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		<title><![CDATA[Consumer bureau proposes new rules on mortgage fees]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is considering
new rules on mortgage fees, including banning origination charges based
on the size of the loan.

The agency, which said the new rules would make it easier for potential
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		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/home/s-1141867</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/09/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wells Fargo's mortgage dominance could catch regulators' eye]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- Wells Fargo & Co. has become so dominant in the mortgage
business that major investors and federal regulators are worried that a
financial hiccup at the giant bank could roil the already beleaguered
real estate market.

Wells ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/home/s-1139043</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/03/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Analysis: Stricter mortgage standards criticized as too tight]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA -- During the housing boom, a borrower's ability to exhale
appeared to be the chief criterion for obtaining a mortgage. Six years
of record foreclosures later, with millions of borrowers owing more than
their properties are worth, the...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/home/s-1135288</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/26/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cash mobsters converge on small businesses to give support]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- The crowd stood at the corner of San Pedro and Boyd
streets, a bustling shopping area near L.A.'s Skid Row, waiting for
stragglers to arrive before descending on the store.

But this mob wasn't an angry one. It had gathered on a ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/home/s-1131303</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/18/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Geothermal heating system draws on limitless fuel: sewage]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA -- Among the many renewable energy sources -- wind, solar,
hydroelectric, biofuels -- there is one to which we all contribute that
has not yet managed to attract the romantic advocates who have embraced
other forms of green energy.

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		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/home/s-1131302</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/18/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Audit Faults Program to Aid Homeowners]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- A $7.6 billion federal program to help homeowners avert
foreclosure set too few goals for the 18 participating states and didn't
do enough to make sure the nation's biggest banks were on board,
according to a government audit.

The ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/home/s-1128280</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/12/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Principal cuts may aid housing firms]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could save $1.7 billion by
reducing the amount that some underwater homeowners owe on their
mortgages, according to a preliminary analysis by the regulator for the
seized housing finance giants.

But a ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/home/s-1127679</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/10/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Consumer watchdog proposes crackdown on mortgage companies]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday will
consider a host of new rules that would force the nation's mortgage
servicers to provide greater accountability and transparency in their
dealings with borrowers.

Responsible ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/home/s-1127217</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/09/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Treasury sells last mortgage bonds; program made $25 billion]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The Treasury Department has sold the last of $225 billion
in mortgage-backed securities it began buying during the financial
crisis and announced the program designed to keep the housing finance
market afloat made a $25 billion ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/home/s-1114198</link>
 
    <pubDate>Mar/19/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bank of America to cut principal on some mortgages]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- Bank of America Corp. has agreed to reduce the loan
balances of underwater homeowners more aggressively than other banks,
saying that by next month it will start contacting 200,000 borrowers who
may qualify.

The pledge is part of a...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/home/s-1109363</link>
 
    <pubDate>Mar/09/2012</pubDate>
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