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    Obama's proposed student loan overhaul gets boost (Reuters)
    Reuters - President Barack Obama's stalled bid to overhaul the federal student loan program by cutting subsidies to private lenders and increasing aid to students received a boost on Friday. -- read full article
    Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:10:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Finance News
    Borrowers wait for answers on Obama loan plan (AP)
    AP - Hundreds of thousands of homeowners are in limbo waiting to find out if they will be accepted for the Obama administration's foreclosure prevention program. -- read full article
    Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:34:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Finance News
    Democrats look to resurrect college aid plan (AP)
    AP - Congressional Democrats want a stalled overhaul of college aid programs to get strapped onto a fast-track health care bill, giving both Obama administration priorities a better chance of passage. -- read full article
    Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:05:38 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Finance News
    Middle-class NYC apartment complex sold at auction (AP)
    AP - The developer of a high profile middle-class Harlem apartment complex has lost ownership of the property after defaulting on the mortgage. -- read full article
    Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:43:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Finance News
    UK home loans fall by half in January (AP)
    AP - The value of home mortgage advances in January fell by half from December, when there was a late rush to complete deals before a tax break ended at the New Year, the Council of Mortgage Lenders said Friday. -- read full article
    Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:18:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Finance News
    Student loans to be in healthcare package: Pelosi (Reuters)
    Reuters - House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday the final version of a broad healthcare overhaul would include a revamp of the student loan program but not a government-run health insurance option. -- read full article
    Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:49:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Finance News
    BofA mortgage modifications jump in March (Reuters)
    Reuters - Bank of America Corp completed 20,666 mortgage modifications in March under a U.S. government-backed program, up 61 percent from February, the bank said on Friday. -- read full article
    Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:52:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Finance News
    "Cash for keys" aids home borrowers, investors (Reuters)

    Real estate signs are seen in the front yards of houses for sale in this file photo taken in Maricopa, Arizona, May 27, 2009. REUTERS/Joshua Lott/FilesReuters - Jon Daurio, chief executive officer of mortgage investor Kondaur Capital Corp., recently offered a $4,000 check to Barry Culver for the deed to his Bryan, Ohio house.


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    Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:21:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Finance News
    Gov't mortgage plan aids 16 percent of borrowers (AP)
    AP - The Obama administration's mortgage relief plan has helped only about 16 percent of borrowers who signed up since its launch last year, while hundreds of thousands of homeowners remain in limbo. -- read full article
    Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:30:49 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Finance News
    Wells Fargo, Baltimore in talks after mortgage suit (Reuters)
    Reuters - Wells Fargo & Co said on Friday it is in talks with Baltimore officials that could avert further litigation by that city over the bank's mortgage lending practices. -- read full article
    Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:31:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Finance News
    Gov't official warns on home down payment hikes (AP)
    AP - The head of the Federal Housing Administration is warning that boosting the minimum down payment borrowers must provide to qualify for home loans backed by the agency could threaten the housing market. -- read full article
    Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:28:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Finance News
    Fannie Mae to offer $6b in notes (AP)
    AP - Fannie Mae on Thursday said it will offer $6 billion of new 3-year notes due May 7, 2013. -- read full article
    Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:48:53 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Finance News
    Summary Box: Citi CEO sees return to profitability (AP)
    AP - BULLISH OUTLOOK: Citigroup Inc. says its returning to "sustained profitability" after losing billions on bad loans and taking a federal bailout. CEO Vikram Pandit says the bank is shedding risky mortgage assets and shifting focus to emerging markets like Latin America and Asia. -- read full article
    Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:16:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Finance News
    Foreclosures drop for 2nd month in February: RealtyTrac (Reuters)

    In this Feb. 28, 2010 photo, a realtor's sign proclaims a residential home sale in Sudbury, Mass. Mortgage rates held below the 5 percent threshold for the second straight week, a report said Thursday, March 11, 2010, weeks before a government program that has been keeping rates low is scheduled to expire.(AP Photo/Bill Sikes)Reuters - U.S. mortgage foreclosure filings dropped for a second straight month in February, and notched the smallest annual increase in four years as housing-rescue efforts contained activity, a report released on Thursday showed.


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    Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:20:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Finance News
    Mortgage rates remain below 5 percent (AP)

    In this Feb. 28, 2010 photo, a realtor's sign proclaims a residential home sale in Sudbury, Mass. Mortgage rates held below the 5 percent threshold for the second straight week, a report said Thursday, March 11, 2010, weeks before a government program that has been keeping rates low is scheduled to expire.(AP Photo/Bill Sikes)AP - Mortgage rates held below the 5 percent threshold for the second straight week, a report said Thursday, weeks before a government program that has been keeping rates low is scheduled to expire.


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    Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:23:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Finance News
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