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		<title><![CDATA[Foreclosures deal aims to heal housing sector]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The landmark $25 billion settlement between major banks
and state and federal governments is aimed at doing more than just
helping people who lost their homes through improper foreclosures.

It's an attempt to fix the biggest weak ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/home/s-1095318</link>
 
    <pubDate>Feb/09/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[More trouble likely ahead for mortgage servicers]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK --A nationwide settlement on foreclosure practices has ended
one headache for the banks involved, but there are signs that it is only
the beginning of many others.

The agreement between 49 states and five large banks gives the financial
...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/home/s-1095310</link>
 
    <pubDate>Feb/09/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mortgage settlement won't help many]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- The $25 billion mortgage settlement may set new national
standards for loan servicing, but it may be too little and too late to
help troubled homeowners.

The principal on many homeowners' mortgages will be reduced. In
California, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/home/s-1095301</link>
 
    <pubDate>Feb/09/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Banks to pay $25 billion to settle foreclosure abuses]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- State and federal regulators on Thursday announced a
settlement worth at least $25 billion with Bank of America and four
other large banks, ending several years of litigation over alleged
foreclosure abuses. The deal offers some help...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/home/s-1095290</link>
 
    <pubDate>Feb/09/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Q&A: What the foreclosure settlement means for homeowners]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- Homeowners who were affected by the collapse of the
housing market and a wave of foreclosure abuses may get a share of the
$25 billion settlement announced Thursday morning.

Up to 2 million people who are struggling to make loan ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/home/s-1095238</link>
 
    <pubDate>Feb/09/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Officials say $25 billion foreclosure deal will help heal market]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- In unveiling a landmark $25 billion settlement of
investigations of foreclosure abuses, federal and state officials said
Thursday they were holding the nation's five largest mortgage servicers
accountable for the problems while also ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/home/s-1095217</link>
 
    <pubDate>Feb/09/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mortgages likely to change hands]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA["Who owns my mortgage?"

It's a frequently asked question, and the reason is always the same: A
change is needed. Someone is trying to refinance the mortgage, or is
trying to save a house from foreclosure, among possible scenarios.

Finding the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/home/s-1095100</link>
 
    <pubDate>Feb/09/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Foreclosure settlement with major banks close to completion]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- A nationwide plan to help nearly 2 million homeowners hit
by the mortgage meltdown and improper foreclosure practices could be
announced as early as Thursday under a multi-state settlement hammered
out by states' attorneys general ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/home/s-1094750</link>
 
    <pubDate>Feb/09/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[States closing in on $25 billion foreclosure settlement]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- The nation's attorneys general appeared close to reaching
a massive multistate settlement with major banks over faulty foreclosure
proceedings Wednesday night, though California and New York remained in
negotiations.

Government ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/home/s-1094710</link>
 
    <pubDate>Feb/08/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Most states agree to mortgage deal, with notable exceptions]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- More than 40 states signed on to a proposed $25 billion
settlement with major mortgage servicers over faulty foreclosure
procedures, but California, New York and other key states were not among
them.

"This enables us to move ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/home/s-1093481</link>
 
    <pubDate>Feb/06/2012</pubDate>
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