, the most widely used loan, averaged 4.42 % this week, down from last week&#8217;s 4.44% and its year-ago level of 5.12 %, according to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fed Bans Lenders from Paying YSP to Mortgage brokers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freddie Max</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal Reserve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve announced that they were banning mortgage lenders from paying bonuses to brokers for higher interest rate sold to the lender. The change is among several announced by the Federal Reserve, which has been criticized for failing to rein in high-risk lending during the housing boom.  The Federal Reserve on Monday approved a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mortgage Costs Rising Nationally</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freddie Max</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mortgage News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[BankRate reported that mortgage closing costs such as origination fees and third-party fees increased 36.6% from last year&#8217;s average of $2,739.  The financial survey company also indicated that that New York mortgage loans had the highest closing costs at $5,623 and Arkansas had the lowest, at $3,007.  According to a Bankrate spokeman, the financial reform law penalizes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FHA Loans Costs Increasing in October</title>
		<link>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2010/08/14/fha-loans-costs-increasing-in-october/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2010/08/14/fha-loans-costs-increasing-in-october/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freddie Max</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FHA mortgage news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Published Articles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[HUD announced they have increased the annual FHA mortgage insurance premium.  FHA costs are rising from 0.55 % of the FHA loan amount to 0.90% (for loan to values higher than 95%) or 0.85% (for LTVs lower than 95 %). This insurance premium hike will go into effect, October 4th, 2010.  In an effort to save [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Has Obama Mortgage Relief Gone Too Far?</title>
		<link>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2010/08/14/obama-mortgage-relief/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2010/08/14/obama-mortgage-relief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 07:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freddie Max</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FHA mortgage news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fannie Mae]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Home Affordable Modification Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage Relief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama Mortgage Bailouts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration funded the Home Affordable Refinance Program, Home Affordable Modification Program, Hope for Homeowners and now the Emergency Homeowner Loan Program.  Most of these tax-payer funded mortgage-bailout programs failed miserably.  However, the Home Affordable Refinance Program,initiatve did help underwater homeowners with 125% mortgage refinancing , but only a small percentage of homeowners met th Fannie Mae and Freddie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fed to Keep Mortgage Rates Low</title>
		<link>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2010/08/11/fed-to-keep-mortgage-rates-low/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2010/08/11/fed-to-keep-mortgage-rates-low/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freddie Max</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fed Reserve&#8217;s announcement yesterday moved the mortgage markets.  Industry insiders continue to brace for the feared double dip recession.  Many analysts that aren&#8217;t in Obama&#8217;s pocket believe the economy will take another dip. The housing sector is pretty flat and there are many regions that are in desperate need of some good news.  Consumer bankruptcies in the U.S. continue to [...]]]></description>
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