Mortgage Probes Face Big Hurdles
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The nation's largest banks are losing billions of dollars from the mortgage debacle. But will pain from bad housing bets be compounded by government investigations?
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Oct. 4, 2004 (Dayton Daily News) Federal regulators have taken the nation&#39;s largest funder of home mortgage loans to task. The charge?
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A record number of homeowners with high-cost mortgages have fallen behind on their payments or are facing foreclosure, a side effect of the growth in lending to people with poor credit, according to an industry group survey released yesterday.
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Regulatory hurdles still to be jumped
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The turmoil in the mortgage markets has incited a wave of legal tangles, as homeowners are suing lenders, lenders are suing banks, banks are suing loan specialists. And investors are suing everyone.
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Turning potential housing into inhabited homes is proving to be a major challenge for the city.
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While it might be tempting to go bargain hunting in the mortgage industry, investment advisers donât think that prices yet fully reflect the troubles the industry is likely to see in the coming months.
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Fannie Mae, the nation&#39;s top source of financing for home mortgages, will likely survive the accounting problems, investigations, and regulatory actions that it now faces - and it must â-ay some industry sources.
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The Federal Trade Commission and other law enforcers face three hurdles in having a reward system for anti-spam investigations, according to a new FTC report.
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The mortgage company is the target of a formal inquiry by the S.E.C. over its accounting practices, the company said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday.
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US markets regulator the SEC is investigating troubled sub-prime mortgage lender New Century.
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The shadow of an FBI investigation spread across the subprime mortgage crisis on Tuesday, while the U.S. Congress moved closer to emergency relief for millions of distressed homeowners.
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The market has been shaken by uncertainty surrounding bond insurers and whether they will be able to handle large losses in the value of mortgage-backed bonds.
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WASHINGTON - A near-record low for an index that forecasts near-term home sales suggests borrowers in expensive areas are struggling to finalize purchases amid mortgage market woes.
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With prices falling, home sellers might have to accept lower prices than they had hoped for, while buyers might find it tougher to qualify for a mortgage.
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Financial companies were under scrutiny Friday after Sen. John Kerry vowed to push for legislation that would curb credit card fees and protect homebuyers from unfair lending practices.
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Danger lurks down the road for people with interest-only mortgages.