State to refinance troubled mortgages
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Massachusetts officials today are expected to unveil a $250 million fund to help delinquent borrowers of subprime mortgages refinance into more affordable loans to prevent them from losing their homes to foreclosure.
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If your mortgage rate is rising, is it time to refinance?
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By Bloomberg News. The number of mortgage applications declined last week as fewer people refinanced, a survey by a private group found.
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More than $1 trillion in U.S. home mortgages have interest rates that will adjust up sharply next year, which could squeeze some owners out of their most important investment.
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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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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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COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho  - As regulators in Washington hammer out a final directive on how the mortgage industry should provide hybrid products, state regulators say the regulation must also address the ability of borrowers to repay loans on their homes.
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Troubles in mortgageland may get worse before they get better, especially for subprime borrowers, whose spotty credit histories put them into more costly loans.
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At a Senate Banking Committee hearing yesterday, legislators and consumer advocates prodded federal banking regulators to move more quickly to put restrictions on non-traditional mortgage lending, because, they said, the new kinds of mortgages may place borrowers and lenders at financial risk.
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Trying to turn the ongoing credit crunch to their advantage, some Massachusetts banks are ramping up their criticism of other mortgage lenders.
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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 crisis in the U.S. subprime  mortgage market has heightened tension between mortgage lenders  and brokers who both hope to shape any laws aimed at stamping  out dangerous loans.
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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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WASHINGTON -- Rates on 30-year mortgages dropped this week to the lowest point in four months, providing some relief for people hoping to refinance their existing mortgages.
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WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators directed banks on Friday to properly explain the risks posed to borrowers from interest-only and other nontraditional mortgages.
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Northern Rock is to lift the rates on its range of fixed-term mortgages to borrowers with patchy credit histories.
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President George W. Bush will propose reforms on Friday intended to help homeowners with subprime mortgages avoid default, his first public step to address a crisis that has created turmoil in financial markets around the world.