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As housing prices continue to slide, the loan-to-value ratios of always-performing loans have in many cases crept higher than those on defaulted loans, according to a new report from Moody's Investors Service.

The nonexistent spring home-selling season has put yet another crimp in the long-expected rebound of private mortgage insurers.

Loan modifications were flat in May compared with the previous month, while foreclosure sales dipped, according to the latest numbers from Hope Now, an industry alliance of mortgage servicers, investors and counselors.

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Re: "Conspiracy Theories on Low Failure Rate Don't Hold Water"

The majority of Americans still place value in owning a home, despite a recession and recent housing crisis.

In recent weeks we have been treated to several regulatory observations and preliminary decisions about the appropriate level of bank capital. A few comments have come from U. S. bank regulators. A major recent pronouncement came from the Bank for International Settlements, more commonly known by the name of the Swiss city where the bank is located — Basel.

Job seekers received an unexpected and unwelcome response from The Washington Post last week, when the paper alerted users of its job ad site that it had suffered a data breach.

Those ubiquitous Web ads promising a flatter stomach if you obey "one weird old tip" are actually scams to get consumers' credit card details, the Federal Trade Commission says.

Morgan Stanley sent two letters to clients explaining that their names, addresses, account and tax identification numbers had been compromised.