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		<title>Mortgage Insurance Case Gets Settled by MGIC</title>
		<link>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2012/05/01/mortgage-insurance-case-gets-settled-by-mgic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 18:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freddie Max</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Carly Neals filed a complaint with HUD alleging MGIC had discriminated against her when it preconditioned insuring her mortgage loan on the early termination of her maternity leave and subsequent return to work. After investigating the complaint, and concluding that the parties were unable to reach [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Systems for Lenders Working with Fannie and Freddie</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 18:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freddie Max</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Government mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Tuesday begin requiring the banks and service companies that they work with to note that fees they pay to register vacant homes in Chicago are done “under protest.” The government-sponsored entities believe that the revised city ordinance that introduced the $500 fees should not apply to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fannie Mae CEO Quits</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Miller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fannie Mae]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Michael J. Williams, the CEO who was hired to help Fannie Mae find the road to financial recovery in 2009 announced he was stepping down, step down as its CEO. Williams says he will continue as CEO and as a director until a successor is found. &#8220;I decided the time is right to turn over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mortgage Application Activity Slows in the Final Week of 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freddie Max</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage Application Report]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Even as mortgage rates continued at a record pace, the demand for home loans fell in the final week of 2011. The decline in mortgage applications was not unexpected because home financing activity typically slows during the Christmas holidays. Home mortgage declined 4.1% in the final week of 2011. According to Mortgage Bankers Association, home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democrats Want Homeowners to Fund Payroll Tax Extension Via FHA, Fannie and Freddie</title>
		<link>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2011/12/20/democrats-want-homeowners-to-fund-payroll-tax-extension-via-fha-fannie-and-freddie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freddie Max</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mortgage Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Democrats in the House and Senate proposed a new bill to extend payroll tax cuts for two months and they suggest that an increased fee to FHA home loan to pay for it.  I&#8217;ve heard some wild ideas reporting new in the mortgage industry for the last decade, but hiking home loan fees is absurd. The House [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Mortgage Bonds Surge with Support from Federal Reserve</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freddie Max</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mortgage interest rates declined this week in the United States and the bonds rallied after the Federal Reserve’s latest comments. With home mortgage lenders reporting 30-year mortgage rates at or below 4% on FHA and conventional home loans the affordability level has never been better for mortgages. There is no doubt this will help keep the refinance loans lower [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increasing Mortgage Fees to Fund the Payroll Tax Cut</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frances Mae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, it seems politicians will go to great lengths for Obama’s reelection campaign as they are now moving to fund the payroll tax cuts by taxing future government mortgages. It’s hard to believe that with the social security well running dry that we would slash the payroll taxes that actually fund it, but then to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GMAC and Other Lenders Fighting the State of Massachusetts Over</title>
		<link>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2011/12/06/gmac-and-other-lenders-fighting-the-state-of-massachusetts-over/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freddie Max</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GMAC Mortgage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage Crisis News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, the State of Massachusetts announced they were suing 5 major banks over mortgage fraud and deceptive lending practices that included foreclosure procedures. On Friday, GMAC Mortgage announced that effective immediately that it will halt their loan origination in Massachusetts.  Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley said in a article that GMAC has to follow the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banks аnd Mortgage Lenders Still Value Credit Scores</title>
		<link>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2011/12/06/banks-%d0%b0nd-mortgage-lenders-still-value-credit-scores/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2011/12/06/banks-%d0%b0nd-mortgage-lenders-still-value-credit-scores/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Credit scores continue to drive the underwriting for home mortgages in the United States of America. Yes FHA sауs thеу will bе guaranteeing аnу borrower who meets the minimum FICO scores, but thе actual lenders аrе private financial institutes. Тhе government approved, FHA lenders аrе free tо set thеіr оwn minimum qualification requirements аs thеу [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will the Federal Reserve Keep Buying Mortgages?</title>
		<link>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2011/11/28/will-the-federal-reserve-keep-buying-mortgages/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2011/11/28/will-the-federal-reserve-keep-buying-mortgages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freddie Max</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The buying of mortgage backed securities is an example of the US government subsidizing our housing sector. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke and his fellow policy makers, who bought $2.3 trillion of Treasury and mortgage-backed bonds between 2008 and June, will start another program next quarter, 16 of the 21 primary dealers of U.S. [...]]]></description>
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