Read more mortgage loans stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/10790/mortgage-loans.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:18:12 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74457/fha-helps-high-end-buyers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen the government last year doubled the amount the FHA will guarantee on a home loan, to more than $700,000, it moved the agency into uncharted territory: backing loans for the middle-class and the wealthy, too. It also moved the FHA, designed to help low-income buyers who can't raise...http://www.newser.com/story/74457/fha-helps-high-end-buyers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 5:34:43 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/65645/bad-loan-fees-too-juicy-to-give-homeowners-a-break.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe government's foreclosure prevention program is failing largely because of mortgage companies who can make more money when loans go delinquent, industry insiders tell the New York Times . Companies servicing mortgage loans charge many lucrative fees as loans go bad—recoverable, if necessary, out of the proceeds when the foreclosed...http://www.newser.com/story/65645/bad-loan-fees-too-juicy-to-give-homeowners-a-break.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Jul 2009 4:56:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65435/dodd-conrad-knew-they-scored-mortgage-deals.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDemocratic Sens. Chris Dodd and Kent Conrad were fully aware they were getting sweetened mortgage deals, the Countrywide Financial exec who handled their loans has told congressional investigators. The testimony from the loan officer to the House Oversight and Senate Ethics committees directly contradicts the senators' assertions that they had...http://www.newser.com/story/65435/dodd-conrad-knew-they-scored-mortgage-deals.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Jul 2009 4:56:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64707/white-house-foreclosure-plan-a-50b-bust.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obama administration's plan to help millions of homeowners avoid foreclosure has so far been a major failure, Politico reports. It's reached just 160,000 of the 3 to 4 million homeowners it was supposed to protect, and another 2 million homes are expected to be foreclosed upon before the...http://www.newser.com/story/64707/white-house-foreclosure-plan-a-50b-bust.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 18 Jul 2009 5:35:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64127/creditworthy-shunned-under-tight-new-mortage-rules.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWould-be homeowners with good credit are finding themselves shut out of the mortgage market by stiff restrictions from wary lenders, the New York Times reports. Many believe that in an effort to move away from the laxness blamed for the financial crisis, lenders have gone too far the other way...http://www.newser.com/story/64127/creditworthy-shunned-under-tight-new-mortage-rules.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 11 Jul 2009 9:42:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58217/top-subprime-lenders-owned-by-bailout-banks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSome 21 of the top 25 subprime lenders that triggered the global economic collapse were either owned or financed by banks that ended up needing bailouts, an analysis by the Center for Public Integrity finds. Among the backers, who make huge profits on the subprime business, were Lehman Brothers, Merrill...http://www.newser.com/story/58217/top-subprime-lenders-owned-by-bailout-banks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 06 May 2009 9:28:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52812/banks-have-gotten-a-bum-rap-bofa-chief-ken-lewis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBanks have been unfairly tarred by misconceptions about the current financial crisis, Bank of America CEO Kenneth Lewis argues in the Wall Street Journal. It's not true that banks aren't lending, he writes. They are just doing so more responsibly, as they should. And it's not true that bad banks...http://www.newser.com/story/52812/banks-have-gotten-a-bum-rap-bofa-chief-ken-lewis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Mar 2009 8:57:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52272/citi-offers-jobless-lower-mortgage-payments.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCitigroup is announcing a new program easing mortgage payments to an average of $500 a month for homeowners who have lost their jobs and fallen behind on their debts, reports the Wall Street Journal . Borrowers will be allowed to make the lower payments for 3 months and will pay no...http://www.newser.com/story/52272/citi-offers-jobless-lower-mortgage-payments.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Mar 2009 7:25:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47983/foreclosures-soar-81.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagForeclosures rocketed 81% in the US during 2008, affecting one of every 54 households in the nation, reports Reuters. A total of 3.2 million foreclosures were filed, according to research firm Realtytrac. The hardest-hit states were Nevada, Florida, Arizona, and California, the same states where property prices surged the...http://www.newser.com/story/47983/foreclosures-soar-81.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Jan 2009 6:05:03 CST