Loan servicers keep making messes
Mortgage servicers still have not gotten their act together.
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Chinese homebuyers emerging
They aren't the largest group of foreign homebuyers, but they spend the most.
Weak jobs report may help borrowers
The U.S. gained fewer jobs in August than expected.
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New homebuilding soars
Construction cranes and hard hats are coming to a neighborhood near you.
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Tagged Construction, Mortgages, recovery, spending
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Home values close in on 2006
Some of the states hit hardest by the housing crash are seeing double-digit gains.
Apartment life, microstyle
The space may be tiny, but the trend toward living small is becoming huge.
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QRM: No more 20 percent down
Regulators discarded a rule that would have made it hard to get a mortgage with less than 20 percent down.
Lender charged with discrimination
HUD charged Fifth Third Bank and a mortgage company in Michigan with discriminating against a couple with disabilities when they tried to refinance their mortgage.
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West Coast home prices spike
Home prices are showing double-digit increases in some areas of the country.
FHA loans after foreclosure
The FHA has opened the doors for buyers who faced foreclosure, short sale and bankruptcy.
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Tagged back to work, bankrupcty, FHA, Foreclosure, mortgage, Mortgages, news, short sale
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