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September 5, 2012 03:49 PM
San Bernardino housing market improves without eminent domain

The San Bernardino County, Calif. housing market showed signs of improvement in August even without a controversial eminent domain plan, according to Clear Capital.

Prices on homes not in distress increased 4.2 percentage points higher than the growth in REO values over...

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August 30, 2012 10:50 AM
Wells Fargo completes 35% of AG settlement relief

Wells Fargo ($40.61 0.45%) said it provided 35% of its homeowner relief required under the robo-signing settlement struck in March.

The...

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August 30, 2012 10:43 AM
Wells Fargo completes 35% of AG settlement relief

Wells Fargo ($40.61 0.45%) said it provided 35% of its homeowner relief required under the robo-signing settlement struck in March.

The...

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August 29, 2012 11:15 PM
Foreclosure prices rise, take larger portion of total sales: RealtyTrac

The average price of foreclosures sold in the second quarter rose 7% from last year while the total number of foreclosures and REOs hitting the sales block declined 22%, RealtyTrac said Thursday.

For the first time in two years, the average foreclosure sales...

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August 29, 2012 02:17 PM
Principal reductions under AG settlement remain in the dark

Mortgage servicers already wrote down principal on loans bundled into private bonds in order to satisfy the robo-signing settlement, but not even the monitor will know how many for some time, according to those familiar with the agreement.

A total of 7,093 borrowers...

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August 29, 2012 09:41 AM
Mortgage servicers provide $10.5 billion under AG foreclosure settlement

The five largest mortgage servicers provided $10.5 billion in relief to struggling homeowners under the foreclosure settlement signed in March, according to the first progress report from monitor Joseph Smith.

Bank of America...

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August 28, 2012 11:11 AM
Bank REO down 18% from one year ago

Federally insured banks reduced their inventory of previously foreclosed properties by 18% over the last year, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

The banks held $41.7 billion in REO as of June 30, down from $51.2 billion at the same point one year prior. The...

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August 28, 2012 09:29 AM
CoreLogic: Foreclosures decline 16% in July

The number of foreclosures completed in July totaled 58,000, down 16% from 69,000 a year earlier and 62,000 in June, according to analytics firm CoreLogic.

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August 27, 2012 04:04 PM
California enacts law to levy heavy fines for blight

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Monday forcing owners of foreclosed and vacant homes to maintain the property or face up to a $1,000 fine per day of violation.

The bill, A.B. 2314, is part of the Homeowner Bill of Rights, a slew of new legislation drafted and introduced through...

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August 27, 2012 03:59 PM
California enacts law to levy heavy fines for blight

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Monday forcing owners of foreclosed and vacant homes to maintain the property or face up to a $1,000 fine per day of violation.

The bill, A.B. 2314, is part of the Homeowner Bill of Rights, a slew of new legislation drafted and introduced through...

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August 27, 2012 12:08 PM
Federal Reserve increases agency mortgage bond investments amid falling profits

The Federal Reserve bought more Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae mortgage bonds during the first six months of the year. However, Fed profits also declined on the investments.

The Fed published its first unaudited...

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August 24, 2012 04:05 PM
Senators press for tax relief on principal reductions, short sales

A group of senators are pressing Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to allow a vote on a package of tax relief extensions set to expire this year, including a break for mortgage principal forgiven in loan modifications or short sales.

Homeowners who receive a principal reduction or a...

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August 24, 2012 10:31 AM
Freddie delinquency rate down to lowest level in nearly 3 years

The delinquency rate on Freddie Mac guaranteed mortgages fell to 3.42% in July, the lowest level since August 2009, according to its monthly report.

The rate dropped 3 basis points from the month before and fell from the 3.59% rate measured at the beginning of the year....

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August 24, 2012 10:14 AM
Freddie delinquency rate down to lowest level in nearly 3 years

The delinquency rate on Freddie Mac guaranteed mortgages fell to 3.42% in July, the lowest level since August 2009, according to its monthly report.

The rate dropped 3 basis points from the month before and fell from the 3.59% rate measured at the beginning of the year....

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August 23, 2012 10:54 AM
Fannie adds four more large mortgage servicers to top-performing list

Four more of the largest mortgage servicers progressed to the top of the Fannie Mae scorecard in the first half of 2012.

Nationstar Mortgage ($42.20...

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