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No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks
Loans can be brought current and homes can be sold or refinanced to avoid foreclosure. In a remarkable advocacy ad in The Washington Post , ING said “we believe that lending institutions should share responsibility with the people to whom they lend. As Higgins explains, you can’t focus on near-term profitability when loans stay on your books for years. No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks By Peter G. Miller     The news from Wall Street in recent weeks has not been good, especially in the world of mortgages.
www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Wachovia Changes The Lending Game
More significantly — and unlike Wachovia’s competitors — it’s making it easier for borrowers to dump option-ARMs by waiving the prepayment penalties routinely associated with such loans. “Effectively immediately,” says the company, “Wachovia is waiving all prepayment fees associated with its Pick-A-Pay mortgage to allow customers complete flexibility in their home financing decisions. If that happens, the Wachovia plan may well be responsible for saving tens of thousands of families from foreclosure.” Washington On Capitol Hill, both the House and the Senate have passed measures
www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Foreclosure Fouls Up Sports Stars
It’s not just average Americans who are losing their homes to foreclosure these days. Even rich and famous athletes who earned millions of dollars during their careers can be subjected to the emotional highs and lows of losing a home. Two recent cases in point: record-setting baseball player Jose Canseco , and former NBA star Latrell Sprewell . Canseco, who first came to prominence as a right fielder with the Oakland Athletics back in the 1980s, has decided to walk away Canseco owed Washington Mutual more than $2.5 million on the 7,300 square foot mansion with
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Two Heavy Hitters Slapped with Foreclosure Notices
    mdash; worth an estimated $10 million — is under foreclosure and is set to be auctioned by Washington Mutual on July 1, according to the Fayette Daily News . But the ex-champ has taken a one-two punch where it hurts the most — his pocket book. The 3,000 square-foot home consists of two guest quarters, game rooms and a garage. Former heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield is on the foreclosure ropes. Holyfield’s palatial 235-acre estate in Fayette County, Ga. —
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Foreclosure Fouls Up Sports Stars
    It’s not just average Americans who are losing their homes to foreclosure these days. Even rich and famous athletes who earned millions of dollars during their careers can be subjected to the emotional highs and lows of losing a home. Two recent cases in point: record-setting baseball player Jose Canseco , and former NBA star Latrell Sprewell . Canseco, who first came to prominence as a right fielder with the Oakland Athletics back in the 1980s, has decided to walk away Canseco owed Washington Mutual more than $2.5 million on the 7,300 square foot mansion with
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Wachovia Changes The Lending Game
    More significantly — and unlike Wachovia’s competitors — it’s making it easier for borrowers to dump option-ARMs by waiving the prepayment penalties routinely associated with such loans. “Effectively immediately,” says the company, “Wachovia is waiving all prepayment fees associated with its Pick-A-Pay mortgage to allow customers complete flexibility in their home financing decisions. If that happens, the Wachovia plan may well be responsible for saving tens of thousands of families from foreclosure.” Washington On Capitol Hill, both the House and the Senate have passed measures
    www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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  • No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks
    Loans can be brought current and homes can be sold or refinanced to avoid foreclosure. In a remarkable advocacy ad in The Washington Post , ING said “we believe that lending institutions should share responsibility with the people to whom they lend. As Higgins explains, you can’t focus on near-term profitability when loans stay on your books for years. No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks By Peter G. Miller     The news from Wall Street in recent weeks has not been good, especially in the world of mortgages.
    www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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