Congress must aid subprime victims: consumer group
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Homeowners with subprime mortgages struggling under payments need federal government help to ease them through the crisis, a leading consumer advocacy group said on Wednesday.
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U.S. bank regulators issued new standards for subprime mortgage lending Friday that includes several new consumer protections.
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These guilty parties must work together to fix the housing fiasco.
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The top Republican on the U.S. House Financial Services Committee on Thursday introduced legislation that would create a national registry and set new standards for mortgage originators in response to the subprime mortgage crisis.
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U.S. bank regulators issued new  standards for subprime mortgage lending Friday that includes  several new consumer protections.
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U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben  Bernanke said on Thursday that subprime mortgage losses could  hit $100 billion and threaten consumer spending, but he sought  to reassure lawmakers that the central bank was working quickly  to strengthen lending regulations.
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The crisis in the US sub-prime mortgage market leads to losses at US consumer finance firm GMAC.
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The Federal Reserve and other banking regulators issued special guidance Tuesday urging loan service companies to work with borrowers in danger of defaulting on their home mortgages.
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Bankruptcy courts would be allowed to alter mortgages written by "predatory lenders" in moves that could save 600,000 Americans from foreclosure, according to the author of a bill introduced in the U.S. Representatives on Friday.
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A group of major mortgage lenders will allow some homeowners facing foreclosure to delay losing their homes for 30 days.
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Under pressure from lawmakers and consumer groups, the payday lending industry yesterday disclosed changes to educate borrowers and help customers who have trouble making payments on short-term loans.
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Federal Reserve ex-head Alan Greenspan calls for direct help for homeowners hit by the credit crunch.
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A housing charity warns that thousands of homeowners are struggling to repay their mortgages.
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Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox called for Congress to set new disclosure rules for municipal borrowers, saying there is an "urgent need" to improve the information investors receive.
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Lenders will have to confirm that a borrower can afford a mortgage before making a loan under protections proposed by the Federal Reserve on Tuesday, following defaults and losses on U.S. subprime mortgages this year.
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The thousands of Americans facing foreclosure because of the ballooning interest rates on their subprime mortgages would get help from the federal government under legislation overwhelmingly approved by senators Friday.
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Want government help to get out of a bad subprime mortgage? Don't look for Congress to come to your rescue anytime soon.