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• Getting Help to Stop Foreclosure, Avoid Home Foreclosure Process - RealtyTrac
  
  Good news, there may be ways to stop foreclosure. Schumer (D-NY) chaired the Joint Economic Committee in Washington, DC, on the topic, "Sheltering Neighborhoods from the Subprime Foreclosure Storm." Its suggestions: increase federal support for local foreclosure prevention programs; strengthen and reform the FHA; strengthen regulation of mortgage origination at the federal level; create a federal anti-predatory lending law that bans unfair and deceptive practices; establish borrowers ability to pay standards; and Check out our NEW Features! Login Why Join? FREE Trial Feedback Help
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Can "Appreciation Sharing" Solve The Mortgage Mess?
  
  The hook is this: Under the FHA reform measure borrowers and lenders who take advantage of the HOPE for Homeowners program will face stiff fees and big costs. But for those with toxic loans, a high-cost mortgage with sane terms is better than foreclosure, bankruptcy and having your stuff sitting on the curb. Equity Sharing During the past few months there has been a huge debate in Washington regarding how to assist those with toxic loans, assuming they should get any assistance at all. Can “Appreciation Sharing” Solve The Mortgage Mess? By Peter G. Miller
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• As Foreclosures Mount, Candidates React to the Credit Crisis
  
  Here’s what the major presidential candidates have to say about the growing foreclosure epidemic: Democrats The three main Democratic presidential candidates — Clinton, Obama and Edwards —have made various proposals for modest reform, including setting up a federal fund to help homeowners fend off foreclosure and providing borrowers with counseling, along with laws to ban predatory lending policies. They are the ones that are causing this to go under, and there’s no transparency, no accountability,” Biden told The Washington Post . With mortgage foreclosures at historic highs, Democrats and Republicans are fighting over a political issue that could have major implications in the 2008 presidential campaign.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks
  
  Miller     The news from Wall Street in recent weeks has not been good, especially in the world of mortgages. At the time of that debate virtually all banks, credit card companies, student loan lenders, car financing firms and related businesses stridently supported bankruptcy “reform” — but one notable exception was ING DIRECT. In a remarkable advocacy ad in The Washington Post , ING said “we believe No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks By Peter G. Famous lenders with once-fabulous finances are turning up in the headlines
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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