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March 17, 2010 Mods and short sales could soon get costlier for California borrowers; science fiction inspired by the financial crisis; and...

The buzz on "Repo Men"
March 17, 2010 Everyone’s talking about the forthcoming sequel to “Wall Street,” but the new movie that may best capture...

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March 10, 2010 Lenders get a crash course in working with military clients; mortgage bond investors "second" Barney Frank on junior liens;...

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March 3, 2010 Receiving Wide Coverage ... Euro Trashed: The Journal reports that the Justice Department is investigating whether several...

ATM Servicer FTSI Hires B of A Veteran
March 2, 2010 FTSI, a Monrovia, Calif., company that services automated teller machines, said Tuesday that it has hired Rita Bouhebent, a...

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February 24, 2010 The GSEs seek "graceful exits" to get delinquent borrowers who don't qualify for loan mods out of their homes; and more.

Pew Urges Common Sense on CARD Act
February 16, 2010 The Fed should use "common sense" when defining "reasonable and proportional" penalty fees under the new credit card law, Pew...

$257M of CRE Loans on the Block
February 9, 2010 Carlton Group said it is auctioning $257 million of first mortgages on a variety for commercial properties for "a major...

Platinum Names an Expansion Head
February 8, 2010 Platinum Home Mortgage of Rolling Meadows, Ill., said Monday that it has promoted Don Grudzinski to senior executive vice...

Animal-Rights Group Rolls Out Debit Card
February 8, 2010 In Defense of Animals, a nonprofit, is offering its donors an affinity debit card that runs on Tempo Payments Inc.'s network.

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