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Key states move closer to foreclosure-abuse deal (AP)
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:03:19 GMTBusiness - Real Estate
AP Enterprise: Brown bank regulator an insider (AP)
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:38:09 GMTAP - California and New York, the key holdouts in a long-awaited settlement over foreclosure abuses, moved closer Monday to backing a deal that would force the five largest mortgage lenders to reduce loans for about 1 million households. More than 40 U.S. states have agreed to a nationwide settlement.
More than 40 states agree to foreclosure deal (AP)
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:26:36 GMTAP - Gov. Jerry Brown's appointee to head the department that oversees banking, financial and consumer regulations in California led a trade association that fought against tighter lending restrictions before the subprime mortgage crisis exploded and was an executive with Washington Mutual when the now-failed bank was among the most aggressive marketers of loans to high-risk borrowers.
Mortgage deal faces setbacks, again (Reuters)
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:11:21 GMTAP - More than 40 U.S. states have agreed to a nationwide settlement over foreclosure abuses.
Housing plan helps nearly 1 million homeowners (Reuters)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:26:24 GMTReuters - A multi-state mortgage settlement in the works for more than a year will likely be pushed back again as dissident U.S. states continue to press specific concerns and ignore a Monday deadline to decide whether they will sign it.
Convicted NY fraudster sentenced in hit plot (AP)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:26:54 GMTRomney focuses on Obama, Gingrich on Romney in NV (AP)
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:35:33 GMTNew York sues banks over electronic mortgage system (Reuters)
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:54:10 GMT
AP - A confident Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama of failing to do enough to create jobs as he campaigned Friday ahead of GOP presidential caucuses this weekend in a state with sky-high unemployment and foreclosure rates. Newt Gingrich, who is fighting for a respectable showing here, rolled out a fresh line of criticism by comparing the former Massachusetts governor to Obama.
NY's Schneiderman sues banks in foreclosure effort (AP)
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:53:51 GMTReuters - New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Friday sued three major U.S. banks, accusing them of fraud for using an electronic mortgage database that resulted in deceptive and illegal practices.
Goldman to face mortgage debt class-action lawsuit (Reuters)
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:37:51 GMTAP - New York's attorney general on Friday accused some of the nation's largest banks of deceit and fraud in using an electronic mortgage registry that he said puts homeowners at a disadvantage in foreclosures while saving banks over $2 billion.




