Mass. law may hinder mortgage refinancing
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Citing a Massachusetts law that just went into effect, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp. could stop purchasing a category of mortgages refinanced by Massachusetts homeowners, a move that could make it harder to refinance a home loan.
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Boston's new high-tech parking meters may be running afoul of Visa and MasterCard rules that prohibit vendors from imposing minimum purchase requirements on their customers.
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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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The new rules would force companies to show that customers can realistically afford their mortgages.
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Concerned about mortgage fraud and predatory lending practices, many states have toughened their laws by requiring loan officers or originators to undergo extensive background checks and show proof of professional experience and training. Still, attracted by the lucrative mortgage business, many ...
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The government may be arriving far too late to prevent damage to borrowers from subprime mortgages, and just in time for its intervention to make things worse.
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A wave of foreclosures could be prevented if the largest federal home-ownership program were open to more delinquent borrowers, according to a study being mulled by the nation's largest mortgage investor group.
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In the wake of the subprime mortgage meltdown, traditional financial institutions have tightened up on who gets to borrow money. But some people are still finding ways to borrow what they need, thanks to another area of lending that is booming.
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Commercial property owners all over the Boston area may be defaulting on loans to their empty buildings, but lenders are avoiding foreclosures.
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The proposed rules for auto insurance competition in Massachusetts were met yesterday with skepticism from consumer advocates and caution from at least some insurers.
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By Susan Gordon, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Feb. 10--Lenders who foreclose on contaminated properties would have to disclose hazards to buyers under a bill being considered in the Legislature.  "This is just huge moral issue in my view," said state Sen. Karen Fraser, D-Olympia.
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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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The Patrick administration's chief housing official yesterday called for better regulation of mortgage brokers and the establishment of a $5 million fund to assist the escalating number of Massachusetts homeowners facing the loss of their homes through foreclosure.
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Consumers who cut it close by paying bills from their checking accounts a couple of days before depositing funds will be out of luck under a new law that takes effect Oct. 28.
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THE REGION Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley said Ameriquest Mortgage Co. and its affiliates would pay 20,000 borrowers in the state $13.75 million in restitution as part of a $325 million national settlement of predatory lending charges reached last year. That amount is slightly higher than the $12.2 million Massachusetts officials had previously estimated was due. Coakley's office said it ...
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Distinctions between local economies are being overridden by a mortgage market that has made it more difficult for many would-be homebuyers to obtain financing.
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Firm is in hot seat for selling subprime securities to a Massachusetts city.