Mortgage defaulter keeps home
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Man who made no mortgage payments for 15 years allowed to keep his home
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As mortgage defaults rise, more houses are being put up for auction  -  and more people are seeing a chance to make big bucks. But there are risks
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As mortgage defaults rise, more houses are being put up for auction -- and more people are seeing a chance to make big bucks. But there are risks
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Homeowners increased their mortgage borrowing by almost $600 billion in the last quarter of 2006, an annual pace of 6.4 percent.
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When Idriis Bilaal, 77, got a foreclosure notice about a year ago, all he could think about was how he could save the home where he had been born, a run-down red-brick rowhouse in Northeast Washington.
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Thanks to relaxed lending standards, in recent years borrowers with bad credit -- such as a bankruptcy or a delinquent loan on their records -- found it relatively easy to get home mortgages.
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Debt-ridden homeowners sell up to companies and rent their property back - but they can then face eviction.
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Mortgages are complicated, and lending markets are in flux right now, but savvy, well-positioned consumers can still get the loans they need to buy, build, or refinance a home. They just need to pay attention to what's going on, says David Reed, a lending veteran based in Texas and co-author of "Mortgage Confidential."
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David Stevens has seen it countless times: Homeowners who want to finance a major renovation, pay down their credit card debt or take a once-in-a-lifetime vacation come into their mortgage lender's office and announce that they would like to apply for a home-equity loan.
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By PETER GUINTA  When wild ocean waves are daily undermining the house foundation and washing away patio furniture, it may be difficult for that homeowner to remain patient.
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U.S. banking regulators on Tuesday urged mortgage servicers to be proactive and contact borrowers at risk of default to help them avoid foreclosure and keep their homes.
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Banking regulators on Tuesday urged servicers of securitized mortgages to proactively contact borrowers at risk of default to help them avoid foreclosure and keep their homes.
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Homebuilder teeters on the edge of bankruptcy as bondholders circle like vultures awaiting its default.
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Investors who tried to turn a profit on the housing market are having an outsize influence on surging mortgage defaults in former boom states like California and Florida, a banking industry group said Thursday.
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Some homeowners learn from their mistakes. Others don't.
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Investor's Business Daily - The slump began this month and will last another 4 to 5 months, Bill Gross, chief investment officer at Pimco, told the Financial Times. He said gov't efforts to freeze mortgage rates to stem rising foreclosures didn't go far enough. "What needs to be done is something fairly radical compared to Republican orthodoxy, which means spend money and absorb the deficit as opposed to pretending that you're fiscally conservative," he said.