370,000 homeowners aided in second half of '07
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About 370,000 strapped U.S. borrowers averted foreclosure last year as a large number of homeowners responded to a government-backed effort by the mortgage industry to stem surging delinquencies.
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WASHINGTON  - Sales of existing U.S. homesunexpectedly rose by 2.7 percent in November as low mortgagerates fueled a record pace of home-buying, a trade associationreport showed on Wednesday.
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The number of Americans who may lose their homes because of late mortgage payments rose to a record in the first quarter, led by subprime borrowers pinched in an economy that grew at the slowest pace in four years.
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Boosting homeownership tops President Bush's housing agenda, but the biggest battle facing his administration during the second term is how to overhaul a program that helps 2 million poor families pay their rent.
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The overwhelming majority of borrowers who were seriously delinquent on their home loans in October were not receiving help to prevent the possibility of foreclosure, according to a report published Thursday.
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Home sales and prices will fall at a faster pace in 2007 than originally expected, a leading U.S. real estate trade association said on Wednesday.
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Countrywide Financial, the nation's largest home loan lender, reported yesterday that foreclosures and late payments on mortgages in December soared to their highest levels in five years.
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U.S. homeowners increasingly failed to keep up with their home loan payments in November, as the number of foreclosure filings surged 68 percent nationwide compared with the same month a year ago, according to a mortgage research company.
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It wasn't as bad as many  feared. That's the official verdict on 2007 as final figures  show consumers spent $23.7 billion renting and buying home  entertainment software, 2% less than the previous year.
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Homeowners are given a boost after policymakers at the Bank of England vote to keep interest rates at 5.25%.
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Lenders issued $33.2 billion in new loans for commercial properties in the second quarter, up 17.4 percent from the same quarter in 2003, the Mortgage Bankers Association said on Friday.
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Countrywide Financial Corp  said on Wednesday it helped more than 81,000 borrowers stay in their residences and avert possible foreclosures in 2007, by either modifying or otherwise restructuring their home loans.
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Millions of homeowners are underinsured, fed largely by a shift in the way property insurance has been sold in recent years.
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Evidence is mounting that 2007 was the worst year for the housing industry in nearly half a century.
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Business & money: More than 1% of households were hit with some stage of repossession proceedings last year
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US sales of previously owned homes rose 2.7 percent to a record in November, making 2004 the best year ever for housing. Existing homes sold at a 6.94 million annual rate, up from a 6.76 million pace in October
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A demand for workers outpaced big losses from the unwinding of the housing boom and a slowing economy.