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U.S. Weighs Requiring Lenders to Consider Changes Before Foreclosures

The proposal would differ from the current practice, which strongly encourages lenders to evaluate defaulting borrowers for a modification but does not make it mandatory.
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Hedge Fund Moves on Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village

Appaloosa Management is challenging the company overseeing the complexes on behalf of lenders, saying the company’s actions could cost debt holders hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Fewer People Late Paying Mortgage

Mortgage Bankers called the fourth quarter a crucial turning point for housing. Still, the percentage of loans in foreclosure rose.
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Home Delinquency Rate Fell Slightly in 4th Quarter

Mortgage Bankers called the fourth quarter a crucial turning point for housing. Still, the percentage of loans in foreclosure rose.
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A Sight All Too Familiar in Poor Neighborhoods

Low-income black women in Milwaukee are more vulnerable than men to being evicted, research shows.
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Cityâs Affordable Housing Program Faces Trouble Finding Buyers

Falling prices for market-rate units has left city-subsidized ones looking like less of a deal.
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U.S. Housing Aid Winds Down, and Cities Worry

An Indiana city symbolizes failed efforts to turn around the housing slump at the heart of the credit crisis.
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The Year in Foreclosures

To stem foreclosures, banks must be compelled to get on board with a Treasury plan to get second-mortgage owners to write down their debt once the first mortgage is modified.
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Worry at Stuyvesant Town as Foreclosure Draws Near

Some of the 25,000 residents have raised concerns that the turmoil over the process could cause services and maintenance to deteriorate.
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The Mortgage Crisis: Suggestions for Some Relief

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